California Surplus Lines Take-Up Soars as Brokers Work to Find Coverage for Clients July 15, 2025 By Don Jergler The best way to tell that the California homeowners insurance market has been a bear is to see where buyers...
Climate Group Says State Farm Rate Hike to Cost California Homeowners $1,000 June 13, 2025 By Don Jergler A report from a climate activist group says State Farm’s rate increases, if approved, would cost the average California homeowner...
Zurich Offers ‘Roadmap’ to Prep Businesses, Governments for Climate Change May 2, 2025 By Don Jergler A new paper from Zurich calls out an “alarmingly bleak” outlook thanks to climate change driving the frequency and intensity...
How Westfield Is Implementing AI in Claims April 8, 2025 By Don Jergler Identifying the needs and pain points of customers and then developing solutions to better service them and other company partners—those...
State Farm Has Paid Out $2.5 Billion for LA Wildfires March 28, 2025 By Don Jergler State Farm has reported paying out $2.5 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires in January, more than double what the...
Study: Economic Uncertainty Diverting Executive Attention From Sustainability March 28, 2025 By Don Jergler It’s the economy stupid, and it seems that a lot of executives are using their brain power on their current...
California Insurance Commissioner Provisionally OKs State Farm’s 22% Rate Request March 14, 2025 By Don Jergler California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara provisionally approved State Farm’s request for a 22% interim homeowners insurance rate hike, the California...
Arthur J. Gallagher to Acquire Woodruff Sawyer for $1.2B March 4, 2025 By Chad Hemenway and Don Jergler Insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Woodruff Sawyer for $1.2 billion. Andy...
US GDP Could Take a Big Hit From Climate Change by 2100, Study Shows February 28, 2025 By Don Jergler A working paper from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office recently estimated the distribution of changes in gross domestic product in...
California Approves FAIR Plan Request to Assess Insurers $1B for Wildfire Claims February 11, 2025 By Don Jergler California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a California FAIR Plan request for a $1 billion assessment on admitted market insurers...