W. Robert Berkley Jr. News
We’re No Longer Pressured to Push for Rate ‘Across the Board,’ Berkley Says
W.R Berkley reported a "flattish" top line but nearly 15% growth in underwriting income for fourth-quarter 2025 this week. The chief executive also signaled a change in the level of rate increases ...
How Competitive Is E&S Property? Exec Views Vary
E&S property insurance market conditions were a recurring talking point on two recent earnings conference calls, but the leaders of specialty insurers offering commentary were not perfectly in ...
Everest Group Boosts Casualty Loss Reserves $1.7B
Everest Group, Ltd. pre-announced full-year 2024 earnings yesterday, disclosing about a 45 percent drop in net income attributable to a $1.7 billion boost in its casualty insurance reserves. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
Inflation Boosts W.R. Berkley Top Line to Record Level as Exposures Grow
While investment analysts continue to track commercial insurance rate hikes for property/casualty insurance carriers, exposure growth was an important contributor to a top-line record for the first ...