Latest Pricing Trends Headlines
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JLT Says Weak Dollar, No PSA’s, Soft Market May Impact 2005 Results
Apr 29 2005 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC, the largest U.K.-based broker, issued a statement in conjunction with is annual general meeting (AGM) warning that the weak US dollar, the absence of PSA’s and a continued softening...
Farmers Announces Another California Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction
Apr 26 2005 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a 10 percent rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates for its California business customers. Since 2004, Farmers has slashed its workers’ compensation...
Everest Re Q1 Operating Income up 9% to $165.2 Million; 14.5% Drop in Gross Premium
Apr 19 2005 // Bermuda’s Everest Re Group reported good first quarter results. The company’s after-tax operating income (which excludes realized capital gains and losses) was $165.2 million, or $2.90 per diluted share, a 9...
NO HIKE IN MED-MAL RATES:
Apr 18 2005 // The largest writer of medical malpractice insurance in Massachusetts said it will not have to raise rates this year, after several years of double-digit hikes. ProMutual Group credited “improved financial...
Mass. Weighs Small Rate Hike While Medical Costs Take Toll
Apr 18 2005 // While Massachusetts insurance officials are weighing a request by the industry to inch up workers’ compensation rates by 1 percent, a new study suggests that claim costs are accelerating by leaps and bounds, largely...
Keeping Retention Rates High in a Softening Market
Apr 18 2005 // The success or failure of any organization can be traced to customer retention. Agents and carriers who retain the most customers have greater long-term success and profitability than those who consistently lose...
CALIF. COMMISSIONER OK’S RATE REDUCTION FOR STATE FARM CUSTOMERS:
Apr 18 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has approved a 4.2 percent reduction in personal auto policy rates for “loyal” State Farm customers, a savings of more than $110 million for those policyholders....
Medical Protective to Reduce Rates, Expand Offerings
Apr 10 2005 // The Medical Protective Company, a member of the GE Insurance Solutions group of companies, announced plans to reduce rates and expand insurance offerings in Texas. This action reflects the company’s recent internal...
Average Workers’ Comp Rates to Fall in Ark.
Apr 8 2005 // Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced new workers’ compensation rates, which will take effect July 1, 2005. “I am happy to see that overall rates in the workers’ compensation market...
Insurers Blast Maine Premium Tax Hike
Apr 7 2005 // The Maine Joint Committee on Labor, acting in a work session, has approved a bill to increase the state’s premium tax on several property/casualty insurance lines from 2 percent to 2.5 percent in order to fund...
Changes in SB 1488 Would Cap Citizens Rate Increases, ‘Standardize’ Territories
Apr 6 2005 // Florida’s Senate Banking and Insurance Committee has put finishing touches on Senate Bill 1488 that would bring numerous changes to the industry, including, a cap on any rate increase next year by Citizens Property...
After Years of Hikes, ProMutual Vows No Increase in Med-Mal Rates in Massachusetts for 2005
Apr 5 2005 // The largest writer of medical malpractice insurance in Massachusetts said it will not have to raise rates this year, after several years of double-digit hikes. ProMutual Group credited “improved financial...
Calif. Commissioner Approves -4.2% Rate Reduction for ‘Loyal’ State Farm Auto Customers
Apr 5 2005 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has approved a -4.2 percent reduction in personal auto policy rates for “loyal” State Farm customers, a savings of more than $110 million for those policyholders. The...
First Premium Insurance Group Promotes Finnan
Apr 5 2005 // First Premium Insurance Group, a growing regional property and casualty insurance broker in Covington, La., announced the promotion of Jennifer H. Finnan to personal lines manager. Finnan joined the staff of First Premium...
AIA Says No to Maine Premium Tax Increase
Apr 5 2005 // The proposal to increase the Maine property/casualty premium tax by 25 percent would make the state less competitive and increase insurance costs for consumers, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said Tuesday in...
COMP CLAIM RATE DOWN, COST UP:
Apr 4 2005 // The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 22 percent relative to the number of employees from 2000 to 2003, according to a newly released report from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry....
Keeping Retention Rates High in a Softening Market
Apr 4 2005 // The success or failure of any organization can be traced to customer retention. Agents and carriers who retain the most customers have greater long-term success and profitability than those who consistently lose...
WCIRB Proposes 10.4 Percent Decrease in Pure Premium Rates
Mar 28 2005 // On March 25, 2005, the WCIRB submitted a filing to the California Insurance Commissioner recommending a 10.4 percent decrease in advisory pure premium rates effective July 1, 2005 on new and renewal policies. The proposed...
Minn.’s Comp Claim Rate Down, Cost Up
Mar 24 2005 // The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 22 percent relative to the number of employees from 2000 to 2003, according to a newly released report from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry....
N.C. Commission, Rate Bureau Reach Compromise; Agree on 2.2 Percent Average Policy Increase
Mar 18 2005 // A compromise agreement approving a 2.2 percent average statewide homeowners premium increase has been reached between the North Carolina Insurance Commission and the North Carolina Rate Bureau. The Bureau, an independent...
