Insurance
Mercury Insurance founder George Joseph dies at 104
Under his tenure as CEO, Mercury went public in 1985 and expanded beyond California in 1989. The company listed on...
“If you’re not taking care of your client, someone else will”
Trucordia CEO on how the soft market raises retention stakes, and a broker's biggest competitive weapon Disclaimer: This story is...
Parametric insurance just paid out for a coral reef for the first time in the US
Julia Rose, marine project manager for The Nature Conservancy in Hawaii, has framed the policy as a way to keep...
Hail drives E&S homeowners surge into inland states
California, Florida, and Texas still account for roughly 64% of total US E&S homeowners direct premiums, according to S&P Global...
Why your carrier’s storm model vintage matters at renewal
A new KCC white paper makes the case that AI-informed cat models are closing a dangerous pricing gap Disclaimer: This...
Centene CFO Drew Asher to retire as Chris Neczypor named successor
Neczypor joins from Lincoln Financial Group, where he served as executive vice president and CFO since February 2023. He will...
Derecho losses mount, but property market unlikely to turn, says broker
HUB head flags property, catastrophe and business interruption claims Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has...
Soft property market sets up insurance-to-value reckoning, Amwins warns
“Our market has been in a hard market for a while, but there's been a little bit of a change,...
Why wholesale brokers are being squeezed as retail consolidation accelerates
The pressure is emerging from a retail channel that’s steadily concentrating. The Big “I” and Future One estimated 39,000 independent...
Insurers keep saying they’re not cutting staff. The payroll data tells a different story
And yet property-casualty industry headcount grew just 0.81% between January 2025 and January 2026, according to that same study, well...
Behind the new strategic era of captive insurance
Swiss Re sees captives taking a permanent role in corporate strategy as emerging risks fuel broader adoption Disclaimer: This story...
Skyward Specialty grows agriculture and A&H as it trims property and captives
Global property fell 15.3% to $71.1 million, Captives dropped 16.6% to $64.3 million, while energy solutions declined 16.2% to $62.7 million....
