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Here’s What Happened to Commercial Insurance Renewal Premiums in April

Year over year, all lines of property/casualty insurance business experienced an increase in average premium renewal rate, except workers’ compensation, which saw a premium decrease, according to the April results of the IVANS Index. Month over month, April premium renewal …

Commercial Insurance Rates, Except Auto and Flood, Still Falling: CIAB

Commercial property/casualty insurance prices continued to decline moderately — an average of 3.1 percent— during the third quarter, according to a survey by The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. The CIAB survey showed a continued decline in commercial P/C …

W.R. Berkley Q3 Profit Rises 36% to $137M; Rates on Renewed Policies Up 6.4%

W.R. Berkley Corp. reported $136.97 million net income for its 2013 third quarter, up 36 percent from $100.95 million income posted during the same period in 2012. For the first nine months of this year, net income came in at …

Commercial Lines Pricing Held Steady in August: MarketScout

August, traditionally a slower month for commercial property/casualty insurance renewals, was true to form as the composite rate for the P/C market held steady at plus 4 percent, matching the index for July, according to MarketScout’s index. By coverage classification, …

Rates Up Moderately in U.S. in Q2 But Down Elsewhere: Marsh

Insurance rates in most major regions including Latin America, Asia-Pacific, the UK and continental Europe declined modestly in the second quarter of 2013, while rates in the U.S. rose moderately, according to insurance broker Marsh’s latest Global Insurance Market Quarterly …