Underwriting & Pricing
U.S. P/C Insurers Produced $4.7B Net Underwriting Gain Through Q3 2018
The U.S. property/casualty insurance private market produced a $4.7 billion net underwriting profit over the first nine months of 2018, according to a new report from ISO/Verisk and the American ...
Pentagon Warns Climate Change Poses Dire Risks to Bases and Troops
The U.S. Defense Department has issued a dire report on how climate change could affect the nation's armed forces and security, warning that rising seas could inundate coastal bases and ...
Better Answers or Fewer Questions; Two Sides to the Commercial Underwriting Improvement Coin
Commercial property/casualty insurance underwriting today is a complicated, often messy process. Many times the agent sends new business applications, loss runs and other documents (together known as ...
2018 Catastrophes Made ‘Muted Impact’ on Jan. 1 Renewals: Guy Carpenter
The overall impact of catastrophe losses on property rates was muted at the Jan. 1, 2019 reinsurance renewals, but the fourth-highest annual catastrophe loss year on record did create questions over ...
Trump to California: Change Forest Management Practices or Lose Wildfire Aid
President Donald Trump, who has blamed California's forest management for last year's disastrous fires, threatened to halt the Federal Emergency Management Agency's assistance to victims unless that ...
Nationwide Acquires Program Manager E-Risk Services, With an Eye on E&S Expansion
Nationwide said it has acquired E-Risk Services LLC, a privately held program manager specializing in management lines products. Neither side is disclosing financial specifics of the deal, which ...
RenRe, Dutch Pension Fund Manager Launch New U.S.-Focused Reinsurer
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. teamed with Dutch pension fund manager PGGM to launch Vermeer Reinsurance Lt., a reinsurer designed to provide capacity focused on risk remote layers in the U.S. ...
Can an InsurTech Startup Compete With Progressive and GEICO?
The most common refrain of startups is that insurance is broken and their solution will fix it. Oui, c'est vrai. But two companies have their act together more than almost any other insurers: GEICO ...