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  • AM Best flags further worsening in cost and availability for Californian property cover

    12 February 2024

    Using historic data for pricing increasingly "unwise" as new climatic paradigm emerges

  • Christian Vink becomes Farmers Insurance CRO

    10 May 2023
  • California wildfires could cost insurers even more this year

    12 July 2021

    AM Best says this year's wildfire season is about a month ahead of schedule

  • Hawaiian insurers look on as hurricane Douglas approaches

    27 July 2020

    State Farm Group, Heritage Insurance Holdings Group and Tokio Marine are the main writers for homeowners' multi-peril lines

  • Travelers warns of $114m Q2 Covid-19 losses

    15 July 2020

    Insurer also expects $400m subrogation wildfire-linked recoveries in Q3

  • Insurers vie with funds for control of PG&E

    26 July 2019

    Group owed $20bn from California wildfire aims to takeover bankrupt utility

  • California fires to "severely test" risk tolerances

    14 November 2018

    A.M. Best warns forest fires will hit profits and cause re-evaluation of underwriting

  • Aviva hopes for culture change through Silicon Valley initiative

    23 August 2016

    Insurer is partnering with digital start-up accelerator Plug and Play

  • Greco reshapes Zurich's governance

    10 June 2016

    In response to "changed dynamics" of the insurance industry