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‘Industry’ Loss Reserve Studies Not Meaningful: Demotech Analysis
Insurance literature is replete with articles, analyses, studies and discussion documents related to industry loss and loss adjustment expense (L&LAE) reserves, the impact of L&LAE reserve ...
Eight Years and Counting; Reserve Releases Continue, Fitch Says
Property/casualty industry prior-year loss reserves developed favorably for eight straight calendar years as of year-end 2013, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings, which also says the ...
Industry Loss Reserve Redundancy Disappearing: Aon Benfield Analysis
According to an analysis published by Aon Benfield, loss reserves held by U.S. property/casualty insurers for commercial lines are deficient by $2.8 billion, with workers compensation coming in ...
Top 5 Reserve Boosts in 2013; Fitch Reveals Carriers with Unfavorable Development
Although the property/casualty insurance industry overall will report favorable loss reserve development from prior underwriting periods for the eighth consecutive year in 2013, several individual ...
Five Insurers Lead P/C Industry to 8th Year of Reserve Takedowns: Fitch
Headline reserve charges for Tower Group, Meadowbrook Insurance Group and QBE Americas in 2013 didn't interrupt an eight-year trend of overall prior-year reserve takedowns for the property/casualty ...Milliman Releases Arius 2.0 Loss Reserving System
As presented at the Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar in Boston, global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc. announced last week that it has released version 2.0 of Arius, its loss reserving ...
P/C Loss Reserve Cycles Are Real: AM Best Analysis
The idea that carriers release loss reserves when property/casualty insurance markets soften and strengthen them in hard markets is more than a theory, according to a new analysis by rating agency ...
Seven Straight Years of Reserve Releases: Fitch
Property/casualty industry prior-year loss reserves have developed favorably for seven straight calendar years, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings, which also says the industry reserve ...