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Not So Stable: AM Best Analyzes Commercial Segment’s Casualty Lines
Heading into 2024, AM Best maintained a stable outlook on the overall U.S. commercial lines sector. This was based on our expectation that the segment as a whole will ...
Personal Lines Driving Premium Growth; Commercial Lags: Swiss Re Analysis
After 15 consecutive quarters of lagging premium growth in commercial lines, personal lines became the main driver again, according to a Swiss Re report released last week. According to the ...
Fitch: Hardening Commercial Lines Market to Continue Through 2023
This year will mark the fourth year of a hardening market for commercial lines underwriting cycle, according to the latest U.S Commercial Lines Market Update released by Fitch Ratings.. The Council ...
2022 In Review: It Was Bad
The year 2022 is in the books for most U.S. property/casualty insurers as the days tick down to statutory filing deadlines. Putting the numbers together, AM Best revealed just how bad the aggregate ...
Embroker: Cybersecurity a Top Investment Focus for Startup Founders in 2023
Cybersecurity concerns will likely remain a focus for startup founders in 2023, according to the recent Embroker Cyber Risk Index: Startup Edition, published today. The report said startup founders ...
Illusory Coverage: A Legal or an Ethical Issue?
Recently I was reading an article from the University of Pennsylvania Law Review titled "The Illusory Coverage Doctrine: A Critical Review." According to the article, the Illusory Coverage Doctrine ...
Not Your Grandpa’s MGA: Competition Heats Up in Digital Insurance
For nearly 150 years, managing general agencies have been an important sales and distribution arm of the U.S. insurance industry, initially offering a way for an early insurance company to enter ...
France’s Covéa Reportedly Interested in Grabbing AXA XL’s Reinsurance Biz
Covéa, the French non-life mutual, is interested in acquiring AXA XL's reinsurance business, AXA Re, in deal that could be valued at €5 billion, according to press reports. The news story, which ...