Personal Lines

A new multi-industry push for a National Flood Insurance Program extension, the state of pricing in the industry, and more.

Led by severe weather, especially tornadoes, in the United States, global insured losses for the month of April are close to $1 billion, says Aon Benfield.

Allstate Corp. says first-quarter net income increased about 46 percent to $766 million as its strategy to improve margins in auto and homeowners insurance is paying off, Allstate's CEO says.

First quarter net income at The Hartford was down about 81 percent to $96 million, as net losses from runoff operations totaled $378 million. Core earnings were up 7 percent.

The Cuomo administration in New York is proposing a regulation aimed at ending the current rapid rise in no-fraud-auto-insurance rates by stopping payments where no medical treatment is rendered.

Progressive Corp. has filed separate patent-infringement lawsuits against Hartford Financial Services and State Farm over usage-based-auto insurance.