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#1 Nearly Half of 100 Largest P/C Insurers Destroy Value: ACORD
Jan 8 2026 // “Sustainable value creators” among the 100 largest property/casualty insurance carriers generated more than twice as much of their value through underwriting than through investment activities over a 20-year...
#2 Adjusters Launch ‘CarFax for Insurance Claims’ to Vet Carriers’ Damage Estimates
Jan 14 2026 // Two independent claims adjusters in the Southeast have teamed up to create what they say is a quick, low-cost way for property owners to double-check insurance carriers’ damage estimates on claims. They’re...
#3 Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for Specialty Insurer Beazley
Jan 20 2026 // Zurich Insurance Group AG has gone public with a £7.67 billion ($10.3 billion) bid to buy Beazley Plc, increasing pressure on the UK-listed company it’s been wooing for more than 12 months. The Swiss insurer offered...
#4 Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results
Jan 14 2026 // In separate reports last week, AM Best and Morgan Stanley analyzed P/C insurance industry expense ratios, with one reporting a 2.4-point drop over the past decade and the other projecting another potential 2.0-point...
#5 Two Big California Home Insurers to Raise Rates by 6.9%
Jan 15 2026 // Two large California home insurers will be raising rates for by an average of 6.9% this year, filings with the California Department of Insurance show. CSAA will begin rate increases for nearly 481,800 homeowners starting...
#6 Opportunity for Private Flood Insurers With Threat of Another NFIP Lapse
Jan 29 2026 // The clock struck midnight on the National Flood Insurance Program—again. The NFIP is part of the federal funding package, which expired at the end of Jan. 30. Congress did not compromise on several issues, namely funding...
#7 California Bill Seeks to Add ‘Transparency’ to Aerial Images Used by Insurers
Jan 12 2026 // A California lawmaker is pushing to require insurers to notify homeowners in advance of taking or using aerial images of their property, and to stop insurers from basing decisions to cancel, non-renew, or reduce coverage...
#8 China Plans $29 Billion Capital Injection Into Biggest Insurers
Jan 30 2026 // China is mulling the sale of hundreds of billions of yuan in special government bonds to recapitalize some of its largest insurers, according to people familiar with the matter, strengthening the biggest players in a...
#9 Zurich Reveals Beazley Stake After UK Insurer Spurns Bid
Feb 2 2026 // Zurich Insurance Group AG disclosed a 1.5% stake in Beazley Plc, about two weeks after the UK specialty insurer rejected the industry giant’s latest takeover approach. The Swiss company now holds about 8.87 million...
#10 Security First Latest Florida Insurer to Roll Back HO3 Rates
Jan 23 2026 // Hot on the heels of a significant rate cut in December, Florida’s Security First Insurance has announced another average decrease for one of its homeowners products. The use-and-file decrease will average about 5.2%...
#11 Two SE Commissioners Warn Insurers About Claims Denials, Policy Cancellations
Feb 5 2026 // Two Southeastern states’ insurance commissioners this week posted sternly worded bulletins, warning property insurers about improper policy cancellations and claims denials. Following severe winter storms that swept...
#12 Switzerland Mourns Fire Victims as Country Seeks Answers; Insurers Assess Damages
Jan 9 2026 // With flags already at half-mast across Switzerland, a chorus of church bells rang out in churches across Switzerland at 2 p.m. Friday in memory of the 40 victims of a deadly fire in the mountain resort of Crans-Montana. It...
#13 Bermuda Re/Insurers to See U/W Profit Drop; M&A Returns as Organic Growth Wanes
Jan 21 2026 // Bermuda-based re/insurers monitored by Fitch are expected to see a drop in underwriting profit in 2025, reporting an average combined ratio of 92%, up from 90.7% in full-year 2024, the ratings agency said. For the first...
#14 Gryphon Holdings Acquiring PrimeOne Insurance Company
Jan 22 2026 // Gryphon Holdings has entered into an agreement to acquire PrimeOne Insurance Company, a privately held specialty commercial lines carrier. PrimeOne will operate as a core underwriting platform under the Gryphon umbrella....
#15 Japanese Insurer Sompo to Ramp Up Overseas Credit Investments
Jan 9 2026 // Sompo Holdings Inc. is aiming to increase investments in higher-yielding overseas credit to boost profits as traditional business flounders at Japan’s third-biggest property and casualty insurer. The Tokyo-based...
#16 India Digital Insurer Acko Said to Seek Banks for $350 Million India IPO
Jan 14 2026 // Indian digital insurer Acko Technology & Services Pvt. has invited pitches from investment banks for a potential initial public offering to raise as much as $350 million, according to people familiar with the matter....
#17 Insurers Buy Erste SRT Deal Linked to €10 Billion Loans for M&A
Jan 9 2026 // Erste Group Bank AG sold a significant risk transfer linked to more than €10 billion ($11.7 billion) of loans as the Austrian bank seeks to free up capital for its largest ever acquisition. The Vienna-based lender sold...
#18 California Bill Would Require Insurer Claims Handling Plans, and Double Penalties
Jan 26 2026 // A bill that promises legislative reform in California to speed up disaster recovery for homeowners and renters through improved insurance coverage and expanded consumer protections was introduced on the anniversary of the...
#19 Indian Insurer’s Worker Posts Draft Earnings in WhatsApp Status
Jan 12 2026 // ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co., a unit of India’s second-largest private lender, said an employee uploaded undisclosed information about third quarter earnings as a personal WhatsApp status, days ahead of the...
#20 Toscafund Is Said to Explore Sale of Portuguese Insurer Caravela
Jan 19 2026 // Toscafund Asset Management and other minority shareholders of Caravela Seguros are exploring a sale of the Portuguese insurer, according to people familiar with the matter. London-based Toscafund, which owns a 48% stake in...
