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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 24, 2010
Participants in the excess and surplus lines industry generally expect a replay of 2010 market conditions in 2011, but that does not mean they believe the soft market is a "new normal" for the property and casualty industry.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 22, 2010
For the most part, participants in the excess and surplus lines industry expect a replay of 2010 market conditions in 2011.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 22, 2010
Executives trying to predicting how the soft market will play out for the excess and surplus lines industry have absolutely no point of reference based on past experience to guide them, an E&S executive said recently.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 15, 2010
Veteran surplus lines insurance industry executives say they'll know a market turn when they see one, but so far, all the barometers they check to predict the proximity of a turn are stuck in soft market territory.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 15, 2010
Surplus lines insurer executives are tackling the challenges of 2010 with a broad range of strategies, but whatever individual approaches they may adopt, all say their main focus is on strengthening wholesaler relationships.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 8, 2010
Surplus lines brokers know that a fourth year of flat or declining revenues lies before them--unless the market hardens, the economy recovers, or they change their operations in ways that let them capture business despite external trends.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 5, 2010
Veteran surplus lines insurance industry executives say they'll know a market turn when they see one, but so far, all the barometers they check to predict the proximity of a turn are stuck in soft market territory.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 5, 2010
Surplus lines insurer executives are tackling the challenges of 2010 with a broad range of strategies, but whatever individual approaches they may adopt, all say their main focus is on strengthening wholesaler relationships.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 5, 2010
"Recession 101: It's A Test. Not The Final." That is the message posted on billboards across the nation by a person who has been identified only as an "unknown optimist" in media reports.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 5, 2010
"Where do you add value? How does your firm define its value proposition?"
