The UK motor insurance market is projected to post a net combined ratio of 108% in 2026, a sharp deterioration from the 102% EY estimates for 2025, with losses continuing into 2027 at a forecast 103%, according to analysis the firm released July 23. Repair, labor and vehicle costs are the primary drag on margins […]
Auto Physical Damage Premiums Decline in Texas and Florida as Overall Total Rises 1.3%
Florida’s 5.3% drop was the largest among the 50 states, while No. 1 California gained 5.4% to $24.21 billion. Auto physical damage direct premiums written fell last year in two of the five largest states for the line, even as premiums across all reporting jurisdictions rose 1.3% to $177.4 billion, according to a Best’s Rankings […]
Private Passenger Auto Drives Louisiana’s First Broad Rate Relief, Triple-I Says
Trade group points to litigation and glass-claim fraud as the cost drivers still to be addressed. A new state law folds ADAS calibration disclosures and an assignment-of-benefits ban into Louisiana’s unfair trade practices statute. Private passenger auto insurance produced the sharpest turnaround in a Louisiana property/casualty market that posted its first broad rate relief of […]
Georgia Approves USAA Auto Insurance Rate Reduction Totaling $33 Million in Savings
Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced June 25 that the USAA group of companies will cut auto insurance rates in the state, an overall group reduction of about 2.6% that the office estimated will save more than 200,000 Georgia policyholders roughly $33.2 million. The reduction combines decreases across three USAA underwriting […]
USAA to Return Nearly $1 Billion to Florida Members in Dividends and Auto Insurance Rate Cuts
USAA said June 8 it will distribute a $500 million dividend to about 830,000 Florida auto insurance policyholders, the largest single piece of nearly $1 billion in rate reductions and direct member returns the insurer expects to deliver in the state between December 2025 and July 2026. The San Antonio, Texas-based insurer, which serves military […]
Auto Insurance Shopping Cools in First Quarter as Rate Decreases Spread
Shopping activity turned negative in March even as 47.3% of policies were shopped within the previous year — the highest rate since LexisNexis began tracking in 2020. U.S. auto insurance shopping grew 3.2% year over year in the first quarter of 2026 and new policy growth slowed to 3.6%, according to data released May 12 […]
Southern Farm Bureau Cuts Louisiana Auto Rates 10.6%
Six insurers finalize filings through April. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has finalized six private passenger auto insurance rate filings through the end of April, led by a 10.6% decrease from Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company that will save 39,332 policyholders approximately $16 million in premiums. The Southern Farm Bureau cut, applied to the […]
Allstate Auto Insurance Underwriting Income More Than Doubles to $1.7 Billion in First Quarter
Market share increased in the quarter year-over-year. The Allstate Corp.’s auto insurance business posted underwriting income of $1.73 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up from $816 million in the prior year quarter, as the recorded combined ratio improved 9.4 points to 81.9 and policies in force grew 2.6%. Premiums written were essentially flat […]
State Farm Cuts Texas Auto Rates 4.1%, Adds $105 Per-Vehicle Dividend
State Farm will reduce auto insurance rates for Texas drivers by an average of 4.1 percent and pay qualifying Texas customers an average dividend of $105 per vehicle, the company announced. New-business policies reflect the lower rates beginning April 15, and renewal policies follow June 4. The reduction represents more than $250 million in lower […]
Allstate Subsidiaries Cut Louisiana Auto Rates Again as Commissioner Temple Finalizes New Filings
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has finalized rate decreases from two Allstate group companies on their private passenger auto insurance programs, extending a string of reductions from the insurer that now total double digit percentages over the past six months. The latest round of rate cuts from the Allstate subsidiaries adds to a broader pattern […]
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