Content from Susanne Sclafane
What Berkshire’s CEO Abel Said About Insurance
Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive had the unusual task of reporting lower 2025 underwriting and investment income for GEICO and other insurance and reinsurance operations in his first report to ...
Insurance Groundhogs Warming Up to Market Changes
Spring is not around the corner. It's more than a month away, Punxsutawney Phil predicted on Monday. But what is going to happen to conditions in the property/casualty insurance market? What lines ...
Earnings Wrap-Up: Expanding Geographies. But First, Underwriting Profit at Selective
Will property/casualty insurers be profitable in 2026? Will market conditions soften? Looking for clues to answer these questions, Carrier Management listened to fourth-quarter 2025 earnings ...
Earnings Wrap: With AI-First Mindset, ‘Sky Is the Limit’ at The Hartford
In search for clues about property/casualty insurance carrier profit potential and market conditions for 2026, Carrier Management listened to earnings conference calls for six publicly traded ...
Earnings Wrap-Up: AXIS Expanding Insurance Biz, Shrinking Re Book
Looking for clues about property/casualty insurance carrier profit potential and market conditions for 2026, Carrier Management listened to earnings conference calls for six publicly traded insurers ...
RLI Inks 30th Straight Full-Year Underwriting Profit
"It's too long to be considered a hot streak." That's how the chief executive officer of specialty insurer RLI delivered the news of his company's unbroken 30-year record of underwriting profits on ...
Execs, Risk Experts on Edge: Geopolitical Risks Top ‘Turbulent’ Outlook
Global business leaders and risk experts see more turbulent near- and long-term risk horizons, with geopolitical risks now topping weather and technological risks as immediate risks, according to the ...
Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results
In separate reports last week, AM Best and Morgan Stanley analyzed P/C insurance industry expense ratios, with one reporting a 2.4-point drop over the past decade and the other projecting another ...