Underwriting
Surviving the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Closing the Talent, Skills Gap in Underwriting
With a "silver tsunami" of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right ...
Insurers’ Climate Losses Almost Match Premiums From Fossil Fuels
Top insurance companies suffered $10.6 billion of climate-attributed losses this year, just shy of the $11.3 billion of direct premiums they underwrote for commercial fossil-fuel clients in 2023, ...
U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up About 6% Again: WTW CLIPS
Broker WTW said commercial lines insurance rates increased overall by an average of 6.1 percent during the third quarter 2024. Quarterly price increases have been around 6 percent since the end of ...
Commercial Lines Profit Growth: Execution Matters More Than Portfolio Mix
It is "how" commercial lines carriers execute their underwriting strategies, not "what" lines they write that is key to profitable growth for top performers, according to new research from McKinsey. ...
The Evolving GenAI Journey: Three Ways the Technology Is Impacting P/C Insurance
It is difficult to recall many technologies that have ascended from such relative obscurity to becoming a top agenda item driving conversations across sectors as rapidly as generative artificial ...
CEO View: How to Bolster Commercial Underwriting With AI Assistants
Having entered the business and technological mainstream two years ago, Generative AI is now helping to boost operations and cost efficiency across the insurance landscape. Among GenAI's cutting-edge ...
Underwriting Games: To Manage the Cycle Effectively, Focus on Behavior
Prices are under pressure in many insurance markets. After an extended period where pricing levels have risen and held at profitable levels, the balance of power appears to be shifting to buyers. In ...
What to Expect in Commercial Lines: Stability+ ‘Micro-Actions’
WTW characterized commercial insurance rates as balanced and stable in a report last week. But as Hurricane Milton approached, the broker warned of upcoming disruption. "The current state of affairs ...