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January Renewals See Hardest Property-Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates in Generation
A convergence of global events has led to the hardest property-catastrophe reinsurance market in a generation and a "complex," "grueling" and "late" January renewal season, which went down to the ...
Cyber Insurance Themes to Look Out for in 2023
As the Roman God Janus (for which, of course, the month January takes its name) reflects both looking backwards and forwards in transition, the dawn of a New Year provides a great opportunity to ...
Reinsurers Winning on Price, Not Coverage Restrictions: Guy Carpenter
Prices rose, but threatened coverage changes haven't materialized during a delayed 1/1 reinsurance renewal period, according to reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter. Referring to Jan. 1, 2023 as "one of ...
What to Expect: Commercial Insurance Rates Stabilizing, WTW Forecasts
With last year's 25 percent rate hikes for public directors and officers liability insurance dropping to 2.5 percent, and 150 percent hikes for cyber cover sinking to 25 percent, significant ...
Florida Relief Not Immediate: AM Best
Insurance reforms passed in Florida's most-recent legislative special session will lead to much-needed relief to the state's homeowners market, but the impact won't be immediate, AM Best analysts ...
White Mountains Ark Sub Sponsoring Prop-Cat Re Sidecar
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. announced today that Ark Insurance Holdings Limited, its specialty property/casualty reinsurance and insurance subsidiary, has sponsored the formation of a ...
Progressive Reports Favorable Ian Development
Insurer Progressive reduced its estimate of gross loss and loss adjustment expenses for vehicle and property claims related to Hurricane Ian by $400 million, pushing the total down to $1.6 billion. ...
Is the Broken Florida Homeowners Insurance Market Finally Fixed?
Between 2017 and 2022, 11 property and casualty insurers writing mainly homeowners insurance in Florida, where they were domiciled, were declared insolvent and placed in liquidation. This does not ...