Personal Lines

The personal-lines insurance market is expected to do better than commercial lines, as price increases are anticipated to be tougher to achieve for commercial-lines carriers in 2012, says A.M. Best.

The P&C industry had a rough year in 2011, and the results for the first nine months show that carriers have more to worry about these days than just the threat of more disaster losses.

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. does not think the state Supreme Court addressed all of the issues it should have before reinstating what now is a judgment of more than $100 million for policyholders.

What started out as a consumer protection has sadly created a cottage industry and feeding frenzy among unscrupulous medical clinics, criminal-fraud rings and some trial lawyers.

If an alleged teen bully is sued by the victim's family, will a standard Homeowners policy provide coverage for the parents?

The benefits of telematics-based auto-insurance products could go beyond better risk selection and pricing, and could include better fraud detection and the ability to provide feedback to consumers on CO2 emissions, fuel consumption and other factors that may lower the cost of driving, according to a Celent report.