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2018 Insurance M&A Drivers: Tax Reform, InsurTech and Run-Offs

Tax reform, InsurTech and run-off transactions will be among the big drivers of insurance industry mergers and acquisitions in 2018, according to a new Deloitte report. Deloitte said that the Trump ...

For the First Time in Years, A.M. Best Boosts Its Commercial Lines Insurance Outlook

Analysts at A.M. Best have been sufficiently impressed by commercial lines insurers' pricing, underwriting and resilience in recent years to boost their outlook on this segment of the U.S. ...

5 Auto Insurance Trends to Watch in 2018

Auto insurance is experiencing its most seismic shift since it began over 100 years ago. If 2017 shook up the industry with an increasing number of carriers adopting mobile telematics programs for ...

2018 Prediction: U.S. P/C Industry Will Take Time to Recover From 2017 Catastrophes

Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. will rebound in 2018 from the late-2017 onslaught of hurricanes and wildfires, but it will take a while to return to "significant underwriting profits," Fitch ...

Late 2017 Hurricanes Could Spur 2018 Insurance M&A Spree: Clyde & Co. Prediction

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate broke records in late 2017 in terms of damages and insured losses. The strains they have caused on the marketplace could spur a wave of M&A activity a ...