Commercial Lines

As many insurers and reinsurers are readying investors for a degree of disappointment in 2011 fourth-quarter earnings, Cincinnati Financial Corp. says it has some good newsfavorable impacts.

Rate increases for 2012 could head as high as 10 percent if a handful of negative pressures continue to affect insurers' earnings, a financial analyst suggests.

Rate increases for 2012 could head as high as 10 percent if a handful of negative pressures continue to affect insurers' earnings, a financial analyst suggests.

To gain some producer-level perspective on the outlook this year for the P&C business, NU spoke with some major players across the agent & broker spectrum to discover where the greatest opportunitiesas well as the most daunting challengeslie in the year to come.

Bermudas Endurance Specialty Holdings and Argo Group International Holdings have released Thailand-related losses of up to $111.5 million in total.

An increasing emphasis on enterprise-risk management in the corporate world is reflected in the higher-education sector, with more courses and research exploring the concept at universities with established RM programs.