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By Mark E. Ruquet, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 12, 2012
Rates are rising, multiple studies agree—even global-property rates in non-catastrophe-exposed areas. But at least one firm, ALIRT Insurance Research, maintains the industry has not yet reached its “tipping point” for a hard-market turn.
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By Staff Writers |
April 6, 2012
Industry leaders comment on topics ranging from a series of tornadoes that struck the Dallas-Fort Worth area, to the Financial Stability Oversight Council approving its final rule on systemically significant non-bank financial institutions.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 5, 2012
Property and casualty insurance rates are continuing their climb upward with evidence that commercial lines and personal lines are showing low single digit increases, according to MarketScout.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com, Mark E. Ruquet |
February 9, 2012
Catastrophe losses in 2011 led to the U.S. P&C industry’s largest underwriting loss since 2002, according to A.M. Best. And while the latest MarketScout barometer shows that 2012 began with another month of commercial-lines rate increases, Best maintains that a true hard market is likely “at least a year or...
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 6, 2012
The property and casualty industry’s positive rate momentum continued into the New Year as rates crept up another 1 percent in January, according to the online insurance exchange MarketScout.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 3, 2011
Two major global insurance brokers and an international insurer are using three different techniques to grow their businesses through relationships with smaller brokers and agencies.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 6, 2011
June insurance rates took another step toward pricing moderation as overall average property and casualty rate decreases dropped from a three-month run of minus-4 percent to minus-3 percent, according to MarketScout.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 14, 2011
A survey of insurance carriers finds the commercial-insurance market is remaining relatively flat for the ninth month in a row, says Towers Watson.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 6, 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 the online insurance exchange MarketScout.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 7, 2010
May property and casualty premium costs showed slight moderation in their downward trend compared to the previous two months of this year, according to MarketScout's monthly rate barometer.
