Latest Property Casualty Headlines
All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nearly Half of 100 Largest P/C Insurers Destroy Value: ACORD
Jan 8 2026 // “Sustainable value creators” among the 100 largest property/casualty insurance carriers generated more than twice as much of their value through underwriting than through investment activities over a 20-year...
Good Times for US P/C Insurers May Not Last; Auto Challenges Ahead
Jan 7 2026 // In their latest report on the U.S. auto insurance market, analysts from S&P Global Market Intelligence predict the strongest overall U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting results in 18 years for 2025, driven by...
US P/C Posts $35B YTD Underwriting Gain; By-Line Premium Growth Revealed
Dec 29 2025 // Earlier this month, AM Best provided its initial tally of year-to-date financial results for U.S. property/casualty insurers, reporting a $34.9 billion net underwriting gain through the first nine months of 2025. According...
Former CEO of Nonprofit P/C Statistical Agent Sentenced for Stealing Millions
Dec 23 2025 // A former chief executive officer of a statistical agent that compiles data from insurance companies for state insurance departments has been sentenced on charges related to her theft of millions of dollars from the...
Three Top P/C Insurers Account for Most of Insurance AI Patents
Dec 22 2025 // Three property/casualty insurers have dominated the industry’s artificial intelligence patent activity since 2014. State Farm, USAA and Allstate account for 77% of all AI patents by insurers in that time, according...
What to Expect in 2026: US P/C Results More Like 2024
Dec 12 2025 // With premium growth slowing to around 3% or 4%, and hurricane activity likely returning to normal levels, analysts at Fitch Ratings foresee 2026 underwriting results for property/casualty insurers lining up with results...
Brookfield Targets Global Dominance in P/C Insurance Coverage
Dec 10 2025 // Brookfield Corp. plans to build its property and casualty insurance business as it looks to exploit a corner of the insurance industry in which the firm has a competitive edge and hasn’t been crowded by other private...
Best Quarter in a Quarter Century, Says S&P Q3 Analysis of US P/C
Nov 26 2025 // With a combined ratio of 89.1 for third-quarter 2025, the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry had its best quarter in at least a quarter of a century—and maybe longer, S&P Market Intelligence said. In a...
P/C Insurer Rankings Down Overall on Higher Costs, Changing Customer Expectations
Nov 21 2025 // Rising costs and changing customer expectations are driving satisfaction in the insurance and mortgage industry, according to an American Customer Satisfaction Index study. Among the four industries studied — health...
People Moves: Skyward Specialty Promotes Burkhart to President, US P/C
Nov 21 2025 // John Burkhart Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, promoted John Burkhart to president, U.S. property & casualty, Skyward Specialty Insurance. In this expanded role, Burkhart will...
‘Clear Soft Market Conditions’ for Commercial P/C Lines in Q3, Says CIAB
Nov 19 2025 // According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the third quarter 2025 rose by 1.6%, as premium increases in all lines...
An Unsustainable Trend – Declining P/C Rates and Rising Cost of Risk: Marsh’s John Doyle
Nov 3 2025 // Property/casualty prices are declining, while the cost of risk continues to rise–a trend that is unsustainable over time, according to John Doyle, president and chief executive officer of Marsh McLennan...
Workers’ Comp Continues to Lead P/C industry With Strong Profits
Nov 3 2025 // Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, workers’ compensation continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance industry even as prices...
Florida’s Universal P&C Reports Strong Profits, Policy Growth for Q3
Oct 27 2025 // Universal Insurance Holdings, parent company of one of Florida’s largest property insurers, reported an improved bottom line for the third quarter this year, even with a steady increase in policies in recent...
Chubb Books Record P/C Underwriting Income, Combined Ratio in Q3
Oct 21 2025 // Insurer Chubb booked third quarter net income 20.5% higher than a year ago at $2.8 billion—with record P/C underwriting income of $2.26 billion. Underwriting income was 55% more than the same quarter last year, and the...
An Unsustainable Trend – Declining P/C Rates and Rising Cost of Risk: Marsh’s Doyle
Oct 17 2025 // Property/casualty prices are declining, while the cost of risk continues to rise – a trend that is unsustainable over time, according to John Doyle, president and chief executive officer of Marsh McLennan...
Workers’ Compensation Continues to Lead P/C Industry With Strong Profits
Oct 8 2025 // Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, the workers’ compensation line continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance industry even as...
Improving Compliance in P&C Insurance with an Agency Management System
Sep 29 2025 // In the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance sector, regulatory compliance is not optional-it’s mission-critical. MGAs, wholesalers, and carriers face constant pressure to meet state and federal regulations,...
How an AMS Improves Customer Experience in P&C Insurance
Sep 24 2025 // In today’s competitive P&C insurance market, customer experience (CX) has become a key differentiator. Policyholders expect fast, accurate, and personalized service-and agencies that fail to deliver risk losing...
US P/C Insurance Industry First-Half Underwriting Profit Triples
Sep 22 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $11.5 billion and net income of $49.1 billion for the first half of 2025, according to a new report. “The lack of any significant...
