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#1 Florida Agriculture Losses from Idalia Reach $78M to $371M, Study Says
Sep 25 2023 // ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with farmers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation...
#2 Allstate Records About $640M in August Cat Losses, Half From Maui Wildfire
Sep 21 2023 // Allstate reported about $641 million in August catastrophe losses from 18 events, with about half coming from the Maui wildfire. The losses for the month of August were $551 million or $435 million, after-tax, partially...
#3 USDA Expands Whole Farm Revenue Protection, Micro Farm Insurance Plans
Sep 14 2023 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced changes to the Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and Micro Farm Insurance plans in an effort to increase participation and access to crop...
#4 AM Best Revises US Homeowners Insurance Segment to Negative as Losses Persist
Sep 18 2023 // The U.S. homeowners insurance segment has been hit with three consecutive years of net underwriting losses as a result of above-average numbers of natural catastrophes, inflationary pressures and elevated reinsurance...
#5 Clorox’s First-Quarter Results Could See ‘Material Impact’ From Cyber Attack
Sep 18 2023 // Pine-Sol maker Clorox said on Monday its first-quarter results could see a “material impact” from a cybersecurity attack last month that damaged portions of its IT infrastructure and caused widescale disruption...
#6 Hong Kong’s Floods to Hit Insurers’ Earnings, Could Pressure Reinsurance Renewals
Sep 18 2023 // The recent devastating floods following Super Typhoon Saola in Hong Kong and other parts of China may add further pressure to the upcoming reinsurance renewals in January, according to an AM Best commentary. The overall...
#7 Target Closes Nine NYC, West Coast Stores to Stop Losses From Rising Theft
Sep 27 2023 // Target Corp. is closing nine stores in four states to stem losses from rising retail theft. One Manhattan location will be shuttered, along with two in Seattle, three in Northern California and three in Portland, Oregon,...
#8 Texas Comptroller: State Revenue Driven by Increasing Insurance Premiums
Sep 29 2023 // When Texas lawmakers meet next month for a special session on funding public education, they will have more money available to them to spend than they anticipated when they passed the state’s $321.3 billion budget...
#9 First-Half P/C Underwriting Loss Just $2B Shy of Loss for All of 2022
Sep 12 2023 // The total net underwriting loss of $24.5 billion for the U.S. property/casualty industry after the first six months of 2023 is $2 billion less than total losses recorded for all of 2022, according to a new AM Best...
#10 Rate Hikes Not Bringing Profit to US Auto Insurers: Fitch
Aug 18 2023 // Jumps in rates and written premiums did little to move the needle on underwriting profits for U.S. personal auto insurers, Fitch Ratings reported based on a recent review of midyear results of nine big market...
#11 Florida Insurers Show a Little Profit in 2023 But Two Join the Watch List
Jul 11 2023 // Florida’s beleaguered insurance industry may have turned a corner in 2023, with net income in the black for the first time since 2016 and much smaller underwriting losses than in recent years, according to state...
#12 Berkshire Hathaway Reports $12.8B Loss as Investments Fall; Insurance Performed Well
Nov 6 2023 // Warren Buffett`s company has reported a nearly $13 billion loss in the third quarter as the paper value of its investments fell, but the companies it owns – particularly the insurers – generally performed...
#13 ANALYSIS: As Bayer Confronts Mounting Roundup Losses, All Eyes on Philadelphia Trial
Dec 5 2023 // With Bayer facing investor pressure to resolve thousands of lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller after being hit with $2 billion in verdicts in recent weeks, all eyes are on a trial wrapping up in Philadelphia. Plaintiffs...
#14 Is Industry Prepared? Hail, Convective Storms, Population Now Driving Billions in Losses
Oct 4 2023 // Hurricanes in the East. Wildfires in the West. Those are the big disasters that grab the headlines and are driving property insurance costs and cancellations, to a large degree, right? Yes, but insurers also are seeing a...
#15 US Senate Committee Wants Investigation Into Florida Citizens’ Loss Reserves
Dec 1 2023 // The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Budget Committee has begun an investigation into Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and how the state-created insurer plans to address potential underwriting losses...
#16 Berkshire Operating Earnings Jump on Insurance Strength
Aug 7 2023 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. posted gains in operating profit as strength in its insurance businesses helped counter inflationary pressures that have weighed on the sprawling conglomerate in the last...
#17 Harvard Claims Marsh Is to Blame for Its Loss of $15M in Coverage for Admissions Fight
Nov 20 2023 // Having lost two bids to recover $15 million from its insurer to cover costs related to its failed defense of its admissions policy, Harvard University is now looking to hold its insurance broker, Marsh,...
#18 Early Estimates Put Idalia’s Insured Losses at $3-9 Billion for Florida
Aug 31 2023 // Preliminary estimates of insured losses from Hurricane Idalia have already begun, with about $9 billion in losses predicted for Florida alone. The estimates are far lower than some in Florida had feared and well below the...
#19 No Liability Coverage Owed for Investor Losses Caused by Blue Bell’s Listeria Outbreak
Jul 12 2023 // A 2015 Listeria outbreak linked to ice cream sold by Blue Bell Creameries hospitalized 10 people and killed three. While those injuries and deaths were certainly “bodily injuries,” a lawsuit filed by investors...
#20 Florida’s Universal Profits Are Up as Carrier Sheds Policies, Feels Impact of Reforms
Jul 28 2023 // Efforts by Universal Insurance Holdings, the publicly traded parent company of one of Florida’s largest property and casualty insurers, to shed policies, spread risk and raise rates appears to have paid off so far in...
