Hybrid insurance carriers providing both primary and secondary coverage have created a new factor in competition, according to participants at an industry conference yesterday.

Their observations were made at the Professional Insurance Wholesalers Association conference in Pearl River, N.Y.

George Daddario, executive vice president of Towers Perrin Reinsurance Co., told the group these companies, many based in Bermuda, have decided to write primary or secondary policies whenever either one can make a greater profit.

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