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#1 Accuweather: Winter Storm to Cause Up to $115B in Damage, Economic Losses
Jan 27 2026 // The weekend winter storm that impacted more than 200 million people from more than 24 states is expected to result in total damage and economic losses of between $105 billion and $115 billion, said AccuWeather. The...
#2 Florida OIR Triples the Size of Citizens’ Rate Decrease
Jan 20 2026 // With takeouts continuing at a steady pace and more carriers working the Florida property insurance market, state regulators saw fit to more than triple the size of Citizens’ Property Insurance Corp. recent rate...
#3 What Analysts Are Saying About the 2026 P/C Insurance Market
Feb 5 2026 // Following in the footsteps of groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, analysts from Fitch Ratings and Morningstar DBRS weighed in with these P/C insurance market forecasts in the past week: “Fitch Ratings expects the U.S....
#4 Consumer Acceptance of Telematics Widens, Says Survey
Jan 14 2026 // Consumer acceptance of telematics technology in auto insurance is growing, creating opportunity for insurers who can cater to tech-driven drivers who crave personalized pricing and service. Today, 82% of policyholders view...
#5 Winter Storm Fern to Cause Up to $6.7B in Insured Losses
Feb 3 2026 // The late January winter storm will cause insured losses of up to $6.7 billion, making it one of the costliest winter storms since 1950. The estimate comes from catastrophe modeler KCC, headed by modeling pioneer Karen...
#6 Wildfires, Storms Fuel 2025 Insured Losses of $108 Billion: Munich Re Report
Jan 13 2026 // Global insured losses from natural disasters fell to $108 billion last year, Munich Re said in a report on Tuesday. That compared with an inflation-adjusted $147 billion in 2024, the German reinsurer said, as the U.S....
#7 Travelers Q4 Net Income Up 20% on Underwriting, Lower Catastrophe Losses
Jan 21 2026 // Fourth quarter 2025 net income at The Travelers Cos. increased about 20% compared with the same period a year ago, to about $2.5 billion. Underwriting, lower catastrophe losses, and more favorable prior year reserve...
#8 Alabama DOI Report Shows Litigation Is Up, Raising Liability Costs and Rates
Jan 21 2026 // A new report from the Alabama Department of Insurance shows claims litigation and big verdicts are on the rise in the state, inflating loss costs for insurers and putting upward pressure on auto and commercial liability...
#9 Georgia Republicans Move to Scrap State Income Tax by 2032 Despite Concerns
Jan 12 2026 // Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts can be made without raising other taxes or sharply...
#10 Customers’ Search for Better Auto Rates Has UBI Heating Up
Jan 26 2026 // Customers shopped for auto insurance at a record pace in 2025 as years of insurance rate hikes got buyers looking around. And this time, they are finding better prices elsewhere, according to J.D. Power. The percentage of...
#11 E&S Premium Growth Moderates Through Nine Months of 2025
Jan 30 2026 // The U.S. excess and surplus lines market isn’t growing at the rate it has been, with the premium growth through September 2025 lower than the prior year. According to a new report from insurance industry rating...
#12 Goldman Sachs Warns US Grids Face Power Crunch by 2030
Jan 9 2026 // Almost all US power grids will lack critical spare capacity by 2030 as demand surges to supply data centers, with bottlenecks threatening to hand China an edge in the artificial-intelligence boom, according to an analyst...
#13 Texas Faces Freeze While Weekend Snow Risks Rise in New York
Jan 21 2026 // A massive winter storm will sweep across a huge swath of the US starting Friday, freezing Texas before roaring up the East Coast, where New York City and Boston are seeing a strong chance of heavy snow by Sunday. Air...
#14 Marsh Reports Organic Growth of 4% for Q4, Full-Year 2025
Jan 29 2026 // Marsh reported fourth quarter revenue of $6.6 billion, an increase of 9% from $6.1 billion reported during the same period in 2024. Organic, or underlying growth, during Q4 was 4%, down from 7% in Q4 2024. Q4 2025...
#15 Progressive Approved for Personal Auto Rate Decreases in Louisiana
Jan 8 2026 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has approved Progressive Security Insurance Company’s request for a 6.6% average rate decrease on its over 270,000 private passenger auto insurance policyholders and...
#16 Industry Trends to Exploit for 2026: Part Two
Jan 26 2026 // Agency owners must stay informed about significant new trends in the insurance industry. The following is part two of a two-part article highlighting seven industry trends insurance agencies should track for 2026. For part...
#17 Q4 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 4%, in 6th Quarterly Decline: Marsh
Feb 4 2026 // Global commercial insurance rates declined by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of rate decreases, after seven years of increases, according to the Global Insurance Market Index...
#18 North American Risk Professionals See Average 11% Salary Increase
Jan 30 2026 // Risk professionals’ salaries have increased an average of 11% since 2023, with chief risk officers/vice presidents of risk management seeing increases of 16%. The increases and other trends in risk management...
#19 Driver Fails to Back Up Claim That Tesla Touchscreen Defect Caused Accident
Jan 15 2026 // Vehicle manufacturer Tesla has won dismissal of a product liability lawsuit claiming that a defective touchscreen in a 2021 Tesla caused an accident. Judge Nelson Roman in federal district court in New York granted Tesla...
#20 Markets/Coverages: FM Bumps Up Limits for Data Centers to $5B
Jan 13 2026 // Commercial property insurer FM announced a significant increase in capacity to support its global FM Intellium clients and the data and power generation ecosystem. FM can now provide up to $5 billion in capacity for the...
