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Claim Professionals’ Perspective: D&O Market Correction Coming
The current directors and officers market is out of balance with insurers facing a soft underwriting landscape just as the volume and severity of claims are rising. The head-scratching imbalance was ...
Different Works: RLI Posts Sub-80 First-Quarter Combined Ratio—Again
As property/casualty insurers preannounce catastrophe loss estimates that will dent first-quarter 2023 bottom lines almost daily, RLI Corp. reported a 68 property combined ratio with a 50 percent ...
Courts Mixed on PFAS Coverage Litigation
A handful of coverage lawsuits have been decided over the application of pollution exclusions to deny coverage for PFAS claims, and rulings have been split on whether carriers owe coverage or a duty ...
D&O Story for 2022: Prices Down; Loss Ratios Up; Top Carriers Ranked
Although analysts at Fitch Ratings estimate that combined ratios for the directors and officers liability line remained below breakeven in 2022, with competition fueling price declines and the ...
Too Soon for ‘All Clear’ in D&O Insurance Market as Banks Fall
D&O insurers breathed a short sigh of relief when the U.S. government pledged to protect depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank last week. But it wasn't necessarily business as usual for ...
Lloyd’s 2022 Underwriting Results ‘Strong’ Despite Bottom-Line Red Ink
Lloyd's reported an interim full-year 2022 loss before tax of $947.6 million (£800 million ) as a result of investment losses of approximately $3.6 billion (£3 billion). This compares to a profit ...
Fitch Ups AIG P/C Ratings to A+; Multiyear Transformation Prompts Action
A 2022 combined ratio of 92 for the property/casualty operations of American International Group is evidence of the success of the carrier's multiyear turnaround that factored into an upgrade from ...
InsurTech Spotlight: How vQuip’s CEO Left the Football Field and Made His Next Play in Insurance
Cam Serigne, like many in the insurance industry, has had an unconventional career path, serving as a football player in the NFL before launching his own InsurTech. But he said joining an unfamiliar ...