hard market News
Study: MGA Market Still Growing
A hard market combined with underwriting capacity from fronting companies allowed for robust growth in the MGA market in 2023, according to a new Conning strategic study. The global investment ...
Prepare for the Soft Market: Why You Need to Set Performance Metrics Now
On the face of it, it appears to be a good time to be an underwriter. A combination of historic underperformance, an elevated risk outlook and investor reticence is encouraging underwriters to push ...
P/C Cycle Act 3: Reinsurance-Driven GL Hard Market
Comparing recent conditions in the property/casualty insurance and reinsurance markets to a three-act play, the chief executive of Arch Capital Group predicted hard casualty pricing ahead in the ...
Viewpoint: Get Ready Now for the Soft Market (Because It’s Coming)
While discussing soft market underwriting may seem ill-timed given current strong results and hard market conditions, there are worrying signs that underwriters are beginning to chase market share in ...
‘Hard But More Manageable’ Jan. 1 Renewals; Little Relief on Retentions
The hard reinsurance market in property-catastrophe reinsurance isn't coming to an end at Jan. 1, 2024, but reinsurers are likely to deploy more of their capacity next year, broker executives said ...
When Will the Hard Reinsurance Market End?
Higher retentions on property-catastrophe reinsurance programs are here to stay going into next year's renewals, reinsurance brokers predicted recently.Related ...
For 5th Straight Year, Surplus Lines Sees Double-Digit Growth: AM Best
Total U.S. surplus lines direct premiums written (DPW) rose by 19.2 percent to reach a record $98.5 billion in 2022, marking a five-year streak of double-digit growth rate increase, according to a ...
Hard Market Game Refuses to End: Arch Capital CEO
Drawing analogies to an epic tennis match and the hands of a clock, the leader of Bermuda-based Arch Capital declared the current hard market one of the longest the P/C industry has ever experienced. ...