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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 7, 2011
At a time when conditions within the property and casualty insurance market are relatively stable, leaders of excess and surplus lines organizations remain concerned about unanticipated exterior changes, one E&S executive said recently.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 11, 2010
They may not command the multibillion-dollar premium figures touted by competitors involved in the latest merger deals, but market clout is not necessarily synonymous with size.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 11, 2010
As retail brokers struggle with the declining revenue of a continuing soft market, they are engaging in some activities that frustrate their wholesalers, according to E&S brokerage executives.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 15, 2010
Veteran surplus lines insurance industry executives say they'll know a market turn when they see one, but so far, all the barometers they check to predict the proximity of a turn are stuck in soft market territory.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 8, 2010
The market will harden--eventually--but a cycle turn is not in the cards for 2010, according to the consensus view of NAPSLO members attending the Mid-Year Leadership Forum who shared their views with NU's E&S/Specialty Lines Extra.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 8, 2010
Surplus lines brokers know that a fourth year of flat or declining revenues lies before them--unless the market hardens, the economy recovers, or they change their operations in ways that let them capture business despite external trends.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 5, 2010
Veteran surplus lines insurance industry executives say they'll know a market turn when they see one, but so far, all the barometers they check to predict the proximity of a turn are stuck in soft market territory.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 5, 2010
"Recession 101: It's A Test. Not The Final." That is the message posted on billboards across the nation by a person who has been identified only as an "unknown optimist" in media reports.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 5, 2010
"Where do you add value? How does your firm define its value proposition?"
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 5, 2010
The market will harden--eventually--but a cycle turn is not in the cards for 2010, according to the consensus view of NAPSLO members attending the Mid-Year Leadership Forum who shared their views with NAPSLO Daily.
