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• With Rising Personal Lines Rates, Progressive to Benefit from Increased Shopping

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2012

  Progressive could be the biggest beneficiary if increasing personal-lines rates trigger more shopping behavior among consumers, as the Mayfield Village, Ohio-based insurer typically gains share when rates rise, according to a Stifel Nicolaus report.

• Success in Silicon

  By Emma Lehmann  |  April 25, 2012

  Efficiency, risk management services and client referrals drive Stratton Agency

• Sterling Stars

  By Emma Lehmann  |  March 28, 2012

  Celebrating 80 years of service, three generations have guided Sterling & Sterling

• Commercial-Lines Pricing Survey, MarketScout Report Show Further Signs of Upward Market Turn

  By Mark E. Ruquet  |  March 15, 2012

  Evidence of a market turn continues to mount, as a survey of commercial-lines executives shows rates rose 3 percent in 2011’s fourth quarter—and recent analysis contends that rates could climb by as much as 10 percent over this year.

• Moody’s: Auto Insurers Offering Usage-Based Products Gain Advantage

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 22, 2011

  Personal-auto insurers that are at the forefront in offering usage-based insurance products will gain “a significant competitive advantage” in pricing and policy retention, while companies that don’t offer such products may face adverse selection in the future, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

• Calif. Authorities Arrest 22 in Organized Fraud Ring

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 26, 2011

  Following an investigation spanning two years, dozens of witness interviews, and examination of thousands of documents, a Calif. Grand Jury has indicted 22 suspects on more than 100 felony counts.

• Moody’s: New Accounting Rules Alone Should Not Impact Insurers’ Ratings

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 20, 2011

  New accounting rules effective in the 2012 first quarter will impact life insurers more than property and casualty companies, says Moody’s Investors Service, and the rules, by themselves, will not impact the rating agency’s view of insurers’ creditworthiness.

• 22 Insurance Fraud Ring Members Nabbed

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 6, 2011

  Dozens of witnesses. Thousands of documents. Conspiracy. A Grand Jury indicts 22 suspects for a startling array of fraud.

• Conn. Insurers Give Property Owners Break on Deductibles

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 7, 2011

  Nearly two dozen insurers in Connecticut have agreed to waive hurricane deductibles for property owners following the losses caused by Hurricane Irene last month.

• Usage-Based Insurance Next Wave for Personal Auto

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 6, 2011

  Personal auto insurance is already the most commoditized line of property/casualty insurance and is likely to become the most exact of the lines in terms of underwriting as insurers spread the movement known as usage-based insurance.