January 30, 2025
Selective Insurance Group reported a 24% drop in fourth quarter 2024 net income as its chief executive admitted the year did “not meet expectations.” Fourth quarter net income was $93.2 million compared to $122.5 million a year ago. Net income …
January 29, 2025
Chubb posted record property/casualty underwriting income of about $1.6 billion, up 3.8% during the last quarter of 2024. Fourth quarter net income was down 22% to about $2.6 billion compared to the same period a year ago, but the Whitehouse …
January 27, 2025
Once again, settlements from class-action litigation topped $40 billion in 2024, according to an extensive analysis of more than 1,400 cases by law firm Duane Morris. Gerald L. Maatman, partner at the firm and co-author of its 650-page report, said …
January 22, 2025
The Travelers Cos. said fourth quarter 2024 and full year net income increased 28% and 67% on strong underlying underwriting results. Travelers posted fourth quarter net income of about $2.1 billion compared to about $1.6 billion during the last quarter …
January 22, 2025
The U.S. Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the “most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in history.” Weeks after a U.S. Senate committee released a study and held a hearing on the affect of climate change …
January 8, 2025
Once again, settlements from class-action litigation topped $40 billion in 2024, according to an extensive analysis of more than 1,400 cases by law firm Duane Morris. Gerald L. Maatman, partner at the firm and co-author of its 650-page report, said …
January 6, 2025
Authorities have said there is no evidence that the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day was directed by the Islamic State but the incident – as well as the same-day truck explosion outside a hotel in Las …
January 6, 2025
The Institutes and Sean Kevelighan, chief executive of the Insurance Information Institute, deny the allegations of discrimination and retaliation from former employee Michael Barry. According to a filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Triple-I …
December 30, 2024
The three largest insurance brokers each announced or closed multi-billion-dollar acquisitions in 2024. The topic was one of many in which readers of Insurance Journal kept a close eye this year. Also the last 12 months saw difficulties in the …
December 23, 2024
Insurance commissioners from nine states are looking to the new Department of Government Efficiency to do away with the Federal Insurance Office. The letter, addressed to DOGE heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, said the FIO’s mission of monitoring the …