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Climbing Prices and Demand Foster Stable Reinsurance Outlook: AM Best
AM Best is maintaining a stable market segment outlook for the global reinsurance segment, citing in part the ongoing positive pricing momentum driven by rising loss cost inflation, enhanced ...
Slow Moderation of U.S. Commercial Insurance Rate Hikes Continues in Q3: Willis Towers Watson
Certain U.S. commercial insurance segments saw robust price increases in the 2021 third quarter, but the sector overall continued to see a slowing and steady moderation in rate hikes, according to a ...
‘Prohibitive Voices’: How Moral Coworkers Drive Others to ‘Do the Right Thing’
Highly moral people might always "do the right thing" when it comes to speaking up about wrongdoings and problems in the workplace. But even people who lack that moral compass become more likely to ...
Stable Market Outlook for U.S. Personal Lines Heading Into 2022: AM Best
The U.S. personal lines insurance industry has earned a continued AM Best market segment outlook of stable heading into 2022 due to strong fundamentals in the sector, the ratings entity said in a new ...
The Nonstandard Auto Market’s Positive Momentum Could Face Potholes From Inflation, Loss Severity Issues
Players in the U.S. nonstandard auto insurance segment may find that return to pre-pandemic norms, with greater loss-cost pressures along with elevated inflation and supply chain issues, may ...
As COVID Spread, European P/C Insurers Took Hits but Remained Resilient: AM Best
European property/casualty insurers faced a dip in total average gross written premium and after-tax profit in 2020, but their regulatory solvency ratios remained strong. Pandemic factors generally ...
CEO Profiles Changing: More Were CROs, CSOs and CTOs Before
Globally and across industries, companies looking for successors to their chief executives are increasingly looking beyond the traditional CFO and COO titles as they evaluate prior C-suite ...
‘Great Resignation’ Reaches C-Suite; CEO Turnover Up: Research
CEO turnover spiked in the first half of 2021, as companies tapped new talent to navigate the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and stressed-out chief executives sought a career change, a study from ...