Mercury Expects to Lose $1.6B to $2B from LA Wildfires February 13, 2025 By Susanne Sclafane Although Mercury Insurance Group expects gross losses from the 2025 California wildfires in the $1.6 billion-$2.0 billion range, potential subrogation...
AIG Q4 General Insurance Underwriting Income Down 29% on Catastrophes February 13, 2025 By Chad Hemenway American International Group reported fourth quarter 2024 net income of $898 million compared to $86 million the prior year, but...
Edison Probing Retired Power Line as Possible Start of LA Eaton Fire February 7, 2025 By Mark Chediak Edison International’s utility is looking at whether a power line retired in 1971 started the Eaton wildfire as part of...
LA Wildfire Losses Seen as High as $164 Billion, UCLA Says February 5, 2025 By John Gittelsohn Economic losses from the fires that tore through Los Angeles County in January range from $95 billion to $164 billion,...
North Carolina Officials Make Urgent Request to Lawmakers on Hurricanes February 3, 2025 By Makiya Seminera North Carolina officials charged with leading recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene — as well as parts...
Chubb Expects LA Wildfires to Cost It $1.5 Billion This Quarter January 28, 2025 By Alexandre Rajbhandari Chubb Ltd. estimates that the wildfires that ravaged swaths of Los Angeles earlier this month will cost the insurer $1.5...
Trump Questions FEMA’s Future Just When LA Needs It Most January 25, 2025 By Zahra Hirji Fire-wracked Los Angeles, facing its worst natural disaster in decades, has never needed the Federal Emergency Management Agency more. As...
LA Wildfires by The Numbers: Insured Losses, Total Losses, Ratings, Rates January 24, 2025 By Don Jergler The impact of the historic Los Angeles-area wildfires is being broadly examined and continually refined, with updates almost daily on...
Swiss Re’s Business Unit CEOs Share Views on Key Risk Themes of 2025 December 26, 2024 Social inflation will continue to be a top concern for insurers and reinsurers in 2025 with US liability claims increasing...
Swiss Re: Hurricanes, Severe Thunderstorms and Floods Put Insured Losses Over $100B Again December 5, 2024 Insured losses from natural catastrophes are on track to exceed $135 billion in 2024, with at least two-thirds of this...