It's easy to sell risk management in a hard market, but when premiums start to plummet, it takes a truly disciplined and even courageous agency to walk away from prospects who only want quotes for the

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Thomas Holzheu, economist for the Zurich-based company, said that while rate adequacy along with terms and conditions are still good in most segments, the growing capital strength of the industry coul

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Benfield also found that despite a generally softening market, underwriting discipline and increased client retentions slowed top-line growth. At $17.3 billion, total premium written was 1 percent low