April 8, 2025
Insurance industry analysts, economists, and trade associations have continued to look at the potential effect of President Trump’s tariffs. About a month after Trump looked to impose steep tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, the administration on April 2 applied …
January 2, 2025
Setting aside the populist flavor of his campaign rhetoric, Donald J. Trump’s previous service as the nation’s 45th president presents a remarkable opportunity to make educated guesses about the impact of his expected policies on the property/casualty insurance industry as …
September 19, 2024
A comment and promise made by former President Donald Trump on Tuesday received a lot of not-so-positive attention from the insurance industry. “Your Automobile Insurance is up 73% — VOTE FOR TRUMP, I’LL CUT THAT NUMBER IN HALF!,” the current …
May 22, 2023
How could the current economic environment affect workers compensation – and the property and casualty insurance industry overall – in 2023? Earlier this month, insurance veteran Robert Hartwig forecasted answers. Hartwig, a clinical associate professor of finance and insurance at …
October 20, 2022
If Hurricane Ian would have made landfall in Florida, say, six months ago, the costs of reconstruction could have been even higher than the already staggering estimates now coming from the Sunshine State. Inflation is indeed set to bump up …
August 24, 2022
Several insurance industry trade associations used the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew – a storm that upended and transformed insurance and the manner in which communities prepare for natural disasters – to broadcast their conclusion that man-made threats are today …
February 9, 2021
In a year marred by a pandemic, massive Western U.S. wildfires, civil unrest, and a contentious election, California’s surplus lines market “didn’t miss a beat.” That was the message from Ben McKay, CEO and executive director of the Surplus Line …
June 26, 2020
The Insurance Information Institute, since 1960 a source of insurance data and information for the media and consumers, has agreed to affiliate with The Institutes, an expanding education, research, event and publishing organization that includes the CPCU Society. The boards …
August 7, 2018
A reader of this publication, the president of an insurance agency, recently wrote to say he kept hearing about catastrophe bonds but had little knowledge of what they were. He was curious if these instruments would replace traditional reinsurance and …
August 16, 2016
Committing to a few extreme physical fitness events every year keeps Sean Kevelighan honest. “That, for me, is the incentive to insure that I keep my training going. It’s really good for your health, obviously, mental health and physical health,” …