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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. ...
Will S&P Change ‘Negative’ Reinsurance Outlook to ‘Stable’ in ’23?
While no one directly asked the question of this article's headline at the S&P Global Ratings June annual insurance conference, the prospect that an outlook change is near came into view during ...
Insurance Groundhogs Have Their Day: Some Primary Prices Need to Go Higher
Sure, it's nice to know whether Spring is around the corner or more than a month away, but what about insurance market conditions? How long will a hard market last in many lines? Are insurance prices ...