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Reinsurance Cycle Is Not Dead Yet so Buyers Need to Put It to Good Use: JLT Re

Despite proclamations by some observers that the reinsurance cycle is dead, JLT Re says, reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated – and now is the time for buyers to use the cycle, and reinsurance, to their advantage. Rates are …

The Price Is Right: Insurance Pricing in Today’s Market

In the long-running game show of the same name, contestants vie with one another to figure out the right price to win valuable prizes. Insurance pricing isn’t all that different. Managing the ups and downs of pricing cycles and related …

P/C Insurers Face Obstacles on Road to Hard Market

With interest rates low and looking like they will stay low for some time to come, property/casualty insurance companies will have to focus on making their profit on underwriting rather than on investments. However, P/C insurers expecting to achieve better …

Do Actuarial Models Influence P/C Underwriting Cycle?

Property/casualty insurance is noted for the sharp rise and fall of its rates – the underwriting cycle. As actuaries have developed more sophisticated statistical and computer models to help understand complex insurance problems, what has been their effect on the …

Think Soft Market Is Over? Think Again

Average renewal premiums for commercial lines property/ casualty insurance were largely unchanged during the fourth quarter of 2010 and that may remain the case for awhile. According to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, directors and officers liability (D&O) was the only …