Verisk: Claims Volume Rose 36% in 2024, Largely on Catastrophe Claims March 13, 2025 Property claims volume rose 36% in 2024, driven by a massive rise in catastrophe claims thanks in part to a...
Fitch Ratings: U.S. Auto Insurer Strong Performance Recovery to Continue Through 2025 August 15, 2024 More favorable mid-year 2024 results of U.S. personal auto insurers are likely to continue through the end of 2024 and...
P/C Insurers Face Challenging Claims Dynamics as Frequency, Severity Rise: Swiss Re November 29, 2023 By L.S. Howard The property/casualty insurance industry is confronting challenging claims dynamics, with rising frequency and severity of claims despite decreases in economic...
CCC: Shifting Treatment Patterns Bringing More Expensive Auto Injury Treatments Earlier On August 14, 2023 The average claim cycle time for auto injury has dropped below pre-pandemic durations after rising rapidly in 2020 and 2021,...
Allstate Records $2.7B Net Catastrophe Hit on Way to Q2 Loss of $1.4B August 3, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Allstate Corp. reported net catastrophe losses of $2.7 billion in the second quarter, resulting in a net loss for the...
Premiums Fail to Keep Pace with Auto Claims Inflation July 25, 2023 Insurance claims inflation has risen faster than the underlying consumer price index, outpacing auto insurance premium increases, according to a...
TransUnion: Police Gave Out Fewer Tickets as Highway Death Rate Climbed June 26, 2023 By Jim Sams At the same time as traffic fatalities increased and motorists’ driving habits deteriorated, law enforcement officers were issuing fewer citations...
LexisNexis: Auto Claim Severity Up 35% over Pre-Pandemic Rates May 11, 2023 By Jim Sams Claim severity for both bodily injury and property damage increased by 35% since 2019, while collision claim severity has jumped...
New Data Suggests Dangerous Driving Trend Is Slowing, Slightly October 12, 2022 By Jim Sams Preliminary traffic data provides some hope that a rash of unsafe driving habits spawned by traffic-free roads during COVID-19 business...
CCC: Surge in Gas Prices Won’t Curb Rising Auto Claims Costs August 2, 2022 By Claims Journal staff Elevated prices for replacement parts and a shortage of technicians are among the factors that will likely offset any decrease...