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Root: A business (still) in crisis and a tough road ahead
It is hard to see how the auto insurer can simultaneously address all of its challenges.
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Q4 preview: Earning your keep
January 18, 2022
With Q4 cat losses relatively benign, the focus in Q4 2021 will be on underlying dynamics including the impact of rate rises, Omicron and the economy.
CPI: Highest rate in 40 years keeps pressure on auto carriers
January 13, 2022
The latest report shows even higher inflation pushing up severity, forcing carriers to take rate.
Short interest: InsurTechs catch a break, but pressure still on
January 12, 2022
InsurTechs, including Lemonade, Root, Hippo, and Metromile, shed some short interest but remain the target of choice for short-sellers.
Truth and consequences: Waiting for property-casualty margin improvement
January 06, 2022
Commercial lines loss ratios may move slightly higher, while personal auto carriers see the light at the end of the loss-cost tunnel.
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Allstate expects Q4 pre-tax cat losses to hit $528mn
January 20, 2022
Colorado’s Marshall Fire is expected to cost the company $218mn, while the convective storm that devastated four states, including Kentucky, will contribute around $79mn in claims.
Tougher cyber protocols leading to ‘meaningful’ reduction in claims: Travelers
January 20, 2022
The carrier’s head of bond and specialty said better security postures were leading to a reduction of claims across the industry.
Hagerty’s Butcher: We’re ‘more than that little antique insurer from Michigan’
January 20, 2022
The president of the newly listed car company outlined the MGA’s scope for growth, appetite for M&A, and addressed the question of whether it could go full-stack.
Increased capital gains fuel 30% rise in 2021 intermediary M&A: Optis
January 20, 2022
Private equity-backed, or hybrid buyers were responsible for 76% of all announced transactions in 2021, up from 70% in 2020.
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Root share price crashes 17% to $1.87 after mass layoffs
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Kin Insurance quadruples total managed premiums to more than $100mn
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Risk Strategies buys retail agency Burke Insurance
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Rivals race to scoop up displaced Root staffers
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Acrisure launches cyber division with Abry Partners’ Meara
January 20, 2022
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Aspen strikes paper deal with RSG’s MGU portfolio
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Louisiana DOI puts insolvent Americas Insurance into receivership
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Ryan Specialty launches $400mn senior secured notes offering
January 20, 2022
Unreserved: Episode 10 – Hagerty's Jack Butcher
In the 10th episode of Inside P&C’s podcast, Unreserved, Jack Butcher, president of MGA Hagerty, sits down Inside P&C US News Editor James Thaler.
January 19, 2022
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CPI: Highest rate in 40 years keeps pressure on auto carriers
January 13, 2022
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The Inside P&C Research team looks at what subsectors the new class of InsurTechs is targeting.
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