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#1 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...
#2 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...
#3 State Farm Still Wants a 30% Rate Increase in California
May 21 2025 // State Farm isn’t done seeking a rate increase in California, upping its request a week after getting the OK for a large rate hike to what the company had originally wanted before being rejected and agreeing to an...
#4 2024 P/C Insurance Combined Ratio Best in More Than a Decade
May 15 2025 // With combined ratios for personal and commercial lines landing only 0.4 points apart last year, the property/casualty insurance industry’s aggregate 2024 combined ratio was 96.5—marking the lowest figure since...
#5 Report: California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Highest in 14 Years
May 14 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...
#6 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...
#7 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...
#8 Sedgwick Experts Outline Key Workers’ Comp Claims Trends
May 16 2025 // Two experts from risk and claims administration partner Sedgwick outlined a few key workers’ compensation trends worth paying attention to today. The topics were based on Sedgwick data and primarily related to the...
#9 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...
#10 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...
#11 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...
#12 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...
#13 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...
#14 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...
#15 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...
#16 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...
#17 Insured Losses Could Hit $145B in 2025, Driven by Rising Claims From Secondary Perils
May 19 2025 // Global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit $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...
#18 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...
#19 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...
#20 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...
