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#1 State Farm 2024 Underwriting Losses Shrink on Auto Results
Mar 3 2025 // After reporting underwriting losses of $13 billion in 2022 and $14 billion in 2023, State Farm recorded another underwriting loss for 2024—but narrowed it thanks to its auto insurance results. State Farm reported a 2024...
#2 Gen AI Is Shaking Up Underwriting, but Can it Replace Human Judgment?
Mar 21 2025 // Artificial intelligence technology has continued to evolve, and it’s affecting many areas of insurance from claims to underwriting to customer service, according to panelists at the 2025 PLUS D&O Symposium in New...
#3 Surviving the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Closing the Talent, Skills Gap in Underwriting
Dec 20 2024 // With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said...
#4 Soft Commercial Market Ahead: Prepare for Underwriter ‘Herd Behavior’
Oct 29 2024 // Executive Summary: During the period 2013 through 2018, the U.S. did not become less litigious nor did Atlantic sea surface temperatures get less warm. Yet rates for U.S. excess liability and Atlantic hurricane both...
#5 AIG: Turning One Human Underwriter Into Five, ‘Turbocharging’ E&S
Apr 30 2025 // Some property/casualty insurers talk about experimenting with artificial intelligence to automate call center responses and back-office operations. But that’s not the road to turbocharging growth that AIG CEO Peter...
#6 AIG General Insurance Underwriting Income Up 46% in Q2
Aug 7 2025 // Second quarter underwriting income in AIG’s General Insurance segment increased 46% compared with last year, to $626 million. The unit—North America commercial, International commercial, and global...
#7 People Moves: Liberty GTS Names Remsen Head of East, Americas; Black Named National Property Leader at Amwins; Tasse to Head Amwins Underwriting Growth
Aug 4 2025 // Liberty GTS Appoints Remsen Head of East in the Americas Region Jason Remsen Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, promoted Jason Remsen to head of East, Americas. He will be based...
#8 People Moves: Chubb Promotes in Surety, Property; WTW Hires ICT Directors; HDI Global USA Names Aguiar Head of Energy & Power Underwriting
Aug 11 2025 // Steve Haney Chubb Makes Key Leadership Appointments in Surety’s Global and North America Businesses Chubb Limited, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, named Steve Haney, vice president, Chubb Group and currently...
#9 Applied Underwriters Starts MGA Platform Innovation Risk
Jul 29 2025 // Applied Underwriters said it has launched Innovation Risk, a new managing general agent (MGA) platform that will focus on casualty, accident, and life underwriting. The MGA, while firmly rooted in proven, traditional...
#10 To Manage the Cycle Effectively, Focus on Underwriters’ Behavior
Nov 14 2024 // Executive summary: When actual prices line up with technical prices, insurers expect underwriting profits to emerge. But what if underwriters find ways to adjust technical prices downwards? In the second part of a two-part...
#11 Security First, Amelia Underwriters Offering New Products in Warming Florida Market
Dec 30 2024 // Two Florida-based insurance companies are expanding their product lines, another sign that insurers are making more – if limited – moves into a warming market in the state. Amelia Underwriters, a wholesale and surplus...
#12 Viewpoint: Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises Offer Insurers Competitive Edge
Feb 4 2025 // The growing adoption of data-driven underwriting and predictive analytics has given delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) a competitive advantage within the insurance industry, with technology serving as a...
#13 7 in 10 Actuaries and Underwriters Worry About Being Replaced by AI
Sep 20 2024 // With the vast majority (91 percent) of insurance companies already investing in AI or planning to in the next five years, it’s not surprising that nearly 7 in 10 actuaries and underwriters are worried about being...
#14 Underwriting Concerns About Solar? Insurer Certifies Panels for Hail, Fire Resistance
May 27 2025 // While some insurance companies in Florida and beyond have balked at writing properties with rooftop solar panels, FM Global says it has pioneered an idea that may help – a testing system that certifies panels for fire...
#15 Berkshire, Progressive Are Underwriting Profit Leaders; Industry Sets Income Record
Mar 12 2025 // S&P Global Market Intelligence expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to post more than $100 billion of net income for 2024—and that the biggest underwriting profits contributing to the figure will...
#16 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...
#17 Personal Lines Turnaround Fuels US P/C Industry Underwriting Gain
Sep 17 2024 // A turnaround in the personal lines insurance segment results was a key driver of an overall $3.8 billion profit from underwriting for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new report from AM...
#18 Underwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation
Sep 5 2024 // As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage...
#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 Underwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation
Oct 7 2024 // As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage...
