Hedge funds are muscling their way into the market to share the cost of cleaning up after natural catastrophes, but skeptics are questioning whether they will stick around ahead of the next “big one” as underwriting returns fall. Hedge funds …
Moody’s said it expects U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance rates to continue to rise during the remainder of 2013 for the major commercial lines, following significant rate increases for 2012. This increase would mark the third straight year of rising rates …
Both the life and property/casualty (P/C) insurance industries will be challenged in 2013 by slow economic growth that dampens sales and by evolving regulatory frameworks, according to Moody’s Investors Service in its 2013 outlook. Although the industry sectors share some …
