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U.S. E&S Growth Slower in 2023; Berkshire, AIG Top Premium Rankings
An analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that the pace of growth in the U.S. excess and surplus lines market has slowed since a peak growth rate of 32.3 percent recorded in 2021. In ...
Surplus Lines Insurers Providing a Much-Needed Safety Valve for P/C Industry
Given the difficult environment for primary property/casualty carriers, the efficient use of excess and surplus (E&S) lines capacity is providing a safety valve for ...
AIG Drops Claims Against Former Execs Who Started E&S Insurer Dellwood
American International Group and a group of its excess and surplus lines subsidiaries have dropped claims against three former AIG executives who launched Dellwood Insurance Group but its claims ...
Nationwide Pet Shedding 100,000 Policies
The leading pet insurer in the U.S. said it is dropping about 100,000 policies starting this ...
Tokio Marine Forecasts ¥1 Trillion 2024 Profit; ‘Drastic’ Growth Ahead
In Japanese yen, the profit figure that Tokio Marine Holdings projects for 2024 is ¥1 trillion. While the forecast may seem less extraordinary in U.S. dollars of roughly $6.7 billion, either way ...
Berkshire Wary of “Fashionable’ Cyber Insurance, AI
While Berkshire Hathaway made money on its personal auto insurance business GEICO, and even on a big bet it placed on property-catastrophe reinsurance in Florida last year, one place where the ...
Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training
A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing ...
E&S Property In Focus: Competition Up, Price Momentum Waning
During separate earnings conference calls this week, executives of two property/casualty specialty writers—W.R. Berkley Corp. and RLI Corp.—signaled a changing E&S property insurance market. ...