Personal Lines

Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said catastrophes cost the company $216 million before tax in June.

Don't know much ... about the weather.

Subrogation with regard to a fire claim is an extremely effective means of recovering loss expenses.

The German unit of Allianz SE, Europes biggest insurer, sees no need to follow up on a cost-cutting program in its non-life business that has dragged on three years.

There were still positive signs for the U.S. property and casualty industry during Q1 2014, but financial performance was not as robust as the same period in 2013 as weather losses mounted and the pace of rate increases slowed.

A study by Securian Financial Group finds "job locked" employees are staying with jobs only because they can't secure comparable health insurance on the open market.