Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Almost two years after a group of independent claims adjusters alleged that insurers had deceptively altered their damage estimates and low-balled policyholders, Florida’s chief financial officer has issued an emergency rule barring similar actions in Hurricane Milton claims. “Any move …

Policyholder

Property Insurance Coverage Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Note: This guest blog is by Frank Lombard, CPCU, ARM, an independent property/casualty insurance advisor. Not a day passes without reading something about double-digit increases in the cost of home insurance. The insurance industry claims the increases are a result of inflation, climate change, and consumers filing more claims.

Home Insurance

Property Insurance Coverage Law

AUGUST 21, 2024

Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, 1 is a case decided last week involving vacancy clauses often found in property insurance policies, the impact of forfeiture clauses, and how those clauses can be waived. Unlocking Possible Overlooked Arguments for Coverage appeared first on Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog.

Casualty Insurance

Frankenmuth Insurance

JUNE 20, 2024

Frankenmuth Insurance is exceptionally proud to share that AM Best has once again recognized our company’s commitment to financial strength and stability. At Frankenmuth Insurance, we take pride in protecting what’s important to you, and we’re dedicated to ensuring a bright future for our policyholders.

Casualty Insurance

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

MAY 8, 2024

Legislative reforms put in place in 2022 and early 2023 to address legal system abuse and assignment-of-benefits claim fraud in Florida are beginning to help the state’s property/casualty insurance market recover from its crisis of recent years, according to a new Triple-I Issues Brief. With only 15 percent of U.S.

Premium

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

MARCH 4, 2025

Floridas legislative reforms to address claim fraud and legal system abuse are stabilizing the states property/casualty insurance market, according to the latest Triple-I Issues Brief. In addition, the brief says, the number of insurers writing business in the state has rebounded after a multi-year exodus.

Premium

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

DECEMBER 3, 2024

As we’re trying to raise awareness of this problem with consumers, ‘social inflation’ doesn’t work,” said discussion moderator and Triple-I’s Chief Insurance Officer Dale Porfilio. Secrecy surrounding TPLF prevents insurers and regulators from identifying, let alone mitigating, the risks of increased costs and time to resolve claims disputes.

Out-Of-Pocket

Triple-I: Business Insurance

AUGUST 11, 2022

The property & casualty insurance industry’s combined ratio – an indicator of underwriting profitability – is forecast at 100.7 Combined ratio represents the difference between claims and expenses paid and premiums collected by insurers. for 2022, up 1.2 We forecast 2022 P&C premium growth of 8.5 percent,” Porfilio said.

Underwriter

Majesco

APRIL 11, 2024

Most insurers are in a sort of pressure-cooker situation where challenges are creating pressure and good decisions need to be made. I recently asked three of my creative and respected colleagues to share insights on how insurers might respond. For the full conversation, see 2024 Trends Reshaping the Insurance Business — Are You Ready?

Commercial Property

Redbird Agents

JULY 9, 2024

I’ve heard more than once the misconception that selling insurance is easy. If selling insurance was so easy, then why is it that roughly 10 percent of the independent insurance agents generate the vast majority of the sales? Why Do Insurance Agents Fail? Statistics from the insurance industry reveal a different story.

Insurance Agent

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) has added to its growing body of research to help actuaries detect and address potential bias in property/casualty insurance pricing with four new reports. Most said they believe the burden should be on the insurers to detect and test their models for potential algorithmic bias.

Risk

Hunton Andrews Kurth

JULY 16, 2021

In Discover Property & Casualty Insurance Co. The Blue Bell suit is interesting, not because the insurers denied coverage, but because the policyholder sought coverage for a derivative lawsuit against the company’s officers and directors under a commercial general liability policy several years after the suit was initially filed.

General Liability