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Allstate adds roof insurance to improve homeowners revenue

InsuranceHeadlines Breaking News /Chicago – Allstate Corp., trying to improve profits in its homeowners’ insurance business, will launch a new product called House & Home that will deal with losses caused by poorly maintained roofing, its chief executive said Thursday.   The Northbrook-based insurer, whose stock whose stock closed …

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U.S. Commercial Property-Insurance Rates to Climb, Marsh Says

(Bloomberg) — U.S. businesses will probably pay more this year for property coverage after insurers took losses from natural disasters and investment income declined, Marsh & McLennan Cos.’s insurance brokerage said

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Making Sense of Hurricane Models

To model for natural disasters, insurance companies rely on modeling expertise from firms such AIR Worldwide, RMS and EQECAT. By doing so, they can avail themselves of a deep well of scientific knowledge and models consistently improved to reflect the latest research

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Billing System Activity Remains High for P&C Insurers

Insurers continue to have a number of functionality and improved technology options when it comes to renewing or replacing billing systems, according to a new report from Celent. In an effort to help insurers refine their systems strategies and, where appropriate, create a list of appropriate vendors for evaluation, the …

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Property/casualty insurance rates under pressure

NEW YORK – Property/casualty rates are under mounting upward pressure due to recent catastrophe losses and continued low interest rates that have limited investment returns, according to speakers at last week’s Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in New York.

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Allstate plans Illinois homeowners insurance rate hike of 4-10%

Allstate Corp. plans to raise Illinois homeowners insurance rates 4 percent to 10 percent.

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Allstate plans Illinois homeowners insurance rate hike of 4-10%

Insurers Lifting Rates as Storms Defy Models

Allstate Corp., Travelers Cos. and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. are among insurers raising homeowners’ rates after damage from natural disasters defied industry projections

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Insurers Lifting Rates as Storms Defy Models

Insurers’ Profitability Plunges on Catastrophes

U.S. property and casualty insurers’ profitability fell to the lowest level since 2008 as losses from natural disasters exceeded gains in sales and investment income.

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Insurers’ Profitability Plunges on Catastrophes

Home insurance rates likely to go higher

Homeowners insurance premiums are starting to rise after tornadoes, hail, winds and lightning slammed U.S. insurance companies’ balance sheets throughout 2011.

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FIO report on insurance regulations eagerly awaited

(Property and Casulty Insurance News) – A potential inside-the-Beltway equivalent of a best-seller at least for some people is likely to roll off the presses in the next few weeks. Unlike, say, the latest from John Grisham, this volume won’t cost its readers a cent other than …

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FIO report on insurance regulations eagerly awaited