Insurance is addressing major cannabis business risks
Insurance and risk management specialists respond to common challenges for cannabis businesses in 2021.
Top 25 groups, companies for workers' comp in 2020
The overall market showed slight contractions from the year prior based on premiums written and earned in 2020.
Top 15 writers of homeowners multi-peril insurance in 2020
The NAIC's annual market data report reveals the industry wrote $108B in homeowners multi-peril coverage in 2020.
This hard market may come back to haunt underwriters
Will the insurance commission business experience a slow and painful demise?
Will the NFIP's new flood risk model solve the insurance gap?
The costs and losses associated with flood-related damages continue to mount.
NAIC: Top 25 P&C insurance groups and companies of 2020
New data from the NAIC reveals that P&C insurers generated more than $719B in direct written premiums in 2020.
P&C industry saw profitability grow in 2020
The industry showed resiliency in the face of the pandemic, as combined ratio also showed gains.
Auto insurance shopping ended 2020 on an upswing
While shopping volume was up overall, higher-risk drivers continued exhibiting tempered purchase behaviors as a result of the pandemic.
Global commercial insurance pricing up across lines in Q4
Marsh uncovers the lines with the biggest gains as well as what 2021 has in store.
The insurance industry's role in economic recovery
This is a pivotal moment for our industry.
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"height": "372" } }, { "uri": "/2020/10/01/allstate-cuts-3800-jobs-in-revamp/", "title": "Allstate cuts 3,800 jobs in 'revamp'", "summary": "The cuts will help 'create a more competitive auto insurance price,' says CEO Tom Wilson.", "byline": "Katherine Chiglinsky", "kicker": "News", "tags": [ "licensed-from-bloomberg" ], "prettyDate": "October 01, 2020", "wordcount": "634", "timeToRead": "4 minute", "readtime": "4", "authors": [ { "webUrl": "/author/profile/katherine-chiglinsky/", "name": "Katherine Chiglinsky" } ], "kickerNode": [ { "uri": "/news/", "sectionName": "News" } ], "primaryCategory": { "channelName": "", "sectionName": "", "uri": "" }, "image": { "uri": "https://images.propertycasualty360.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/414/2020/10/Allstate-Bloomberg.jpg", "width": "620", "height": "372" } }, { "uri": "/2020/09/25/captive-insurance-uptake-rises-amidst-ongoing-2020-pandemic-threats/", "title": "Captive insurance uptake rises amidst ongoing 2020 pandemic threats", 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Power: Top P&C insurers for digital experience in 2020", "summary": "Insurance carriers recognize that today's customers and prospects are seeking out preferred brands largely via web and mobile.", "byline": "Elana Ashanti Jefferson", "kicker": "Slideshow", "tags": [], "prettyDate": "July 07, 2020", "wordcount": "451", "timeToRead": "3 minute", "readtime": "3", "authors": [ { "webUrl": "/author/profile/elana-ashanti-jefferson/", "name": "Elana Ashanti Jefferson" } ], "kickerNode": [ { "uri": "/slideshow/", "sectionName": "Slideshow" } ], "primaryCategory": { "channelName": "", "sectionName": "", "uri": "" }, "image": { "uri": "https://images.propertycasualty360.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/414/2020/07/Digital-Online-Customer-Consumer-Experience_Shutterstock.jpg", "width": "620", "height": "372" } }, { "uri": "/2020/07/06/pc-insurance-market-outlook-q2-2020/", "title": "P&C insurance market outlook: Q2 2020", "summary": "Rate increases, capacity reductions, and other trends continue to harden the market amidst ongoing COVID-19 challenges, says a report from USI.", "byline": "Heather A. 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Turner", "kicker": "Market Insights", "tags": [], "prettyDate": "June 17, 2020", "wordcount": "469", "timeToRead": "3 minute", "readtime": "3", "authors": [ { "webUrl": "/author/profile/heather-a-turner/", "name": "Heather A. 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