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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 3, 2012
Only catastrophe-exposed and loss-affected reinsurance contracts experienced any significant upward movement in rates, according to one top executive.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 17, 2011
The energy market is difficult to read, says a new report by Marsh—so much so that one official classified current conditions as a “harft” market.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 15, 2011
The energy market is difficult to read, says a new report by Marsh—so much so that one official classified current conditions as a “harft” market.
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October 31, 2011
What is the scariest risk in an insurance broker’s area of expertise? Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings on its WillisWire blog has listed the 21 scariest risks in the areas of expertise among its individual experts.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 10, 2011
Despite market conditions that should be edging pricing up, the U.S. property and casualty market still remains soft with composite rates in May running at minus-4 percent, according to online insurance-exchange MarketScout.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 24, 2011
It’s still a buyer’s market for insurance on upstream and downstream energy risks, according to a Marsh report. However, uncertainty has developed as reinsurers take heavy losses and natural and man-made catastrophes take their toll.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 18, 2011
The earthquake in Japan and two other major losses for insurers have put the brakes at least for now on the soft-market pricing trend in the energy-insurance market, says a report from Willis Group.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 8, 2011
The earthquake in Japan and two other major losses for insurers have put the brakes on the soft-market pricing trend in the energy insurance market, says a report from Willis Group.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 14, 2010
Experts in the energy field believe insurance market pricing will remain flat for the next 12 months despite early concerns that the Deepwater Horizon spill would drive prices higher.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 5, 2010
A spate of disasters early this year, the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and predictions of an active hurricane season have reinsurers on edge.