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#1 Roof Repair and Replacement Costs Up Nearly 30% Since 2022: Verisk
Apr 10 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...
#2 Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Filing Claim on Barn Pulled Down by TV Show
Apr 4 2025 // A Pennsylvania woman who sold part of her barn for use in a barn-rebuilding TV reality show now faces charges after investigators said she filed a fraudulent wind claim on the structure. Tracey Jeffreys, 63, of the Milton...
#3 Future of Auto Insurance: OEM-Insurer Ties Could Boost Profits, Loyalty
Apr 3 2025 // The fragmented auto insurance customer experience is set for disruption, according to a new report by Deloitte. The report, “Reinventing the insurance customer experience for loyalty,” highlights how...
#4 Cyber Insurance Market Size Expected to Soar: Munich Re
Apr 14 2025 // Munich Re said in a recent report it expects the global cyber insurance market to reach about $16.3 billion gross premiums in 2025, with continued growth that will have the market at more than $32 billion in 2023. In...
#5 AI Weather Models Promise Super Granular, Specialist Forecasts
Apr 14 2025 // The weather forecasting industry has made big leaps in accuracy but has struggled with hyper-local predictions. But the proliferation of AI weather models in recent years means small, commercial firms are now developing...
#6 Rising Civil Unrest, Political Violence Remain Top 10 Risk for Global Businesses: Allianz
Apr 10 2025 // Soaring levels of civil unrest and political violence are 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...
#7 Global Q1 Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 3%, but US Casualty Bucks the Trend
Apr 24 2025 // Global commercial insurance rates fell 3%, on average, in the first quarter of 2025 following a 2% decline in Q4 2024, according to the Global Insurance Market Index published quarterly by insurance broker Marsh. The Q1...
#8 After Decades of Abuse Complaints, New York Pediatrician Ordered to Pay $1.6 Billion
Apr 10 2025 // Starting in the 1980s, New York law enforcement and health officials fielded sexual abuse complaints from the young patients of a respected pediatrician who ran his practice out of a basement office in his home on Long...
#9 3 Emerging Risks to Watch: 6G Wireless Technology, Autonomous Trucks, Kratom
Apr 21 2025 // It seemed not so long ago that many wireless carriers were in a race to 5G, touting the speed of their networks to consumers. Now, the successor to that network is in development and could bring a bounty of potential...
#10 Today’s Commercial Property Market in ‘Better Place’ Brokers Assess 4 Current Trends: Vacancies, Alternatives, Valuations, Wildfires
Apr 7 2025 // Commercial property insurance rates continue to fall for most accounts after most property insurers saw profitable books in 2024. That’s good news for insureds, commercial property brokers say, as clients begin to...
#11 MarketScout: Q1 Composite Personal Lines Rates Up 4.9%; Commercial Rates Up 3%
Apr 7 2025 // According to the MarketScout Market Barometer, the composite rate for U.S. personal lines kept rising in the first quarter to 4.9%, up from 4% during the prior three-month period. Richard Kerr, CEO of Novatae Risk Group,...
#12 US Excess & Surplus Lines Boost London Market Re/Insurers’ Topline Growth
Apr 16 2025 // The U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market continues to offer profitable growth opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in the London market – which could help counteract some possible headwinds, according to a...
#13 Early CSU Hurricane Season Forecast Calls for ‘Above-Average’ Activity
Apr 3 2025 // The team of hurricane researchers at Colorado State University has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2025. CSU’s initial forecast of the hurricane season issued April 3 calls for 17 named...
#14 New Survey Shows Company Drivers Overwhelmed and Worried
Apr 22 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...
#15 Pedestrian Traffic Deaths About 50% More Than a Decade Ago: Report
Apr 9 2025 // About 50% more pedestrians were killed during the first six months of 2024 compared to a decade ago, although the number is down 2.6% from the prior year. According to a report breaking down deaths by state published by...
#16 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...
#17 2024 Saw Second Most Tornadoes on Record in the US
Apr 15 2025 // New analysis indicates there were 1796 confirmed tornadoes in 2024, the second highest on record, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center. The busy tornado season was driven by an active April and May in the...
#18 Marsh McLennan Reports Organic Q1 Growth of 4%, a Decrease From Q1 2024
Apr 17 2025 // Marsh McLennan reported consolidated revenue during the first quarter of $7.1 billion, an increase of 9% compared with Q1 2024, or 4% on an underlying (organic) basis. MMC had organic growth of 9% in Q1 2024. Q1 operating...
#19 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...
#20 Forecast Calls for Wildfires to Burn More Land Across US This Year
Apr 25 2025 // A long-range forecast predicts wildfires will burn more land across the U.S. this year, with a potentially active spring in places and a build up into summer. An AccuWeather forecast out on Wednesday calls for 7 to 9...
