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Texas Regulators: Average Homeowners Rate Filings Swing to 4.3% Drop in Second Half
Statistical Plan for Residential Risks. No hurricanes have made landfall in Texas since Hurricane Beryl came ashore on July 1, 2024. No. 8 writer Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 12, 2026
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CatIQ Director: Losses Could Reach $395.3 Million From Intense Toronto Area Hail, Windstorms
Caroline Floyd said in a statement. The storms hit with very large hail, damaging wind gusts and torrential rain from Windsor to Ottawa and included multiple tornadoes and ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 8, 2026
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Markel Launches Chemical, Oil & Gas Property Offering, Appoints Head of First Party Energy
She joined the organization's U.S. environmental and casualty team as a senior underwriter before progressing to director, property and marine and later, senior director, first ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 8, 2026
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Aon: Nor'easter and Hurricane Polo May Have Each Left Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Losses
Long Beach Island, New Jersey. "Atlantic City recorded a water level of 3.26 feet above normally dry ground, the highest since Superstorm Sandy's measurement of 4.16 feet in 2012," ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 5, 2026
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Court Allowing Oklahoma Attorney General's State Farm Lawsuit to Proceed
... Drummond attempted to intervene in. State Farm said retaining the firm to represent the state flies in the face of the Supreme Court ruling that the two lawsuits should remain ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 29, 2026
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Tort Reforms, Depopulation Among TWIA Potential Recommendations
Tort reforms, policy depopulation and refinements to its catastrophe funding structure are among the legislative priorities the board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 28, 2026
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CatIQ: One Summer Event Caused Half of Estimated $1.28 Billion in Canada Prairie Cat Losses
Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. It attributed half of the estimated losses to a severe storm outbreak that hit Saskatchewan and Manitoba June 9-10 with tornadoes, up to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 23, 2026
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Estimated Catastrophe Losses Triple for Second Straight Month at Allstate
The event pushed year-to-date U.S. severe convective storm public and private insured losses past $35 billion, said Gallagher Re in a commentary on the Aug. 9-12 storms. The five ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 17, 2026
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Aon Estimates Single-Digit Billion-Dollar Losses From Stormy Start to September in US, Canada
Aon said in a catastrophe report. It partially destroyed roofs and left structural damage to commercial buildings, also downing trees and causing widespread power outages. Large ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 11, 2026
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Gallagher Re Estimates Hundreds of Millions in Losses From Single-Day Storms in Toronto Area
Toronto area, according to Gallagher Re. Losses from the severe convective storm outbreak could rise higher, it said in an event commentary, because the storm struck the major ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 8, 2026
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Gallagher Re Pegs Two Storm Losses at $2.9 Billion
Switzerland and northern Italy the following day. Gallagher Re's loss estimate covers the three countries. It said Raphaela left significantly damaged residential and commercial ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 4, 2026
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Definity Estimates $94.15 Million Impact From July and August Cats, Exceeding Expectations
Net catastrophe losses in July and August impacted Definity Financial Corp. underwriting income by an estimated C$130 million ($94.15 million), exceeding expectations by a large ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 4, 2026
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Perils: July Convective Storms in Europe Caused $2.54 Billion in Insured Losses
Perils said the initial estimate will be updated Oct. 19. The SCS were triggered by high-level cool air moving in from the northeast across the continent, according to Perils. The ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 1, 2026
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Rising Storm Losses Reshape Risk Pricing in Capital Markets, Study Says
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Source: Best's Review   Date: September 1, 2026
Ping An Posts Sharply Higher First-Half Profit on Life/Health Gains
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd. posted a 36.1% rise in first-half net profit and double-digit profit growth in the life/health segment outpaced a decline in ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 21, 2026
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Allstate Estimates $682 Million in Cat Losses for July
Operating entities of Allstate Corp. currently have a Best's Financial Strength rating of A+ (Superior) to B (Fair). Shares of Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) closed on the afternoon of ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 20, 2026
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CatIQ Increases Quebec, Ontario Storm Loss Estimate as Commercial Claims Rise
June 30 and July 3, according to Perils subsidiary CatIQ. Commercial losses rose most notably since CatIQ's initial C$374 million loss estimate for the event, the catastrophe ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 17, 2026
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Swiss Re Institute: Insurers Incurred About $42 Billion in Nat Cats During First Half of Year
Wildfire is the fastest-growing weather peril globally as fire seasons lengthen, geographic risk expands and conditions conducive to events increase in frequency, according to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 13, 2026
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Perils Lowers France's Windstorm Nils Loss Estimate to $801.8 Million
British Isles and Western Europe," said Luzi Hitz, product manager, Perils. "The 2025/2026 season is therefore a rare exception in that the majority of losses occurred in the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 13, 2026
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Texas Windstorm Association Board: No Rate Change for 2027
The TWIA had until Aug. 15 to make its filing with the Texas Department of Insurance. The five largest writers of homeowners multiperil insurance in Texas in 2025, based on direct ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 6, 2026
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