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Weathering the Reinsurance Reset in the Midwest
In his more than quarter-century career as a reinsurance broker representing the mutual insurance market, the January 1, 2023, property reinsurance renewals stand out in Josh Knapp's memory as a day ...
Trump Quest to Appeal Puts Focus on Tiny Slice of Bond Market
Donald Trump's two recent courtroom losses and the staggering legal debts he now owes have put the spotlight on an obscure segment of the insurance market—the appeal bond. On Friday, Trump used the ...
Industry Veterans Launch New E&S Biz
Insurance industry executives Michael Price and Kean Driscoll announced the formation of Dellwood Insurance Group, a new nationwide excess and surplus lines insurance holding company. The new company ...
Liberty Mutual Execs See Q4 Momentum as 2023 Income Falls
Although Liberty Mutual reported worse underwriting results and lower net income in 2023 compared to the prior year, executives pointed to the momentum of the final quarter as an indicator of what's ...
U.S. P/C Industry Underwriting Loss Reaches 10-Year High: AM Best
AM Best published its annual estimate of the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry's financial results yesterday, reporting that $38 billion of underwriting losses for 2023 was a 10-year high for ...
Skeptical AM Best Tags U.S. D&O Segment With Negative Outlook
Rating agency AM Best has assigned a negative outlook to the U.S. directors and officers liability insurance segment as more market entrants increase capacity and drive down pricing in the face of ...
AmFam Underwriting Loss Worsens to $1.7B in 2023
American Family Insurance posted a net underwriting loss of $1.7 billion for property/casualty business in 2023, up from an underwriting loss of $1.5 billion in 2022. While higher claim loss costs ...
25 Straight Quarters of Premium Increases for Commercial Lines: CIAB Survey
Overall commercial property/casualty premiums increased slightly for all account sizes to 7 percent on average in the fourth quarter of 2024, continuing a trend that has now last more than six years. ...