Underwriting
AM Best Answers Questions as DUAE; MGA Assessments Go Live
It is not a credit rating. It will not impact an insurer's financial strength rating. Those were two of the answers that AM Best analysts delivered yesterday in various presentations about the rating ...
How Zurich Commercial Uses Underwriting Discipline to Find Profit in Any Market
Zurich Insurance Group has worked hard to turn around its financial results over the past five years by bringing underwriting back to the organization, with a greater focus on selecting the right ...
Reinsurers’ 2022 Profit Outlook Better Than Primary Insurers: Fitch
The trailing impacts of premium and loss trends on the books of property/casualty reinsurers makes the 2022 outlook for reinsurers rosier than the profit outlook for primary insurers, a Fitch Rating ...
Commercial Auto Among Lines With Flattening Rates: USI 2022 Forecast
Although it wasn't the headline of a commercial insurance broker's market pricing report last week, the report's observation that "commercial auto liability coverage rates are starting to flatten" is ...
Saying Goodbye to 2021 Without a Blast (Slideshow)
Weren't there some days at the end of last year when you just felt like—I don't know—blowing up a Tesla? If you are like me, you felt gloomy as the days of 2021 wound down. After a midyear ...
Colorado Wildfire Analysis: Impacts of Climate Change, New Construction
The winter grassland fire that blew up along Colorado's Front Range was rare, experts say, but similar events will be more common in the coming years as climate change warms the planet—sucking the ...
Tesla Recalls Close to 500,000 Cars Over Crash Risks
Tesla Inc is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rearview camera and trunk issues that increase the risk of crashing, the U.S. road safety regulator said. ...
Mitigation Efforts Won’t Stop Cyber Damage and Related Rate Hikes in 2022
As dramatic as escalating ransomware attacks and rapidly climbing cyber insurance rates have been in 2021, both trends will continue to be a nuisance in 2022, according to an expert from Fitch ...