Personal Lines

The firm estimates that up to $400B in home/auto/life premium to change hands this year.

Insurers could see over $1.5 billion in losses stemming from no fewer than four separate stretches of winter weather in the U.S. in January, Aon Benfield says in its monthly wrap-up of global catastrophes.

Allstate Corp aims to grow its share of the U.S. home and auto insurance markets without the need for "abnormally large" rate increases, its CEO said, after the company's profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter.

Allstate Corp aims to grow its share of the U.S. home and auto insurance markets without the need for "abnormally large" rate increases, its CEO said, after the company's profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter.

Workers compensation and commercial auto risks saw the steepest rate increases in January at +4% compared to the same month in 2013, but the commercial-lines market overall continued its moderating trend, MarketScout says.

Radian Group Inc, the biggest U.S. private mortgage insurer, reported a quarterly profit after four straight losses as fewer homeowners defaulted on their loans in a recovering housing market.