Personal Lines

Mondays expected launch of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.s Property Insurance Clearinghouse in Florida will moderately increase private- and capital-market reinsurance demand and should modestly help lower the last-resort insurers policy count, according to Fitch Ratings.

Rate filings show PIP premiums have dropped an average of 13.2%below the 25% target envisioned in HB 119, but a welcome outcome for the OIR and insurers.

Is the return of the U.S. auto boom already over? According to an analyst at the University of Michigans Transportation Research institute, it seems so.

Mortgage insurer MGIC Investment Corp posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss as fewer U.S. homeowners defaulted in a recovering housing market.

Snowmobile accidents are more common than you'd think. Foremost Insurance provides safety tips for snowmobile enthusiasts this winter to help avoid filing a claim.

Personal-lines insurers should show year-over-year profit improvement when they report 2013 results, and the combined ratio for both personal auto and homeowners should come in under 100, according to a Fitch Ratings personal-lines dashboard update.