Latest Cincinnati Financial Headlines
All the headlines from our Cincinnati Financial Topic Page, ordered by recency.
How Cincinnati Insurance Does E&S
Mar 26 2025 // The Cincinnati Insurance Companies have grown business for 75 years through relationships with a carefully selected set of regional independent agents—and business in the surplus lines segment is no exception, executives...
Kentucky Supreme Court Clears Cincinnati Insurance of $4.6M Verdict in Bad-Faith Suit
Dec 21 2022 // Cincinnati Insurance Co. dodged a $4.6 million judgment last week when the Kentucky Supreme Court found that a trial judge should have preempted a jury and granted a directed verdict in a bad-faith claim. If the injured...
Ohio Supreme Court Hears Lawsuit Over Company’s COVID Losses
Feb 28 2022 // An Ohio business says its insurance company must compensate it for financial losses suffered during a pandemic-related shutdown. The insurance company refused to pay, saying its policy didn’t cover such losses. The...
Insurer to Appeal Restaurants’ Win in North Carolina COVID Business Interruption Case
Oct 23 2020 // A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor of policyholders in a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit. Superior Court Judge Orlando F. Hudson...
Judge in North Carolina Favors Policyholders in COVID-19 Closure Lawsuit
Oct 23 2020 // A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor of policyholders in a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit. Superior Court Judge Orlando F. Hudson...
Defendants in Separate COVID-19 Business Interruption Suits Score Wins in Texas Courts
Sep 7 2020 // Rulings in two lawsuits originating in Texas over business income losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic were handed down in August in favor of insurance firms. In one, an insurance agency was added to a restaurant...
Texas Insurance Agency Released from Suit by Restaurant Group Over Virus Losses
Aug 21 2020 // A federal judge in Texas has dismissed an independent insurance agency from a lawsuit brought by a Dallas restaurant group seeking reimbursement for business income losses stemming from the civil authority enforced...
Cincinnati Insurance Companies Offering 15% Discount to Personal Auto Policyholders
Apr 13 2020 // Two property/casualty insurance subsidiaries of Cincinnati Financial Corp., The Cincinnati Insurance Co. and The Cincinnati Casualty Co., are offering a 15% personal lines auto credit for current policyholders. Personal...
AM Best Upgrades Ratings of The Cincinnati Insurance Co.
Feb 4 2020 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “aa” from “aa-” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) of The Cincinnati Insurance Co. (CIC),...
Cincinnati Insurance to Open Facility at U. of Cincinnati’s Innovation Hub
Dec 6 2018 // Cincinnati Financial Corp.’s property casualty subsidiary, Cincinnati Insurance Co., will open an innovation center within the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub in early 2019, the company said. UC...
LifeSaver and The Cincinnati Insurance Company Join Forces to Fight Fleet Distracted Driving
Sep 12 2017 // Cincinnati Insurance Promotes LifeSaver as a Loss Control Option to its Commercial Policyholders. San Jose, CA, September 12, 2017– LifeSaver and Cincinnati Insurance have joined forces to fight phone-related distracted...
Stoneburner to Retire; Spray to Lead Commercial Lines at Cincinnati Insurance
Aug 23 2016 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced that Charles P. (Bud) Stoneburner II, senior vice president – commercial lines for its lead subsidiary, Cincinnati Insurance Co., will retire within the next six months. Upon his...
The Cincinnati Insurance Co. Adds 3 to the Cincinnati Re Team
Aug 3 2016 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced that R. Philip Sandercox, Erin A. Skala and Wendy A. Hayes joined The Cincinnati Insurance Co., adding expertise to Cincinnati Re, its reinsurance assumed operation. Sandercox, managing...
Cincinnati Insurance Estimates $160M-$170M in Q2 Storm Losses
Jul 25 2016 // The Cincinnati Insurance Companies’ property/casualty group expects second-quarter catastrophe losses of roughly $160 million to $170 million. That loss amount represents an impact on the second-quarter 2016 combined...
Ratings of Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Co. Upgraded
Dec 22 2015 // A.M. Besthasupgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “aa-” from “a” of The Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance...
Cincinnati Insurance Announces Property/Casualty Leadership Changes
Nov 23 2015 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced that Stephen M. Spray, senior vice president, will transition to commercial insurance operations at Cincinnati Insurance effective Jan. 1, 2016, establishing the leadership perpetuation...
Best Affirms Cincinnati Financial and Subs Ratings; Outlook Stable
Dec 24 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of The Cincinnati Insurance Company, The Cincinnati Indemnity Company and...
Penn. Court: ‘Single Occurrence’ Applies for Drywall Claims Arising From One Shipment
Feb 21 2013 // The U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania ruled last week that multiple claims that arose from allegedly defective drywall that the insured entity imported in one single shipment from China should be considered a...
Scherer Named Chief Insurance Officer at The Cincinnati Insurance Co.
Sep 24 2012 // Cincinnati Financial Corp., in Cincinnati, Ohio, has named Jacob F. Scherer chief insurance officer of The Cincinnati Insurance Co. Scherer currently is executive vice president of the company, a post he will retain. His...
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Cincinnati Financial and Subs
Dec 15 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa” of Cincinnati, Ohio-based standard market property/casualty group, The Cincinnati...
