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Tom Jacobs

Tom Jacobs

Author at spglobal.com at S&P Global Market Intelligence

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    Recent Articles

    spglobal.com

    Mild hurricane season not helping Florida insurers on Wall St.

    Stalled growth for companies such as Heritage and Universal is a reflection of investors' reluctance to buy into the market during the Atlantic hurricane season.
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    Q2'2025 P&C earnings recap: Personal auto drives EPS, income uptick

    All 12 companies in an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis of leading US property and casualty (P&C) and multiline insurers reported increases in operating earnings per share and pre-tax net income.
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    Heritage Insurance stock soars as profits double, Florida market re...

    Shares in the Florida-based insurer rose more than 68% between March 31 and June 5 after strong first-quarter results sparked an upturn.
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    Tariffs, wildfires to top US P&C insurers' earnings season agenda

    An S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis found that combined ratios are expected to deteriorate both sequentially and year over year for a majority of the largest US property and casualty carriers in the first quarter of 2025.
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    Root's stock hits all-time high as market challenges loom

    Shares in Root have risen 35.10% since Jan. 22, the start of the property and casualty insurance segment's 2024 fourth-quarter earnings season, to $109.71, the highest closing price ever for the insurance technology company.
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    Chubb's Greenberg tops P&C insurer CEO pay list in 2023

    Greenberg's compensation of $27.7 million was approximately 452x the median Chubb employee salary of $61,188.
    spglobal.com

    Hurricane Beryl's early start highlights changing risk environment ...

    US insurance industry losses are expected to be between $750 million and $1.2 billion from one of the earliest Category-5 hurricanes seen in the Atlantic Basin.
    spglobal.com

    Consumer checkup: Rising US auto insurance costs creating a 'toxic ...

    The average cost of motor vehicle insurance in the US rose 20.6% in February, the steepest year-over-year increase for that metric since the mid-1970s.
    spglobal.com

    Consumer checkup: Rising US auto insurance costs creating a 'toxic ...

    The average cost of motor vehicle insurance in the US rose 20.6% in February, the steepest year-over-year increase for that metric since the mid-1970s.
    spglobal.com

    Honeymoon over for Root as momentum from buyout bid wanes

    The insurance technology company's stock is down 21.8% since the start of the year.
    spglobal.com

    In shift, California will let catastrophe models be used in rate-se...

    The use of forward-looking models is a 180-degree departure from Proposition 103, which requires insurers to take the average of actual losses for the previous 20 years to set their rates.
    spglobal.com

    Profitability concerns drive September swoon for insurtechs

    Through the Sept. 28 closing bell, the share prices of Hippo, Lemonade and Root have all fallen at least 12% since the start of the month.
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    US insurtech CEO pay takes hit in 2022 - S&P Global

    An S&P Global Market Intelligence data analysis found that nine of the 14 CEOs in the analysis experienced decreases in their 2022 compensation packages. Compensation for three of them shrank by more than 90%.
    spglobal.com

    Ala. storm mitigation program offers template for La. insurance mar...

    The Louisiana Department of Insurance obtained $45 million in funding from the state legislature to launch a grant program based on Strengthen Alabama Homes.
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    US P&C 2023 outlook: Reinsurance costs, M&A slowdown, E&S ... - S&P...

    A number of factors, particularly reinsurance costs, should put larger companies in a better position compared to smaller insurers.
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    Hurricane Ian hits US private auto loss ratios - spglobal.com

    The U.S. private auto insurance industry’s direct loss ratio spiked to a record high of 83.4% in the third quarter.
    spglobal.com

    Hurricane Ian weighs heavy on property insurers’ Q3 catastrophe losses

    Citizens Property Insurance topped this S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis with an estimated $2.6 billion in losses from the storm.
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    Stocks shake losing streak; Fla. insurers up as legislature passes ...

    Insurance stocks outperformed the broader market as the S&P 500 Insurance index jumped 7.06% to 570.93 for the week ending May 27, while the S&P 500 climbed 6.58% to 4,158.27.
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    Scorched cars burn insurers facing higher risks from electric vehic...

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    California has hit brakes on private auto rate hikes since start of...

    An S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis shows that the regulator signed off on 29 requests for private auto rate increases between January 2019 and March 2020, but none since April 2020.
    spglobal.com

    California has hit brakes on private auto rate hikes since start of...

    An S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis shows that the regulator signed off on 29 requests for private auto rate increases between January 2019 and March 2020, but none since April 2020.