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#1 Property Code Enforcement a Sore Spot in Some South Dakota Communities

Jul 23 2024 // FAITH, S.D. (AP) — A few months ago, the city council in this ranching town in remote northwestern South Dakota decided to join dozens of other communities across the state and hire an outside contractor to enforce...

#2 US Property/Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates Likely to Stabilize During Midyear Renewals

Apr 7 2025 // Reinsurance renewal rates continued dropping during January renewals, but U.S. property/catastrophe reinsurance pricing is likely to stabilize during the coming midyear renewals, according to a report from Moody’s...

#3 Judge Finds Frozen Embryos Are Not Property That Can Be Divided

Mar 17 2025 // A northern Virginia judge determined embryos are not property that can be divided up, rejecting a previous analysis by the court saying such fertilized eggs could be considered divisible “goods or chattel”...

#4 How Competitive Is E&S Property? Exec Views Vary

Jan 30 2025 // E&S property insurance market conditions were a recurring talking point on two recent earnings conference calls, but the leaders of specialty insurers offering commentary were not perfectly in lockstep in their...

#5 Property-Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates Will Stop Dropping Post Wildfires: Execs

Feb 3 2025 // RenaissanceRe expects to incur about $750 million in losses from the January 2025 California wildfires—and anticipates that industrywide impacts should halt the drop in property-catastrophe reinsurance prices observed at...

#6 DeSantis Names Ingoglia CFO; Tough Talk, Mixed Voting Record on Property Insurance

Jul 17 2025 // The Florida Department of Financial Services, without a department head since April – after Jimmy Patronis was elected to Congress – has a new chief financial officer in the form of Blaise Ingoglia, a millionaire home...

#7 The U.S. Property & Casualty Crisis: How It’s Going for Insurers and the States They’ve Left

Aug 20 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. America’s home insurance crisis By now, if you haven’t heard about insurance companies (large and small) and their max exodus from the most risky states,...

#8 Construction Defects Are Not Covered Property Damage in Commercial Liability Policy

Aug 16 2024 // A home builder is not covered under the property damage coverage in its commercial liability policy for construction defects for which it was responsible. A three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court has held for...

#9 Study Stirs Debate on Real Impact of Litigation, Fraud on Property Insurance

Sep 12 2024 // An academic paper published in the Journal of Insurance Regulation seems to have rekindled the debate over how much of an impact litigation and fraud have had on property insurance losses and premiums, particularly in...

#10 Viewpoint: California’s Property Insurance Crisis and the Path to Reform

May 30 2025 // California’s property insurance market remains in turmoil, exacerbated by escalating wildfire risks, insurer withdrawals, and systemic shortcomings in the state’s safety net—the California FAIR Plan. As...

#11 Commercial Property Market Stabilizing, With Ample Capacity: USI

Jan 27 2025 // The commercial property market is showing signs of stabilization, and buyers with favorable risk profiles will see rate decreases or low-single-digit increases this year, according to USI Insurance Services’ 2025...

#12 Florida Reinsurance Buyers Found Ample Property Capacity at Mid-Year Renewals

Jul 8 2025 // Reinsurers have gained confidence and returned to the Florida market as a result of recent legislative reforms that have transformed the state’s risk landscape, according to brokers Aon and Gallagher Re in their...

#13 Manufacturers Hit by Soaring Property Insurance Costs

Aug 13 2024 // James Kirsh expects the cost of the property and casualty insurance for his family-owned foundry in Wisconsin that makes cast iron parts for tractors and other equipment to at least double when it’s up for renewal...

#14 Florida Property Insurance Premiums Surge 34% Since Late 2022

Jun 17 2025 // Newly posted data from Florida regulators show that, in the last three years, the number of personal property insurance policies in the state has risen only slightly while direct premium written and average premiums have...

#15 Property/Casualty Insurance Stocks Slump on Hurricane Milton-Related Fears

Oct 8 2024 // U.S. property and casualty insurance stocks tanked on Monday after Hurricane Milton intensified into a category 4 storm on its path towards Florida’s western coast, marking yet another costly disaster for the...

#16 New York Considers Making Property Insurers Cover Taxi Claims Losses

Dec 12 2024 // New York is considering asking property and casualty insurers to cover the claims of insolvent taxi insurer American Transit Insurance Co., according to people familiar with the plans. That measure is one of several...

#17 Commercial Property Customers Cutting Insurance Corners Despite Risk

May 9 2025 // As weather-driven catastrophes become more common and severe, commercial property owners and the agents who serve them are reassessing risks and coverage to get more build for their buck. The new Nationwide Agency Forward...

#18 St. Louis Waives 25% Holdback Rule for Property Claims From May 16 Tornado

Jun 17 2025 // St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer signed an executive order to waive a 25% holdback of insurance payouts for property damage claims related to the May 16 tornado that damaged at least 10,000 properties in the city. The order...

#19 New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting

Apr 18 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage. That guidance came in response to a...

#20 International, Domestic Insurers Push Into Catastrophe-Hit US Property Markets

Dec 16 2024 // International and domestic insurers are pushing into the U.S. market for hard-to-protect homes, charging high premiums and enjoying strong profits after some U.S. firms pulled out. Rising losses from storms, hurricanes and...