Underwriting & Pricing
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Approves Citizens Rate Increase of 63%
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon approved a significant rate hike for Louisiana Citizens residential property insurance policies, a move the insurance department blamed on rising costs of ...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Increased 6% in Q2: WTW
U.S. commercial insurance prices increased by nearly 6 percent during second-quarter 2022, according to WTW's most recent Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). The survey compared prices ...
Auto Loss Costs Not Coming Down; Bigger Rate Hikes Ahead: Allstate CEO
Higher auto loss costs are here to stay, according to the leader of Allstate, who also said that his company will be pushing up auto insurance prices higher, and at a faster pace, for the balance of ...
Automated Rate Filings Put Root Ahead of Auto Insurance Competitors: CEO
At a time when auto insurers react to inflation shocks by filing rate increases at a frenetic pace, an InsurTech CEO says automation of the activity is speeding his company's actuarial rate ...
It’s Over: Lasting Underwriting Profits in U.S. D&O Market Unlikely, Fitch Says
Three years of soaring directors and officers liability insurance prices pushed combined ratios down to the mid-to-high 90s, but new entrants and potential claims volatility may spell trouble for ...
Breaking Down Inflation’s $30B Impact on Insurers Line By Line
Experts at McKinsey & Company estimate that inflation pushed loss costs for property/casualty insurers up roughly $30 billion last year, with nearly three-quarters of that figure coming through ...
Rising Inflation to Hit Profits of European P/C Insurers: GlobalData
Rising inflation in Europe, which jumped to 8.9 percent in July 2022—the highest in 25 years—will hurt the profitability of property/casualty insurers in 2022-2024, according to London-based data ...
P/C Underwriting Profitability to Worsen as Inflation, Hard Market Persist: Triple-I, Milliman
The 2022 combined ratio for the property/casualty insurance industry is forecast to be 100.7, a worsening of 1.2 points relative to 2021, driven by significant deterioration in the personal auto ...