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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 8, 2012
Commercial property and Workers’ Compensation continue to lead rate increases in MarketScout’s latest survey on market conditions.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 6, 2012
Commercial property and workers’ compensation continue to lead rate increases in MarketScout’s latest survey on market conditions.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 6, 2011
Latest MarketScout report indicates that the soft-market cycle may be over.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
August 5, 2011
Private-equity firms are still interested in acquiring specialty wholesalers and managing general underwriters, but they are up against some aggressive competitors offering higher deal prices—like 6- to 8-times EBITDA, consultants say.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
August 5, 2011
The specialty lines insurance industry has been a hotbed of merger-and-acquisition activity over the past year, with deals for niche specialty brokers and managing general agents getting the most attention. PropertyCasualty360 takes a look back at some of the observations dealmakers and consultants have shared this year about the abundance...
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 17, 2011
An overriding theme of the latest wave of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry: strategic buys of specialty-flavored books is specialization.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 11, 2011
Following months of rates stuck firmly in a soft market mud, MarketScout reports the overall composite rate for U.S. property and casualty commercial insurance policies measured minus-4 percent in March after four consecutive months of minus-5 percent.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 5, 2011
Following months of rates stuck firmly in a soft market mud, MarketScout reports the overall composite rate for U.S. property and casualty commercial insurance policies measured minus-4 percent in March after four consecutive months of minus-5 percent.
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By Kevin J. Kraft |
February 24, 2011
The world of insurance distribution has changed dramatically in recent years. Major trends have altered the distribution landscape dramatically and permanently, and insurers face significant challenges in adapting to these new realities.
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By John Cusano, Ravi Malhotra |
October 4, 2010
U.S. property and casualty insurers--especially those in the personal lines market--operate in a tough environment.
