Ken A. Crerar

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  Commercial P&C Prices Up Again in Q1: CIAB Survey

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 19, 2013

  The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers says commercial P&C pricing increased at a rate of 5.2 percent in the first quarter.

• Industry Sees Boston's Importance for TRIA; Focus Now on Justice, Recovery

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com, Elizabeth D. Festa, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 16, 2013

  The head of the Insurance Information Institute says in the wake of the bombing tragedy at the Boston Marathon that the stability of the terrorism risk insurance market is contingent on sustaining a federal terrorism risk insurance backstop.

• Commercial Rates Continue Steady Climb in Q4, January; Workers' Comp Seen as 'Distressed'

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 5, 2013

  Property and casualty commercial-lines rates climbed by 5 percent during 2012’s fourth quarter, according to a quarterly survey. Rates also rose by 5 percent for the month of January, MarketScout’s latest Barometer reveals.

• CIAB Adds Three New Members

  By Staff Writer  |  December 21, 2012

  The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers has welcomed three new member firms this month.

• Agents & Brokers' Surveys Find Slowly Improving Market Conditions

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 2, 2012

  The IIABA reports continuing improvement in organic growth, as the CIAB says third-quarter pricing increased an average of 3.9 percent.

• Rates Up in Q2, But How Strong Is Pricing Momentum?

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 20, 2012

  A survey of P&C insurance brokers provides further evidence that rates are continuing to trend upward, but experts still doubt whether a hard market is on the way—and some question the current environment’s momentum.

• Recent Reports Outline Stiff Industry Challenges Despite Rising Rates

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 16, 2012

  Property and casualty insurance rates are on the rise, but reports released in late July through August seem unsure of whether the pricing trend will build into sustained underwriting profits during a period of rising loss costs and low investment returns.

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  Rates Are Up in Q2, But How Strong Is Pricing Momentum?

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 31, 2012

  A survey of property and casualty insurance brokers lends further evidence that rates are continuing to move upward, but experts still doubt whether a hard market is on the way, and some question the current environment’s momentum.

• Market Hardening? Top Industry Leaders Comment on Pricing

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 18, 2012

  Opinions still vary as to whether pricing increases are uniform across all lines and whether these increases are enough to declare that a hard market has arrived. But more executives and industry observers appear willing to lean in that direction now compared to comments made after Q4 2011 results were...

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  Hard Market? Top Industry Leaders Comment on Pricing-- Slideshow

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 24, 2012

  With 2012’s first quarter in the books, executives and industry observers have noted that property and casualty pricing remains on the upswing. Following are observations from industry leaders made during conference calls and in recent analyses in response to 2012 first-quarter results.

• Commercial Rates Up Again; Hard Market Here, CIAB Declares

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com, Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 14, 2012

  The P&C commercial market has officially achieved hard-market status, according to the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB)—although some executives at major carriers remain skeptical.

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  The Week in Quotes

  By Staff Writers  |  May 11, 2012

  The Council's Ken A. Crerar on the arrival of the hard market, I.I.I's Bob Hartwig on the industry's March employment figures, and more.

• The Council: Commercial P&C Market 'Has Made a Hard Turn'

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 8, 2012

  A recent survey leads The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers to declare that the commercial P&C market has definitely hardened.

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  Top 20 Washington Insurance Power Brokers

  By Staff Writers  |  March 29, 2012

  While the insurance industry is state regulated, Washington D.C. has always remained a major player in the business. PC360 Washington editor Arthur D. Postal has compiled a list of the top-20 public and industry figures in Washington D.C.

• The Council Names Gagnon Director of Strategic Technology

  By Staff Writer  |  March 15, 2012

  The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers says Christopher Gagnon is joining the organization as Director of Strategic Technology.

• While Rates Should Increase in 2012, Growth Will Prove Challenging

  By Mark E. Ruquet, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 2, 2012

  Anumber of recent reports conclude that commercial-insurance rates were up in 2011’s fourth quarter and are likely to remain in positive territory through 2012. But factors such as macro-economic conditions and loss-cost trends will limit insurers’ ability to generate underwriting profits, and carriers will have to look elsewhere—for example, mergers...