Trusted Choice® Launches Hard Market Toolkit
The toolkit assists Big “I” member agencies in navigating the current insurance market and helps them effectively communicate with their clients.

The toolkit assists Big “I” member agencies in navigating the current insurance market and helps them effectively communicate with their clients.
This week, Farmers Insurance said it will stop offering home, auto and umbrella policies in Florida.
June brought the hard market into full focus, with companies pulling back from the property and auto insurance markets thanks to inflation, construction costs and catastrophe losses.
In a video released yesterday, Big “I” Chairman John Costello apologized for an interview segment conducted at the Big “I” Legislative Conference.
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The Big “I” would like to sincerely apologize for an unfortunate interview segment that was conducted at the 2023 Big “I” Legislative Conference between president & CEO Bob Rusbuldt and Fox News host Jesse Watters in April.
The aggregate price change for lines of U.S. commercial insurance was up 5.6% for the first quarter, compared to the 4.8% increase in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Nearly one-third (31%) of U.S. auto insurance customers have seen their rates increase in the past year, leading to the largest decline in customer satisfaction in 20 years.
This week, Nationwide announced it is pausing writing business in certain lines of insurance, joining the list of insurers who have withdrawn from markets.