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#1 Chubb Posts Record Q4 and Full Year P/C Underwriting Income, Combined Ratio
Feb 3 2026 // Insurer Chubb booked fourth quarter net income 24.7% higher than a year ago at about $3.2 billion. Results included record P/C underwriting income of $2.2 billion, up nearly 40% over the same period in 2024. The P/C...
#2 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...
#3 Allstate Doubles Q4 Net Income While Auto Underwriting Income Triples
Feb 5 2026 // Allstate Corp. fourth quarter 2025 net income applicable to common shareholders was about $3.8 billion, double the $1.9 billion booked for the same quarter the prior year. Allstate’s Property-Liability business...
#4 WR Berkely Turns in Record Underwriting Results for Q4, Year
Jan 27 2026 // Fourth quarter 2025 net income at W.R. Berkley Corp. decreased nearly 28% compared to the same period a year ago. Net income was about $449.5 million for Q4 2025 compared to net income of about $576.1 million a year ago...
#5 Viewpoint: Underwriting at an Inflection Point – The AI Advantage
Feb 5 2026 // The U.S. commercial insurance market is demonstrating clear signs of rate fatigue and an overall softening. Since 2017, the industry has experienced increased loss pressures from climate events, social inflation in legal...
#6 AI Assist for Underwriting and Quoting
Jan 26 2026 // Underwriters and quoting teams spend hours reviewing guidelines, appetite charts, and exceptions. Selectsys AI Assist acts as an intelligent underwriting assistant inside RQB and Expert Insured (EI), using trained models...
#7 People Moves: CRC Adds DeJesus and Woita to Underwriting Leadership; Buckner Names Taylor President of Idaho
Jan 28 2026 // CRC Group Names DeJesus and Woita to Underwriting Leadership Joe DeJesus Austin Woita CRC Group hired Joe DeJesus and Austin Woita to its CRC Specialty Underwriting leadership team. DeJesus joined CRC Specialty as an...
#8 People Moves: XPT Specialty Hires Goedeke as Underwriter/Broker
Feb 5 2026 // Kyle Goedeke XPT Specialty, headquartered in Plano, Texas, hired Kyle Goedeke as an underwriter/broker. Goedeke has nearly a decade of experience across wholesale brokerage, underwriting, and excess and surplus (E&S)...
#9 People Moves: SCOR Names Swiss Re’s Forgeron as P&C Chief Underwriting Officer; Hamilton Re Promotes Steinhoff to CUO
Jan 15 2026 // This edition of International People Moves details CUO appointments at SCOR and Hamilton Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. SCOR Names Swiss Re’s Forgeron as P&C Chief Underwriting Officer SCOR...
