Farmers Insurance
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Ahead of third quarter earnings, many personal lines insurers are pulling several levers to right-size their operations, including conducting layoffs and reducing exposure.
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The rate cuts will affect both new and renewal business across most products, with the biggest reductions affecting new business.
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These measures are intended to create a more efficient organization, and they follow a thorough evaluation and reduction of operational expenses across Farmers, the announcement noted.
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The review reflects Moody's concerns around Farmers' underwriting results in its core personal lines and its capital adequacy.
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The non-renewals would have impacted Georgia homeowners with roofs over 15 years old, said Insurance Commissioner John King, calling it a “blatant violation of Georgia law”.
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Farmers Insurance becomes the latest major national carrier to pump the brakes in California, limiting new business to only 7,000 policies per month, signaling further problems in the state’s homeowners’ market.
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The news comes just over a month after two other large carriers, State Farm and Allstate, announced that they’d no longer accept new business in the state.
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Continuing rises in loss frequency and severity plus a difficult regulatory framework make the situation in California highly challenging for carriers.
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Personal lines rates ticked up in April compared to the prior month as insurers try to stay ahead of rising loss costs.
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