Latest Pricing Trends Headlines
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Weiss Study Says Med-Mal Caps Fail to Prevent Premium Increases
Jun 2 2003 // Caps on non-economic damages have failed to prevent sharp increases in medical malpractice insurance premiums, even though insurers enjoyed a slowdown in their payouts, according to a white paper released by Weiss Ratings,...
NH Commissioner Sees Softening Market Conditions
May 27 2003 // New Hampshire Insurance Department Commissioner Paula Rogers, the keynote speaker at the Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s annual conference held at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference...
Price, Increased Self-Insured Retentions and Coverage, Top Challenges Facing Public Risk Managers
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Berkshire Hathaway Profit Up Thanks to Hardened Market
May 13 2003 // Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. nearly doubled the profit of the first quarter of 2002, thanks to the hardened insurance market. Berkshire reported a net profit of $1.73 billion, or $1,127 a share, compared to...
RIMS Report: Property Market Softens, Will Casualty Follow’
May 5 2003 // A report released at the recent Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS) conference in Chicago found that after only two years of double-digit percentage premium increases, the property market has already begun to...
STATE FARM RATE INCREASES IN LA.
May 5 2003 // State Farm recently won a 12.2 percent average rate increase for homeowners policies in Louisiana that goes into effect June 15. At that time around 263,000 Louisiana homeowners will face an average increase of $100....
Study Says D&O Liability Premiums Soar, Shareholder Claims Increase
May 5 2003 // On the heels of similar increases from the previous year, purchasers of Directors & Officers (D&O) liability insurance paid nearly 30 percent more for their D&O coverage, according to Tillinghast Towers...
Tillinghast Study Says D&O Liability Premiums Skyrocket as Shareholder Claims Increase
Apr 28 2003 // On the heels of similar increases from the previous year, purchasers of Directors & Officers (D&O) liability insurance paid nearly 30 percent more for their D&O coverage, according to Tillinghast Towers...
Senate Bills Reportedly Increasing Choice, Lowering Premiums in La. Passes Committee
Apr 25 2003 // A Senate panel this week approved two major bills that would reportedly change the way insurance rates are regulated in Louisiana, bringing more companies and competition into the state. The measures, Senate Bill 721 and...
State Farm Gets Rate Increases in Louisiana
Apr 21 2003 // Beginning June 15, State Farm homeowner policyholders in Louisiana will face a 12.2 percent rate increase averaging about $100 more per year. According to the New Orleans Times Picayune, the Louisiana Insurance Rating...
Net Premiums for Progressive Up 32% From Year Earlier
Apr 17 2003 // Leading auto insurer Progressive Corp. reported first quarter 2003 net income of $291.5 million, or $1.32 per share, compared to $176.2 million, or 78 cents per share in the first quarter last year. Net premiums written...
A.M. Best Reports: P/C Premium Growth Solid
Apr 16 2003 // The property/casualty industry continued to report strong growth in net written premiums for both the fourth quarter and full-year 2002 amid robust price increases across all sectors, according to the A.M. Best...
U.S. Property Insurance Premiums Beginning to Fall, AON Report Finds
Apr 8 2003 // Rates for U.S. property insurance have begun to drop as insurers compromise to meet their target levels of premium growth. This was one of the main findings from a report published by Aon at this year’s RIMS (Risk...
Hard Market Hits California Homeowners
Apr 7 2003 // Credit scoring, CLUE reports become targets of Commissioner Garamendi’s Ire The hard market has hit California homeowners hard. State Farm, which had nearly 23 percent market share in the state in 2001 according to...
WCIRB to Propose 10.6% Increase in Pure Premium Rates
Mar 27 2003 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) Governing Committee approved the filing of a 10.6 percent increase in advisory pure premium rates March 26. The rates are to be effective on...
Munich Re Posts $1.7 Billion 2002 Net Profit; Premiums Up 10.8%
Mar 27 2003 // Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, managed to avoid the falling equity values and rising reserve costs that bedeviled many insurers last year. On Thursday the company reported provisional figures showing Group...
Lost at Sea: Hardening Marine Market Challenges Agents and Brokers
Mar 24 2003 // Marine insurance is, as Insurance Journal put it last year, “a unique animal.” The belly of the beast consists of cargo and yacht coverage, which account for 50 percent of U.S. written premium. But another...
Ireland, World Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Despite War Threats, Insurance Rate Hikes
Mar 17 2003 // Irishmen and women, would-be Irishmen and non-Irishmen around the world took to the streets to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day March 17, in a joyous celebration of the “wearin’ o’ the...
Managing the Marketing and Sales Effort in the Hard Market
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll have industry experts talk about the best ways to manage today’s agencies. In this article, Jack Fries speaks on managing the marketing and sales effort in the hard...
Lost at Sea: Hardening Marine Market Challenges Agents and Brokers
Mar 10 2003 // Marine insurance is, as Insurance Journal put it last year, “a unique animal.” The belly of the beast consists of cargo and yacht coverage, which account for 50 percent of U.S. written premium. But another...
