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Customers Find Orders Blocked, Shelves Empty With Retail Cyberattacks on the Rise
Jun 13 2025 // A string of recent cyberattacks and data breaches involving the systems of major retailers have started affecting shoppers. United Natural Foods, a wholesale distributor that supplies Whole Foods and other grocers, said...
UK Risk Managers Identify ‘Tech, AI and Cyber’ as Top Concern in AIRMIC Survey
Jun 12 2025 // UK risk managers identified five key themes that could affect their businesses, topped by “technology, AI and cyber,” according to AIRMIC, the British risk management group, which conducted a survey of its...
North Carolina Auto Rates to Rise for Second Time This Year After Agreement
Jun 11 2025 // North Carolina automobile insurance rates are poised to increase statewide by a 5% average this fall as part of an agreement reached between state regulators and the insurance industry. The increase comes six months after...
US Commercial Lines Prices Up 5.3%, Continue Downward Trend: WTW CLIPS
Jun 11 2025 // U.S. commercial insurance rates went up again in the first quarter 2025, according to the latest findings from WTW’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). Carriers reported an aggregate price increase of...
USI Mid-Year Update: Ongoing Trends to Continue
Jun 10 2025 // Mid-year insurance industry assessments indicate that the ongoing trends of the last six months are likely to persist through the end of the year, even if the conditions in question are defined as unstable or...
Fitch Warns of Rising Mortgage-Bond Risk Due to Extreme Weather
Jun 10 2025 // For analysts at Fitch Ratings, the recent demolition of a Swiss village by a glacier is fresh proof that climate change is altering the laws of mortgage risk. The world looked on in shock last month as 3 million cubic...
A Deep Dive: Recommendations on Georgia’s Rising Premiums, Loss Ratios
Jun 9 2025 // Homeowners’ insurance premiums in Georgia cost less than in other states. Neither affordability nor availability have been major concerns in a state with hundreds of licensed insurers. But things changed in 2023-2024...
Viewpoint: Understanding the Future of Insurance by Studying the Past
Jun 6 2025 // One of the things I love about the insurance business is that anyone—regardless of where they start—can build a meaningful, lifelong career. I am proof of that. In our industry, your ability to reach your potential is...
Tariffs Stoke Supply Chain Worries for US Businesses, Gallagher Survey Shows
Jun 4 2025 // A majority of U.S. business owners are worried about supply chain disruptions from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, a survey by insurance brokerage Gallagher showed on Tuesday. The findings come as...
Demand for Pet Insurance Rises as Majority Owners Underestimate Cost of Care
Jun 3 2025 // Costs associated with pet care continue to rise, according to consumer financing company Synchrony’s 2025 Pet Lifetime of Care Study, which found an increase of 10% for dogs and close to 20% for cats since...
Homeowners Insurance Market Turns Corner
Jun 2 2025 // If you write personal lines–or own a home–then you know. Homeowners insurance rates are up–significantly in some states such as Texas. But better news is around the corner judging by a new industry...
Viral Work Trends Q&A: A Fun Way for Your Agency to Discuss Recruiting
Jun 2 2025 // Recruitment doesn’t have to be a dull subject. Imagine discussing it in a more enjoyable way at your next management meeting. Viral work trends are an excellent starting point. TikTok alone has 115,000 videos tagged...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Highest in 14 Years
Jun 2 2025 // Written premiums in California stabilized in 2022 through 2024 after the large swings during the pandemic, while the combined ratio rose to the highest level in 14 years, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual
May 29 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICRs of...
Tokio Marine Launches Green Unit, Eyes $1 Billion Revenues by 2030
May 28 2025 // Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has set up a unit to insure activities linked to the low-carbon transition such as green hydrogen, shipping and cement and is targeting $1 billion in revenues by the end of the decade, its...
First Heat Wave of Season to Bake West, Increasing Wildfire Risk
May 27 2025 // Extreme heat levels of are expected in the western United States later this week, raising the risk wildfires and heat-related illnesses and putting a strain on power grids. Meteorologists at AccuWeather say a strong dome...
Political Risk Cover Demand Rises, but GWP Growth Lags: Report
May 27 2025 // Demand for political risk insurance is likely to rise by 33% due to tariff uncertainty and the instability of the current trading environment, according to Howden’s 2025 survey of multinational corporates with...
Underwriters of the Future Are Constant Partners With Agents, Carrier Exec Says
May 23 2025 // The future of underwriting will be built on closer relationships between carriers and insurance agents, with carriers working hand-in-hand with agencies to maximize profits from books of business. That was the word from...
Senate Votes to Block California’s Rule to Ban Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
May 22 2025 // The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, moving to kill the country’s most aggressive effort to transition toward electric...
Corporate Nuclear Verdicts Surged to New Record High in 2024, Report Says
May 22 2025 // Nuclear verdicts against corporate defendants reached a record high in 2024, led by cases involving products liability and intellectual property, according to a new report from research firm Marathon Strategies. The number...
