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A record 6.8% of all home insurance customers are actively shopping for new policies in 2024, yet only 2.2% of homeowners switched policies as a result.

Following a brief lull in tropical activity in the wake of Hurricane Ernesto, the conditions are now primed for a series of back-to-back storms over the next few weeks in the Atlantic.

Both residential and commercial property saw total reconstruction costs increase from July 2023 to July 2024.

The Trusted Choice® survey revealed that while most U.S. insurance consumers don’t fully understand the policies they have purchased, 86% believe they do.

Across the nearly 33 million homes stretching from Texas to Maine that could be impacted by hurricane winds, the combined reconstruction cost would be $10.8 trillion.

The guidance was set to take effect on June 1 and would have required mortgagors to acquire replacement cost value coverage for their property, including roofs, deeming actual cash value unacceptable.

Through Citizens, more than 7,000 agents will receive no-cost access to the EZLynx Rating Engine to enable them to quote home and dwelling fire policies in Florida.

The latest driving behavior survey from Nationwide revealed that both personal auto and commercial drivers partake in risky behaviors that impact all drivers on the road.

In addition to $65 billion in CAT losses, AM Best analysts also said both economic and social inflation played large roles in property & casualty losses.

As auto insurance shopping rates rose during the fourth quarter of 2023, carrier retention rates dropped.