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Executives Deliver Divergent Views on Sustainability of Workers Comp Profits

Property/casualty insurance industry leaders delivered two different views on whether workers compensation will continue to be a bright spot on the industry profit picture during an investor ...

Specialty Market ‘Particularly Attractive’; Reason to Pause Elsewhere: Berkley CEO

W.R. Berkley CEO W. Robert Berkley Jr. said he's still got eyes on the specialty market but maintains a cautious, more disciplined outlook on some lines of business, such as professional ...

Berkley on Industry’s Financial Results: ‘Cat Losses Count’

The fact is, catastrophe losses are a part of an insurers' financial results and not a line item to be dismissed, said W. Robert Berkley Jr, president and chief executive ...

CEO Viewpoints: How Carriers, Reinsurers Are Reacting to Inflation

During an industry conference last week, leaders of three property/casualty insurance organizations addressed a question about opportunities in the personal, commercial and reinsurance markets by ...

Regulatory Weaknesses, Politics Driving California Exits, Industry CEOs Say

A trio of property/casualty carrier executives voluntarily offered their views on a growing insurance availability crisis in the state of California at an industry conference in late June, pointing ...

W.R. Berkley CEO Says Insurer Isn’t Going to Chase D&O Market ‘Down the Drain’

W.R. Berkley Corp. President and CEO Robert Berkley said the insurer is not going to follow the directors and officers market "down the drain."

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 ...

W.R. Berkley: Waiting for Discipline in Property; Overall Marketplace ‘Splintered’

There is no one answer to the overall insurance industry's place within its cyclical path. Each product line needs to be looked at individually, according to Robert ...

AXA XL Launches Innovation Office; W.R. Berkley Forms E&S Solutions Unit

AXA XL Insurance has launched an Underwriting Innovation Office in the Americas to drive innovation to support business initiatives. The Underwriting Innovation Office ...

Berkley Cooling On Professional Lines, Firing Up Property Cat Re Engines

Property cat reinsurance: "More." Professional liability insurance: Not so much. The president and chief executive officer of W.R. Berkley Corp., Robert Berkley, Jr., shared his company's appetite ...