Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins

By Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | January 14, 2026 Employees at personal lines carriers are grappling with uncertainty as layoffs and hiring

By Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | February 2, 2026 The Hartford is expanding the use of its cloud-based Prevail platform used for quoting personal lines policies to help drive growth through agents.

March 27, 2026 For the first time since 2018, Erie Insurance last year cracked the top 10 of homeowners insurers ranked by market share, skipping ahead of Nationwide.

By Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | March 27, 2026 For the first time since 2018, Erie Insurance last year cracked the top 10 of homeowners insurers ranked by market share, skipping ahead of Nationwide.

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By Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | April 17, 2026 Travelers is slimming down its policies and building a more attractive book of business.

By Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | April 24, 2026 The chief executives at the top personal lines carriers that are not publicly traded took home more than $52 million in combined earnings last year.

May 6, 2026 Never ones to shy away from spending money to attract customers and burnish their image, personal lines insurance companies are expanding into new areas of marketing.

May 13, 2026 Insurers have a problem with missing information in their rate filings and it's costing them time and money.

July 6, 2026 Carriers have implemented some major changes for their agents this year, from State Farm cutting compensation and retirement