Property and casualty insurance

The insurance market going into the Jan. 7 catastrophe already had been hit with non-renewals and cancellations -- and an overburdened state-supported insurance plan. A Morningstar analyst said the state insurance commissioner's reform strategy could have turned it around but now faces new obstacles.

High winds continue to impede firefighters' progress in the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires.

The wildfires add pressure to California's home insurance market, which has faced a growing crisis in recent years.

The Mass.-based institution, which recently saw a slight dip in noninterest income, will provide a variety of P&C products for members and nonmembers.

Recent legislation to lower auto insurance premiums in the Wolverine State could cut into noninterest income, but many institutions are still unclear on how much of a hit they’ll take.

The Alabama bank has named one of its own to head up the company’s property and casualty insurance business, and it has made a key hire in its health care banking group.

The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act was created after 9/11 to serve as a crucial federal backstop for commercial real estate insurers, but an analysis of alternatives to fund the program reveals the continued challenges of measuring and predicting terror risk.