Underwriting & Pricing
Travelers Combined Ratio Ticks Higher; Q4 Profit Exceeds Estimates
Insurer Travelers Cos Inc reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, as growth in premiums and investment income offset catastrophe losses related to the California wildfires. ...
Private Flood Insurers Not Yet Ready to Fill Massive U.S. Protection Gap
The flood insurance protection gap in the United States is massive, but the take-up rate of private flood insurance continues to be low. The relative inability of private insurers to penetrate the ...
Hurricane Florence Demonstrates Perils of Being Underinsured/ Uninsured, Says RMS
Hurricane Florence caused extensive freshwater flood damage in the Carolinas and parts of Virginia in September—and about 70 percent of those flood losses will be uninsured, according to RMS. "The ...
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 ...