Hardening Markets, Social Inflation, E&S Business: Berkley, AIG Execs Face Analysts September 13, 2019 The commercial general liability line will be the next property/casualty line to harden, the chief executive of W.R. Berkley Corp....
Another Hard Market Harbinger: U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up 4% in Q2 September 12, 2019 In yet another sign of a hardening market, U.S. commercial insurance prices grew at an accelerated rate compared to a...
ILS Products Are Changing Reinsurance Industry Norms: ‘Acts of God’ Author July 1, 2015 By L.S. Howard Second of two articles In the first article in this series, Paula Jarzabkowski, professor of Strategic Management at Cass Business...
Reinsurance Market’s Evolution Could Affect Its Stability: ‘Acts of God’ Author June 26, 2015 By L.S. Howard First of Two Articles The reinsurance market is moving from coverage of acts of God to one that covers commoditized...
Everyone Likes a Hard Insurance Market, Right? August 13, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones What’s the big deal with a hard property/casualty insurance market? Everyone likes one, said Art Davis, president of Colony Specialty,...
Northeast PIA Survey Shows Prices Rising, But at Slower Pace February 24, 2014 In the first month of 2014, the PIA affiliates in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York conducted their...
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Forecasts ‘Soft Insurance Rate Landing’ December 12, 2013 U.S. property/casualty insurers’ and brokers’ operating earnings are expected to modestly improve in 2014, and the overall insurance rate increases...
P/C Insurers’ CFOs Point to Hardening Markets: Towers Watson Survey October 22, 2013 Chief financial officers with leading North American property/casualty insurers believe both property and casualty insurance markets are in the midst...
Arthur J. Gallagher CEO: This Rate Environment Unusual but Better September 12, 2012 Speaking at a recent conference, brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher’s CEO J. Patrick Gallagher described how different today’s commercial insurance rate...
Travelers’ CEO Fishman: Rate Increases Continuing September 11, 2012 Insurance rates continued to rise in the third quarter for both businesses and individual customers, extending the pricing power that...