September 15, 2017
State Auto Insurance Group Announces Review of Strategic Alternatives for Its E&S Business The State Auto Insurance Group (State Auto) announced it is undertaking a review of strategic alternatives for its Excess and Surplus (E&S) Lines business, including a possible …
August 30, 2017
Hurricane Harvey has set a U.S record, according to the National Weather Service, dumping 51.88 inches of rain in parts of Texas. As the tropical storm moves over southern Louisiana, claims catastrophe teams are moving in to devastated cities in …
June 16, 2017
Worley Claims Services Acquires Apex Claims Service of New England Louisiana-based Worley Claims Services, LLC, an insurance claims services provider, announced the acquisition of Apex Claims Service of New England, LLC, a provider of daily and catastrophe commercial and residential …
February 14, 2017
The U.S. was hit by the most January tornadoes in 18 years, in a month when extreme weather caused 27 deaths and more than $1 billion in economic losses, according to a risk modeler. Insured losses from the natural disasters …
October 27, 2016
U.S. homeowners premiums increased from $74 billion in 2011 to $89 billion in 2015, and will rise to a projected $91 billion for 2016 given prospective rate activity. Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc …
September 22, 2016
Autonomous vehicles are expected to shake up the property/casualty market, as personal auto insurance premiums drop and cyber insurance steps in. As drivers look forward to a future of eating, reading and watching movies while being transported to destinations around …
September 13, 2016
Premiums for U.S. auto insurers may drop more than 40 percent once the use of automated vehicles has been fully adopted by 2050 and driving becomes safer, according to insurance broker Aon Plc. “We as an industry need to act …
March 22, 2016
By the end of 2016, nearly four million people may be infected with the Zika virus, according to the World Health Organization. In fact, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has found that factors like weather, travel and poverty …
January 8, 2016
Violent storms that struck the U.S. in December will cost more than $4 billion in damages, about half of which will probably be covered by insurers, according to estimates by Aon Plc. The disasters at the end of the month …
October 9, 2015
The U.S. economy has sustained $2 billion in wildfire losses – the highest in eight years, according to the latest edition of Impact Forecasting’s Global Catastrophe Recap monthly report. The report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events …