Monthly Archives: August 2012

Personal auto insurance rates appear set to increase at an accelerated pace, according to one analyst firm, and insurers may just be waiting on the market leader to lead the charge. In an industry update, Stifel Nicolaus notes that a 2012 Q2 analysis shows that direct written premiums for auto insurers rose just 2.5 percent, […]

itch Rating Service says property and casualty insurance rates will continue to rise through 2013, producing modest increases in industry net income, but a return to a sustained hard market is considered unlikely. In a report released Friday, Fitch says that after suffering a period of severe losses in 2011 the “long-awaited shift to positive […]

Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America has filed federal court documents in Florida arguing that it does not have an obligation to defend the homeowners’ association where Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. Sybrina Fulton, Martin’s mother, has filed a claim for more than $75,000 in damages against The Retreat at Twin Lakes—where 17-year-old […]