Underwriting
Underwriting No Longer Sole Path to Profit, Say Berkley Execs
While the days of cash flow underwriting are a distant memory for veteran insurance executives, the need for industry's more recent "preoccupation" with underwriting profit is starting to subside, ...
State Farm Invests $1.2B in ADT; Adopts ‘Predict and Prevent’ Mindset
State Farm and ADT, a smart home provider, announced that State Farm will make a $1.2 billion equity investment in ADT, a move that will give the nation's largest insurer a 15 percent ownership stake ...
Judge’s Order: Credit Scoring Ban Finito In State of Washington
Earlier this week, Judge Indu Thomas entered the final order declaring that Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler exceeded his authority when he issued a permanent rule banning the use of credit-based ...
50-50 Split: Reinsurers Feel Strongly Both Ways About Catastrophe Risk
The natural catastrophe business of global reinsurers has been reshaped by five years of higher-than-expected losses, which is leading reinsurers to adopt divergent strategies—either diving in to ...
Breaking Down Inflation’s $30B Impact on Insurers Line By Line
Experts at McKinsey & Company estimate that inflation pushed loss costs for property/casualty insurers up roughly $30 billion last year, with nearly three-quarters of that figure coming through ...
MGAs: An All-Weather Distribution Channel for Soft and Hard Markets
Many reinsurers across the globe increasingly have been doing business with certain select managing general agents (MGAs), seen as market innovators, by reinsuring the fronting insurers that provide ...
MGAs Demonstrate Continuing Value in a Hardening Market
The heightened perception of risk stemming from cyber attacks, the climate, pandemics and even inflation are just a few of the volatile factors fueling a demand-side need for more specialized ...
Have Insurers Paid Too Much for Asbestos and Other Toxic Torts?
Have insurers and defendants been overpaying for asbestos liability claims? Are there other ongoing toxic torts where that might be true today? The questions arise as a result of a revolution that's ...