2015 forecast News

2015 Outlook for P/C: Profitable Despite Lower Rates, Says Wells Fargo

The commercial property/casualty insurance market should remain stable and profitable in 2015, according to the Wells Fargo Insurance 2015 Insurance Market Outlook. Abundant market capacity and an improving economy have positioned the commercial insurance industry for an extended soft market …

P/C Insurers See Surge in Cyber Insurance, M&A Activity in 2015

Property/casualty insurance executives overwhelmingly predict growth in both cyber insurance and merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2015, according to a new Insurance Information Institute annual survey. I.I.I.’s survey of executives attending its annual Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum also …

Fitch Forecasts Shrinking P/C Insurer Profits

Fitch Ratings is forecasting that 2014 will end up as the second consecutive year of underwriting profits for the property/casualty industry with modest increase in the combined ratio. But the results for 2014 won’t quite match the strong performance by …