John Molbeck

• Oil Spill-Driven ILW Price Hikes Could Spread To Re Market, Exec Warns

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 5, 2010

  Although reinsurers cut prices for June 1 renewals, one Bermuda-based executive speculated that price hikes in the insurance loss warranty market--fueled by the Deepwater Horizon disaster--could eventually spread to the reinsurance market.

• Are Wholesaler Commissions At Risk In Ongoing Soft Market?

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 28, 2010

  Retail brokers may start seeking larger cuts of the commissions paid out on surplus lines transactions as the soft market continues, a specialty lines insurance executive suggested recently.

• No Turn Without AIG Price Leadership, Carrier Exec Says

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 21, 2010

  Current market conditions may be the "new normal"--lasting for several years-- industry leaders predicted recently, with one attributing the continued softness to the absence of American International Group's historical price leadership.

• Lack Of AIG Price Leadership Cited For Lingering Soft Market

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 11, 2010

  With $100 billion in excess capital, the property and casualty insurance market is not turning, a Wall Street analyst said Thursday, and a carrier executive attributed existing conditions to the absence of AIG's historical price leadership.