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Texas Legislators Seek Solutions to Rising Home Insurance Rates
May 9 2025 // Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even as they acknowledge there’s only so much they can do to tackle costs. Legislators have advanced bills to limit how much insurance...
EU Plan to Water Down ESG Rules Risks Wave of Litigation, Legal Scholars Warn
May 9 2025 // The European Union’s plan to slash the scope of new ESG regulations opens the door to a wave of litigation, as companies would no longer be required to act in a way that lives up to the bloc’s climate law. The...
Report: Oregon Workers’ Comp Claims Fell in 2023 From Previous Two Years
May 8 2025 // Oregon workers’ compensation claims fell in 2023 from the previous two years, a report from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services shows. The department received notification of 22,994 accepted...
Hurricane Forecasts Are Better Than Ever But NOAA Cuts Could Change That
May 6 2025 // The National Hurricane Center‘s forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as tropical cyclones neared the coast, to its forecasts five days into the future, when storms were only...
Lemonade Posts Q1 Loss on Wildfires, Spending; Auto Product Positioned to Grow
May 6 2025 // Insurtech Lemonade reported a first quarter 2025 net loss of about $62.4 million compared to a loss of $47.3 million a year ago during the same time. The decline, according to a letter to shareholders, was due primarily to...
Oregon’s Compensable Worker Fatalities Down in 2024, Report Shows
May 6 2025 // Oregon saw a drop in worker deaths last years, according to newly released data from the state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services. But despite the overall decline, the numbers show that certain...
Auto Insurance Market Stays Rational Despite Improved Trends, Says Allstate
May 5 2025 // Allstate Corp. CEO Tom Wilson said he does not expect auto insurers to get more aggressive on pricing as the industry’s rate increases seem to have leveled off. For the most part, Wilson explained to analysts during...
Generative and Agentic AI in Insurance: Breaking Down the Risks and Opportunities
May 5 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. In the latest episode of What’s Brewing, Chris Accetta and David Geller welcome David Seaton, VP of Predictive Analytics and Modeling at IAT Insurance,...
Roof Repair and Replacement Costs Up Nearly 30% Since 2022, New Report Says
May 5 2025 // Roof repair and replacement cost value totaled nearly $31 billion last year–up nearly 30% since 2022, according to a new report from Verisk. The strategic data analytics and technology provider reported that...
Rising Civil Unrest, Political Violence Remains Top 10 Risk for Global Businesses: Allianz
May 5 2025 // Soaring levels of civil unrest and political violence is a key concern for businesses of all sizes as well as for their insurers, according to a report published by Allianz Commercial. The impact of civil unrest or...
New Survey Shows Company Drivers Overwhelmed and Worried
May 5 2025 // As roads become more dangerous, 70% of company drivers say they worry about being killed or hurt in a collision or held liable for the damages. While 89% of company drivers rate their driving as good or excellent, less...
Steady Growth Amid Market Cycles Is Possible
May 5 2025 // Property and casualty insurance has traditionally been a cyclical industry, meaning it goes through phases of firm pricing and tight capacity followed by softer market conditions that tend to favor insurance buyers. The...
Healthcare Liability Trends to Watch Under Trump’s Administration
May 5 2025 // The 2025 presidential administration is likely to lead to changes for the healthcare liability landscape. Potential deregulation initiatives could ease administrative burdens on providers and improve efficiency; however,...
Buffett to Step Down Following Six-Decade Run Atop Berkshire
May 4 2025 // Warren Buffett, who built Berkshire Hathaway Inc. into a business valued at more than $1.16 trillion and himself into a celebrity billionaire renowned for his investing acumen and witticisms, will step down at year-end...
JD Power: Drivers Keep Shopping Even as Auto Insurance Price Increases Slow
May 2 2025 // Even as auto insurance rates level out, drivers are still looking for a better deal. The rate of U.S. auto insurance premium price increases slowed to less than 2% at the end of 2024, down from 13% at the beginning of the...
Countries Shore Up Digital Defenses as Global Tensions Raise Cyberwarfare Threat
May 1 2025 // Hackers linked to Russia’s government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At one plant in Muleshoe, population 5,000, water began to overflow. Officials had to unplug the...
AM Best Revises Credit Rating Outlook to Negative for NJM Insurance Group
May 1 2025 // Ratings agency AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the members of the NJM Insurance Group (NJM) for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Company
Apr 30 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good) of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance...
Insured Losses Could Hit $145B in 2025, Driven by Rising Claims From Secondary Perils
Apr 30 2025 // Global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit US$137 billion in 2024, following the 5%-7% annual growth rate that has been the norm in recent years, according to Swiss Re analysis. If this trend continues, global...
New Report Shows Rise in Cargo Theft, With Three States Leading the Way
Apr 29 2025 // Cargo theft across the U.S. and Canada continued to rise in 2024, with three states making up the bulk of losses, a new report shows. Multimodal hubs in California, Texas, as well as around Chicago, continue to be top...
