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Veridion raises $6 million to finance their proprietary APIs’ to benefit insurance industry

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Angela Linders

Veridion aims to “deepen” AI comprehension within the business landscape. The new-age data vendor is making the most of the AI (artificial intelligence) revolution and has announced the $6 million round financing and launch of their proprietary, self-service “Match & Enrich APIs”. Specializing in Firmographic Data, Veridion has specifically trained their APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to understand the global business landscape, providing their clients – a number of which are high-profile insurtechs and insurance carrier – with the ability to access reliable data on 80 million businesses around the world.…

Hurricane Ian sends Florida homeowners insurance company into insolvency

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Nordstrom

Insurance company - Hurricane Ian destruction

United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. experienced larger losses than expected from the storm. United Property & Casualty Insurance Company was hit harder than predicted by Hurricane Ian and regulators have now taken steps to place the insurer into receivership after the storm sent it into insolvency. The process has now been triggered to obtain court approval to send the insurer into receivership. Interim Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky issued a letter to Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, to launch the process to obtain approval from the courts to place…

Florida home insurance rates to spike by June, say industry experts

February 22, 2023February 21, 2023 G. Turner

Experts are warning property owners to prepare for premiums as high as 20-25 percent higher. Rising home insurance rates are nothing new for property owners in Florida, but industry experts are still warning that preparing for a substantial hike this year is a good idea, as rates could rise by as much as 20 to 25 percent by June. The state has been in crisis as severe storms become more frequent and inflation drives up prices. Former Citizens Property Insurance Chief Risk Officer John Rollins shared some insight into the…

Allstate insurance company announced $307 million in catastrophe losses in January

February 21, 2023February 17, 2023 H. Cutner

The US primary insurer said that most of the losses were associated with nine events. The Allstate Corporation insurance company recently announced that its January 2023 pre-tax catastrophe losses were $307 million ($243 million after tax). The nine events that caused the majority of the January 2023 losses were mainly in Texas and California. According to a news release issued by the insurance company, part of the losses it experienced in January 2023 were offset by favorable reserve estimates for prior events. “Allstate continued to implement significant auto insurance rate…

State Farm insurance company provides customers with free Ting sensors

February 17, 2023February 15, 2023 G. Turner

The insurer is distributing more than one million devices in an effort to help prevent electrical fires. State Farm insurance company has announced that it’s offering its policyholders over one million free Ting sensors as a part of a strategy to reduce the risk of electrical fires. The smart sensor provides home electricity monitoring to help spot hazards that could spark a fire. The insurance company is offering over one million of the Ting sensors to its customers to help those policyholders to be able to detect hazards in their…

Florida motorists now pay the most for their auto insurance

February 15, 2023February 14, 2023 Marc

Though Michigan had been the most expensive state for coverage, Florida drivers now shell out more. Drivers in Florida have a new reason to groan over the cost of vehicle ownership in the state, as the cost of auto insurance there is now more expensive than anywhere else in the country. Everything from the price of gas to the cost of vehicle repairs is on the rise, and so is coverage. The cost of auto insurance is increasing across the United States. Florida certainly isn’t alone in that. What has…

Insurance payouts made via instant payments reached $227 billion last year

February 14, 2023February 10, 2023 Logan B.

Insurance payouts - A person paying someone else

Insurers sent about 20 percent of all payments to policyholders using this digital method. Last year, nearly one in five consumers received insurance payouts at least one time, and among those 49 million policyholders, a larger number than ever before received the funds via instant payments. That meant 2022 represented the third consecutive year of increases for the use of this method of payments. The rising interest in and use of instant insurance payouts indicates that insurers will be increasingly required to provide customers with options from which they can…