5 Strategies to Help Clients as Personal Auto Premiums Rise
With the increasing cost of insurance, inflated gas prices and supply-chain issues leading to rising costs for cars, the personal auto insurance market is on a bumpy road.

With the increasing cost of insurance, inflated gas prices and supply-chain issues leading to rising costs for cars, the personal auto insurance market is on a bumpy road.
Inflation is driving up loss costs, carriers are increasing rates and underwriting guidelines are being tightened—all leading to a deteriorating auto insurance market.
In 2021, the Great Reopening brought with it a return of the auto errors & omissions claim. Swiss Re received 183 of them last year and 2022 is on track to surpass it.
With inflation peaking at its highest level in 40 years, auto loss ratios are at their second highest in over 20 years.
The study by J.D. Power shows that the increase in auto premiums is dragging down the overall satisfaction of policyholders and hurting retention rates of bundles.
An insured with a business auto policy rents a warehouse he’s not contractually obligated to insure. While backing out, he hit the building, and the carrier is denying coverage.
After an insured was stung or bit by an insect, blacked out and crashed into a tree, the carrier says there is no coverage as the insured is not legally liable for the loss.
On this episode of Agency Nation Radio, Tiago Prado, co-founder and chief visionary officer of BRZ Insurance, discusses how his agency is combining technology and a multiligual team to cater to the changing consumer demographics in the U.S.
After an auto accident in which one vehicle was 100% at fault, the car repairs are delayed. Should the negligent driver’s policy pay for rental reimbursement beyond the 30 days listed in the policy?
Should the carrier pay the third-party claimant actual cash value (ACV) costs based on case law even if there’s nothing mentioned in the policy language?