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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 23, 2012
Reserve releases were higher in 2011 than in 2010 and 2009 for personal- and commercial-lines companies followed by ALIRT Insurance Research, shaving 2.4 points off of those companies’ 2011 combined ratio, the firm notes.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 6, 2012
The soft-market cycle has come to an end, at least according to Dallas-based insurance exchange
MarketScout—which declared so in its November Market Barometer.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 9, 2011
A day after a Chartis executive questioned whether “micro cycles” might replace traditional market turns, analyst firm ALIRT Insurance Research weighed in on the question of whether the traditional cycle might be a thing of the past.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 23, 2011
As one property and casualty industry report points to rising combined ratios for insurers, with experts citing the need for better underwriting results, a separate analysis of first-quarter industry figures indicates the commercial-lines market may be starting to turn.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 17, 2011
An industry analyst using a proprietary scoring method for property and casualty insurers says the first-quarter combined score for the top-100 commercial-lines writers reveals the first indication of a possible turn in six years.
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May 6, 2011
Mark your calendars! NU provides highlights of the upcoming Target Market Program Administrators Midyear Meeting in Boston.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 15, 2011
In spite of competitive conditions in the specialty program business segment, an insurance industry analyst doesn’t see any flashing red alerts signaling major troubles ahead for program carriers so far in 2011.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 15, 2011
An insurance industry analyst using a proprietary scoring method designed to reveal early warning signs of trouble for property and casualty insurers sees a market turn on the horizon—but says it isn’t here yet.
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By Staff Writer |
April 15, 2011
Mark your calendars! NU provides highlights of some upcoming specialty market insurance events, including the Target Market Program Administrators Midyear Meeting in Boston and NAPSLO’s upcoming webinar on NRRA implications.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 19, 2010
Agents and brokers struggling to grow in a shrinking economy cannot expect to see revenue bolstered by hardening commercial insurance prices anytime soon.
