US Assure: New Home Construction Up to $1 Million Now Eligible for 6-Question Builders Risk App

US Assure Builders Risk app

US Assure, the exclusive program administrator for the Builders Risk Plan insured by Zurich, expanded eligibility for its online six-question application with no underwriting holds, increasing speed and ease of use for insurance agents.

Renewal Rates for Nearly All Commercial Lines Up YoY; Nearly All Experience Decrease Month Over Month

premium increases down or flat

Year over year, all major commercial lines experienced an increase in average premium renewal rates. Month over month, Workers’ Compensation experienced an increase in premium renewal rate change, while Commercial Auto, BOP, General Liability, Commercial Property, and Umbrella saw decreases.

Social Inflation Causing Auto, Home Insurance Rates to Jump

Social inflation and insurance rates

Consumers aren’t likely to see their insurance rates go down this year, according to a Morgan Stanley report. The last few years have been rocky ones for the insurance industry. Social inflation rose higher than traditional economic inflation.

California Storms Leave 543,000 Homes at Risk of Flash Flood Damage: CoreLogic

Newsom to allow higher insurance rates

CoreLogic, the global provider of property information, analytics, and data-enabled solutions, estimates that across the greater Los Angeles area, nearly 543,000 single- and multifamily homes with a combined reconstruction cost value (RCV) of more than $258 billion are at risk of flash flood damage.

The Pace of Public D&O Price Decreases Slowed Down in Q4: Aon

Aon report on public D&O insurance

The pace of public directors and officers liability insurance price decreases again slowed in the fourth quarter of 2023, with the average price per $1 million in limits dropping by 17.5%, according to Aon’s Quarterly D&O Pricing Index.