Filing Watch: Midwest / NW — July 2026 (3-Page Tabloid)
Insurance Xdate
FILING WATCH
Midwest / NW Edition · July 2026
Page 1 — Workers Comp & Commercial Auto
Monthly Rate Briefing

Comp is quiet and auto is mixed across the Midwest & Northwest — but Acuity just booked its sixth straight Oregon increase.

This month's screen — approved rate increases touching 1,000+ policyholders at severity 4–5, in workers comp and commercial auto — surfaced a single qualifying filing. That's the story: bureau comp is flat-to-down, and the month's biggest auto moves were either decreases (State Farm cut Nebraska 8.4%) or scoring-model changes you'll find on Page 3. Here's the one that cleared the bar.

Lead Filing

ORCommercial AutoSeverity 4/5

Acuity's sixth straight Oregon auto hike: +7.3% overall, uninsured-motorist up ~76%

Approved July 31, effective September 1. Acuity takes an average 7.3% across its Oregon commercial auto book — 1,486 policyholders, $18.1M in premium — but the headline hides the move that matters: uninsured/underinsured-motorist coverage jumps about 76%. Acuity also adopts revised ISO increased-limit factors and cuts physical-damage experience-rating credibility to 75%, so clean-loss accounts earn less credit than they did a year ago. This is the sixth annual increase in a row — read it as a trend line, not a one-off, and expect the UM/UIM component to keep leading.

+7.3%
Average
~76%
UM/UIM
1,486
Policyholders
$18.1M
Premium
$12,156
Avg prem/policy

Also Approved This Cycle

Why only one filing on Page 1?

Workers comp is genuinely soft across the region — bureau loss costs are flat-to-down and the qualifying comp filings this window were favorable or neutral. Commercial auto was busier, but its biggest July moves don't belong here: State Farm cut Nebraska commercial auto 8.4% and trimmed Idaho (Midvale) 7.3%, while its Missouri book — +2.7% on the surface, liability up to +24% underneath — is really a scoring-model story. Those live on Page 3, where the auto pricing action actually moved this month.

Northeast
Southeast
Midwest / NWThis week
Southwest
Insurance Xdate
FILING WATCH
Midwest / NW Edition · July 2026
Page 2 — The Wider Market: All Other Lines
Beyond WC & Auto

The package and liability market is where the Midwest is really re-pricing — led by The Hartford and a 27.9% farm-and-ranch jump.

Same screen, every other commercial line: businessowners, package, general liability and farm carriers are pushing rate — and often taking far less than their own filings say they need. The Hartford's Missouri BOP takes 7.9% against a 20% indication; several carriers filed double-digit needs and settled for low single digits. Translation: these books aren't done.

Industries in this issue's filings

Religious & Education Nonprofits
Church Mutual GL +20.1%
Agriculture & Farms
American National +27.9%
Restaurants & Personal Care
Midvale liability +29%, nail salons +77%
Main Street Retail & Services
Hartford Spectrum BOP

Lead Filing

MOCMP / BusinessownersSeverity 4/5

The Hartford takes 7.9% on Missouri BOP — but its own indication was 20%, and some policies jump 35%

Approved July 29, effective October 10. The region's largest wider-market filing by book: 9,776 Missouri Spectrum businessowners policyholders and $40.8M in premium. The average lands at 7.9% — but The Hartford's actuarial indication was 20.1%, and individual policies can rise as much as 35% as a PCICH tier adjustment reshuffles risks between pricing buckets. When a carrier takes barely a third of its indicated need, the gap doesn't disappear — it reloads for the next filing. Main Street retail, service and office accounts are squarely in scope.

+7.9%
Average
20.1%
Indicated
+35%
Max policy
9,776
Policyholders
$4,175
Avg prem/policy

Three Filings Worth a Closer Look

MOGeneral LiabilitySev 4

Church Mutual hits Missouri nonprofits with +20.1% GL — on top of last year's 22.5%

Religious congregations, schools and other nonprofits face a second straight 20%+ general-liability increase, effective January 1. Two years of compounding put many renewals roughly 47% above 2024 pricing. Church Mutual is a monoline specialist in these classes — there's no cross-sell discount to soften the blow.

1,396 policyholders · $2.9M premium · effective Jan 1, 2027 · ~$2,067/policy
SDFarm & RanchSev 5

American National raises South Dakota farm & ranch 27.9% — and pulls its expense credits

The region's only severity-5 rate increase this cycle. Following a 48% hike last year, American National takes another 27.9% on South Dakota farm-and-ranch and removes expense-flattening credits that had cushioned larger operations. $9.4M book, effective March 2027. Ag accounts should model the two-year compounding now, not at renewal.

799 policyholders · $9.4M premium · effective Mar 21, 2027 · ~$11,791/policy
KSBOPSev 4

American Family's Midvale: +8.4% Kansas BOP overall — but liability +29% and nail salons up to +77%

The 8.4% average masks a 29% liability jump and nail-salon classes facing up to 77%. Midvale also sharply raises hired- and non-owned-auto rates for food-delivery restaurants and reworks class modification factors. Effective July 24 — already in market. Personal-care and food-service accounts feel this one first.

1,458 policyholders · $3.3M premium · effective Jul 24 · ~$2,269/policy

The Rest of the Qualifying List

StateCarrierLine / Sub-typeSeverityPolicyholdersEffective
MOCincinnati InsuranceOther Liability — Commercial Umbrella3 / 52,505Jan 1, 2027
MOAuto-OwnersOther Liability — Commercial Umbrella3 / 53,018Sep 15, 2026
KSFarm Bureau P&C / Western AgricOther Liability — General Liability4 / 56,964Nov 1, 2026
ORPhiladelphia IndemnityOther Liability — General Liability3 / 52,533Apr 1, 2027
SDFarm Bureau P&C / Western AgricOther Liability — General Liability3 / 51,704Nov 1, 2026
KSFarmers Exch / Mid-Century / TruckCMP — Businessowners3 / 51,434Oct 1, 2026
KSUnited Financial (Progressive)CMP — Businessowners3 / 51,040Aug 21, 2026

Also on the radar

The near-zero headlines hide the real moves. Farm Bureau's Kansas GL (+0.3%, 6,964 policyholders) and South Dakota GL (+2.6%, 1,704) both adopt ISO 'Size of Risk' factors that swing individual accounts up to +190% in KS and +212% in SD while cutting the largest risks — contractors and agritainment are most exposed. And Progressive's United Financial took just 0.9% on Kansas BOP against an 18.4% indication while quietly adding PFAS and data-privacy exclusions — the coverage cut is the actual filing.

Insurance Xdate
FILING WATCH
Midwest / NW Edition · July 2026
Page 3 — Filing Effects: Guidelines, Coverage & Scoring
Beyond the Rate Number

The real Midwest story is under the rate line: scoring models, coverage cuts and a 52.3% wellness repricing.

Same region, the filings whose headline rate hides the action: new scoring algorithms, underwriting-guideline changes and coverage contraction approved in July. Two carriers rebuilt commercial-auto pricing around index scores, and Great American repriced its sports-and-wellness liability book 52.3% while cutting the medical limit in half.

Industries in this page's filings

Sports, Fitness & Wellness
Great American GL +52.3%
Trucking & Transportation
Occidental motor carriers +24%
Law Firms (Cyber)
ALPS +49.1%
Habitational & Older Buildings
Fire Ins Exch BOP360

Lead Filing · Coverage Cut + Rate

MTSports & Wellness GLSeverity 5/5

Great American reprices sports & wellness liability 52.3% — and halves the medical-expense limit

Approved July 8, effective December 1. Great American's sports-and-wellness general-liability program takes 52.3% against a 131% indicated need — and simultaneously cuts the medical-expense limit from $25,000 to $10,000, so insureds pay materially more for materially less. A matching Oregon filing (also +52.3%, 122% indicated) carries the same terms. Gyms, studios, leagues and wellness centers renewing here should treat the medical-limit cut as the real headline: the rate is barely a third of what the carrier says the book needs, so the next filing is already loading. New optional buy-backs appear for pitching machines, saunas, cryotherapy and water slides.

+52.3%
Rate
131%
Indicated
$25K → $10K
Medical limit
MT + OR
Both states

New Scoring Models — The Trend Is Real

MOCommercial AutoSev 3

State Farm's Customer Rating Index reshapes commercial auto in two states — opposite headlines

State Farm cut Nebraska commercial auto 8.4% overall under a new Customer Rating Index — but the same model in Missouri takes +2.7% overall while raising liability up to 24% and lifting the CRI surcharge cap to 2.0x. Same algorithm, opposite headline: individual accounts now move on their index score, not the state average. Ask which side of the model your client lands on.

21,515 MO · 17,267 NE policyholders · approved Jul 17–27
NDBOPSev 3

Farmers launches BOP360 in North Dakota with a model that punishes old buildings

Farmers' Fire Insurance Exchange rolls out a generalized-linear-model rating plan that heavily surcharges older buildings and low-scoring habitational risks. It's 0% on paper (a new program), but the model itself is the change — habitational and aging-property accounts get sorted into higher tiers from day one. Effective September 1.

count not reported · $1.4M premium · approved Jul 7
KSGeneral LiabilitySev 4

Farm Bureau's 'Size of Risk' turns a 0.3% filing into a ±190% swing

Kansas GL shows just 0.3% overall (6,964 policyholders) and South Dakota 2.6% (1,704) — but both adopt ISO 'Size of Risk' factors that swing small accounts up to +190% (KS) and +212% (SD) while cutting the largest. The average is meaningless here; where your client sits on the size curve is everything. Contractors and agritainment risks are most exposed.

6,964 KS · 1,704 SD policyholders · approved Jul 14–31

Underwriting Guideline Changes

MOBOPSev 4

Pharmacists Mutual exits grocery and adds a firearms exclusion

Alongside a 12.8% Missouri businessowners increase, Pharmacists Mutual exits the grocery segment outright and adds a new firearms exclusion. Independent pharmacies with a grocery or general-retail component — and any insured relying on weapons/firearms coverage — need a replacement market lined up before renewal. Effective November 1.

166 policyholders · $2.6M premium · approved Jul 30 · ~$15,385/policy
MOCommercial Auto — TruckersSev 5

Occidental raises Missouri motor-carrier rates 24% — a second straight year

A true for-hire trucking filing (SERFF Truckers sub-type): IAT's Occidental takes 24.0% on Missouri motor carriers, following a 26% hike last year, with liability up 30%. Small fleets that renewed through Occidental are now roughly 57% above where they sat two years ago. Effective October 1.

65 policyholders · $1.5M premium · approved Jul 16

Coverage Contraction & Market Exits

IDCyber / E&OSev 5

ALPS raises Idaho law-firm cyber 49.1% — some firms up 108%

ALPS takes 49.1% on its Idaho lawyers' cyber program against a 64.3% indicated need, with some firms facing as much as 108%. Solo and small firms that bolted cyber on as a cheap endorsement are the exposure here. Effective October 1.

408 policyholders · approved Jul 1 · effective Oct 1 · ~$112/policy
ORCommercial AutoSev 5

AmGUARD non-renews its Oregon towing book — all 53 policies

AmGUARD is discontinuing its KBK Towing program in Oregon and non-renewing every policy after the program administrator moved the book elsewhere. Small — 53 policies — but towing is a hard class to place, and those operators are shopping right now. Effective October 28.

53 policies non-renewed · approved Jul 20
ORGeneral LiabilitySev 3

Philadelphia adds an Oregon swimming-pool surcharge and steep habitational hikes

A 2.6% overall Oregon GL filing (against a 14.4% indication) that adds a new swimming-pool surcharge and steep habitational increases — the average hides where it actually lands. Apartment, HOA and rec-facility accounts with pools should expect well more than the headline. Effective April 2027.

2,533 policyholders · $10.6M premium · approved Jul 22 · ~$4,181/policy

Also on the radar

A softening counter-note: American Family's Midvale cut Idaho commercial auto 7.3% for competitive positioning despite a positive 2.2% indication — appetite expansion in the Northwest. Meanwhile The Hartford's Trumbull raised Kansas commercial auto 9.0% while adding a telematics discount, and Auto-Owners and Cincinnati both took ~7.5–7.9% on Missouri commercial umbrellas — the excess market is firming even where primary stays flat.