Global Q1 Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 3%, but US Casualty Bucks the Trend April 24, 2025 By L.S. Howard Global commercial insurance rates fell 3%, on average, in the first quarter of 2025 following a 2% decline in Q4...
Casualty Reinsurance Capacity Is Plentiful but Availability Crisis Could Be Looming February 28, 2025 By L.S. Howard Reinsurers continued to provide ample casualty reinsurance capacity through the recent January 2025 renewal season – despite concerns about adverse...
Casualty Reinsurance Still Attractive: Arch Capital CEO February 19, 2025 By Susanne Sclafane While writing primary casualty insurance is more appealing than writing casualty reinsurance, the chief executive of Arch Capital said casualty...
Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop in Q4 for 2nd Consecutive Quarter: Marsh February 5, 2025 By L.S. Howard Global commercial insurance rates fell 2% in the fourth quarter of 2024 following a 1% decline in Q3 2024 –...
Quantifying Social Inflation: How Swiss Re Developed an Index December 11, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Swiss Re Institute (SRI) made a significant contribution to the literature on social inflation and its impacts on insurers, reinsurers...
Global Commercial Insurance Rates See 1st Quarterly Decline in Seven Years: Marsh October 24, 2024 By L.S. Howard Global commercial insurance rates fell 1% in the third quarter of 2024 from the previous quarter, which marked the first...
US Nuclear Verdicts Break Records and Drive Social Inflation to 7% in 2023: Report September 11, 2024 By L.S. Howard Nuclear verdicts in the United States are breaking records with 27 court cases each awarding compensation of more than US$100...
Aspen and Allianz’s PIMCO Launch Casualty-Focused Reinsurance Vehicle April 17, 2024 Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. and PIMCO Investment Management Co. announced the formation of Pando Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled collateralized re/insurer...
Worst Is Over: Most of Casualty Reserve Hole May Be Filled, Analyst Says March 25, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Predictions that the property/casualty insurance industry is in the midst of repeating the type of loss reserving cycle that accompanied...
Markets/Coverages: Vantage Risk Introduces U.S. Primary Casualty Insurance February 20, 2024 Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, is offering U.S. primary casualty in addition to its existing Bermuda...