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WV Governor’s Coal Company Found in Contempt, Must Pay BrickStreet for Comp Loss
Feb 28 2024 // A coal company owned by West Virginia’s governor has been found in contempt of court and must face fines of $2,500 a day until it pays its contractual obligations to its workers’ compensation insurance carrier,...
Verisk’s Annual Profit Forecast Falls Short Amid Spending Uncertainty
Feb 26 2024 // Verisk Analytics forecast 2024 adjusted profit below market estimates last Wednesday, as the broader data and analytics industry grapples with worries that an uncertain economy would potentially trigger spending cutbacks...
GEICO’s ‘Eye-Popping’ 2023 Insurance Profits, Falling Employee Counts
Feb 26 2024 // Even though Berkshire Hathaway’s latest annual report featured Warren Buffett’s forecast that the days of “eye-popping performance” for the giant conglomerate are over, readers focused on...
Insurtech Root Inc. Results Improve but Remain at a Net Loss
Feb 22 2024 // Insurtech Root Inc. posted a net loss for the fourth quarter 2023 of $24 million and a net loss for the year of $147.4 million. Results were improvements from net losses of about $58.3 million for fourth quarter 2022 and...
Zurich Insurance Reports Record Profit, Announces $1.25B Share Buyback
Feb 22 2024 // Zurich Insurance posted a better-than-expected annual operating profit on Thursday and announced a share buyback of up to 1.1 billion Swiss francs ($1.25 billion), as insurers ride out the impact of a global pandemic, wars...
AXA’s 2023 Earnings Miss Forecasts on Higher Costs, Lifts Dividend 16%
Feb 22 2024 // France’s AXA, Europe’s second-biggest insurer, pledged on Thursday to deliver higher earnings and returns to shareholders by 2026 by growing its client base, automating processes and reducing labor costs. The...
Salaries, Total Income Skyrocketed in 2023 But Satisfaction with Compensation Waned
Feb 19 2024 // Insurance agency employees and producers on average made more money in 2023 but, overall, employees reported lower satisfaction with their compensation than in 2022, a year when overall satisfaction rose, according to the...
Allstate Reports $276M in January Cat Losses, Updates Rate Increases
Feb 15 2024 // Allstate Corp. on Thursday reported January pretax catastrophe losses of $276 million. The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer reached its $150 million threshold to report catastrophe losses following several months of low...
Hawaiian Electric Restores Power After Rolling Outages Due to Loss of Generators
Feb 14 2024 // Utility firm Hawaiian Electric HE.Nrestored power on Hawaii Island after it had begun rolling outages on Tuesday due to the unavailability and reduced output from several large generators. “No more rolling outages...
AIG General Insurance Q4 Income Up 19% on Underwriting, Investments
Feb 14 2024 // American International Group (AIG) during the fourth quarter 2023 recorded underwriting income of $642 million within its General Insurance segment — a slight increase from $635 million during the same quarter the prior...
HP Claims $4 Billion Losses in London Lawsuit Over Autonomy Deal
Feb 12 2024 // Hewlett-Packard lost more than $4 billion over its acquisition of British software firm Autonomy because of an elaborate fraud masterminded by its co-founder Mike Lynch to inflate the company’s value, HP’s...
Federal Trade Commission Reports Nationwide Fraud Losses Topped $10B in 2023
Feb 12 2024 // Consumers reported losing more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023, marking the first time that fraud losses have reached that benchmark, and a 14% increase over reported losses in 2022, newly released Federal Trade...
Migratory Animals in Peril From Overhunting, Habitat Loss: UN Report
Feb 12 2024 // Every year, mammals, birds, fish and insects make epic migrations between habitats. The humpback whale, famously, can travel 5,000 miles in a trip. But because these animals cross national borders and frequently congregate...
AM Best Says Losses from California Storms Largely Uninsured, Underinsured
Feb 9 2024 // The economic losses from the latest round of California storms will be significant, with many of these losses may not be insured because only 2% of California residents have purchased flood insurance, David Blades,...
Weekly Q4 2023 Earnings Wrap: CNA, Cincinnati Financial, American Financial
Feb 9 2024 // Fourth quarter net income at CNA Financial Corp. was up about 54% to $367 million, and net income for the year increased 77% to a record $1.2 billion. CNA said its property/casualty segments recorded net premium growth...
Allstate Reverses Q4 Loss With Benefit of Low Cat Losses, Auto Rate Increases
Feb 8 2024 // Allstate Corp. fourth quarter 2023 net income attributable to common shareholders was about $1.5 billion, reversing a loss of $303 million during the same time the prior year. Allstate CEO Tom Wilson said “improved...
West Coast Insurers Warned of Billions in Losses Over Climate-Linked Investments
Feb 6 2024 // A new report warns insurance companies could face billions of dollars in losses if they stay on the current course of investments that contribute to climate change, at “a scale exceeding some of the worst wildfires...
AccuWeather: Preliminary Damage and Loss from California Storms $9-$11B
Feb 5 2024 // The preliminary total damage and economic loss from the intense storms and record rainfall in California this week will be between $9 billion and $11 billion, according to AccuWeather estimates released on Monday. The...
Another View: Yes, P/C Industry Underwriting Profit Will Be Back in ’24
Feb 5 2024 // Not all analysts think an underwriting profit is out of reach for 2024. While a recent forecast from Fitch Ratings puts the 2024 combined ratio above 100, a report by Swiss Re Institute projects both 2024 and 2025 to have...
Travelers’ Q4 Net Income Skyrockets as Personal Lines Reverses Underwriting Loss
Feb 5 2024 // Net income at The Travelers Cos. for the last quarter of 2023 about doubled compared to the same time in 2022, to $1.6 billion on lower catastrophe losses and a return to profitable results in the personal insurance...
