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U.S. P/C Industry Combined Ratio Headed Back Up to 100: S&P Ratings
While the U.S. property/casualty combined ratio sat at the lowest level in five years during 2024, the industry's key metric is headed up to the 98-100 range for 2025, analysts from S&P Global ...
Mercury General Wildfire Losses Will Hit Reinsurance Cover. One Event?
Mercury General Corporation said it expects losses from wildfires burning in California since Jan. 7 to exceed its $150 million reinsurance retention, without providing a specific dollar estimate of ...
Liability Reinsurance Crisis Could Be Looming, CEO Says
"There could be a liability crisis in reinsurance in a couple of years," a reinsurance executive predicted this week. Ken Brandt, chair, president and chief executive officer of TransRe, offered the ...
CEO Debate: Is a ‘Bottoming’ Reinsurance Market a Rational One?
"Bottoming" was a popular description of the reinsurance market at midyear industry conferences, but there is less consensus around questions of whether this "near bottom" signals rational behavior ...