How Allstate is Navigating a Year of Extreme Weather

Allstate Insurance Stocks

Allstate’s Catastrophe Losses Highlight Industry Struggles – May’s Stormy Toll Allstate Corp. recently reported $777 million in pretax catastrophe losses for May 2025. What caused the damage? Three massive wind and hail events, accounting for a staggering 70% of the month’s total losses. That’s just three storms out of 11 disastrous events. Combine April and May, and the losses balloon to $1.37 billion. For context, the January–February period wasn’t much easier. Allstate recorded $1.17 billion in pretax catastrophe losses, driven by wildfires in Southern California. Strong winds. Dry landscapes. It’s a…

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Technology for Agricultural Insurance: Smarter Risk Management with Satellite Monitoring

Agricultural Insurance

Agricultural insurance has shifted from paper forms to pixel-level intelligence. According to Research and Markets, global premiums were valued at US $42.3 billion in 2024 and are forecast to reach about US $60 billion by 2030, growing 6% annually. The surge is driven by rising climate volatility, government subsidies, and better risk-scoring tools that widen access even for one-hectare farms.  Parametric covers are expanding fast. They pay automatically when a pre-set rainfall, wind-speed, or vegetation threshold is crossed, reducing disputes and cutting settlement times to under a week. Modern platforms…

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