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Erie Insurance and Philadelphia Insurance Companies grappled with extended system outages, prompting errors & omissions concerns for independent insurance agents.

Erie Insurance and Philadelphia Insurance Companies grappled with extended system outages, prompting errors & omissions concerns for independent insurance agents.
Cyberattacks against carriers, such as the ones earlier this month against Erie Insurance and Philadelphia Insurance Companies, can pose serious errors & omissions risk for your agency.
2024 saw the second-highest amount of tornadoes on record and 2025 is predicted to continue above-average activity. One weekend alone in mid-May caused $9 billion-$11 billion in damage.
However, progress could be undone by the January California wildfires and the impact of tariffs, the report from Triple-I and Milliman warned.
Despite rising concerns, 26% of commercial property owners admit to knowingly carrying inadequate insurance coverage to account for severe weather events, an 8-point increase from 2023.
Most drivers believe other motorists’ driving behaviors are bad and getting worse, according to Nationwide. Yet most rate their own driving very highly, despite participating in the same risky behaviors.
Personal lines rate increases were driven by homeowners insurance premiums, while auto and umbrella and excess liability saw the most significant commercial lines rate hikes.
While injury-related expenses cost small businesses more than $20,000 in 2024, half of these injuries were reported as being preventable, according to Pie Insurance.
Two insurance industry reports revealed that the overall property & casualty insurance industry is returning to profitability after years of hard market conditions and weather-related losses.
VPNs and firewalls ranked as the first and fourth most exploited technologies for initial access in 2024, according to a Coalition report.