Personal Lines

Predictably, large lobbying expenditures by property and casualty insurance companies in 2011 focused on catastrophe issues and on pursuing legal reform.

Predictably, large lobbying expenditures by property and casualty insurance companies in 2011 focused on catastrophe issues and on pursuing legal reform.

Two sets of storms in the U.S. and an earthquake and aftershocks in northern Italy top the list of catastrophes around the globe in May, notes a report by Aon Benfield.

Before you go car shopping, see which vehicles are the most dangerous cars in America based on crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

State Farm is in a strong reserve position, which may restrain the company from seeking aggressive rate increases, but two industry observers were at odds on the overall impact that may have on personal-lines rate increases in general.

While U.S.property and casualty insurer employment has been on a general downward trend since mid-2008, the sector has not shed jobs since January 2012, and has added jobs in both March and April, according to an Insurance Information Institute analysis of the industrys April employment figures.