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In 2011, buyers enjoyed a relatively soft market for their Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI). But the pricing pendulum is swinging this year, with insureds seeing, in some cases, increases inching into double-digit territory.

Agency mergers-and-acquisitions activity has come roaring back after plummeting during the economic crisis of 2008-2009. In fact, 2011 was the second-most-active year for M&A in the insurance industrys historyonly 16 deals short of the all-time record of 301 deals announced in 2008. If current trends hold, 2012 may set a...

While the excess and surplus lines sector is maintaining good profitability and strong balance sheets, challenges from high-catastrophe exposures and low interest rates remain, says a Moodys Investors Service report.

The directors & officers liability market is an unpredictable, mispriced and likely under-reserved mess of cases waiting in many courts. And while rates are up in this sector, observers say that isnt enough to tip the scales.

After a rough, cat-filled 2011, how do commercial-lines carriers feel about 2012? NU asked several key players for their perspective on which lines offer new opportunities; how they will expand their distribution channels; where carriers will be investing; and how they will handle relationships with risk managers as the...

While securities class-action lawsuits edged up slightly in 2011, primarily driven by mergers-and-acquisition activity, the total number remained below average for the third year in a row, according to a Stanford Law School report.

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.

To gain some producer-level perspective on the outlook this year for the P&C business, NU speaks 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.