Underwriting & Pricing
Second-Quarter 2018 Financial Details for Lemonade, Root and Metromile
Does Lemonade have shlimazels for customers? Is slower second-quarter growth at Root an indicator that the carrier is deliberately focusing on profitability? Do Ajit Jain and Rob Berkley know ...
Write Here, Right Now: How AI Can Amplify Your Business Results
Here's something we typically hear from frustrated underwriting managers: • "We bind around 12 percent of our submissions, but our underwriters review 100 percent of submissions." • "A 1-2 ...
For QBE, a Focus on Profitable Underwriting Begins to Pay Off
QBE's restructuring over the last year has focused on exiting loss-making businesses and portfolios, while rigorously emphasizing profitable underwriting across the group. Good progress has been made ...
Esurance Signs Actor Dennis Quaid as Its First On-Camera Spokesperson
For the first time, Allstate Corp.'s Esurance has an on-camera spokesperson. The "straight-shooting and highly likable actor" Dennis Quaid has the job, according to the insurer, which sells auto, ...
Property Cover Drives 3rd Consecutive Quarter of Global Commercial Insurance Prices Hikes
Global commercial insurance prices rose in the second quarter of 2018, marking the third consecutive quarter of increases, according to Marsh's "Global Insurance Market Index." These average ...
Underwriting Pain, Exits Begin; Insurers Rethinking Lloyd’s
News that Lloyd's is undergoing a strategic review of its operations may be part of a larger industrywide phenomenon—reality is setting in and underwriting pain is increasing, an industry executive ...
Swiss Re Net Profit Lands Below Forecasts; Reinsurer Mulls IPO for UK Closed Book Biz
Swiss Re is exploring a 2019 listing in Britain of its UK closed book business ReAssure, it said on Friday as a 17 percent fall in first half net profit hit its shares. The reinsurer said that it was ...
AIG Confronts Q2 Underwriting Loss and an Investment Income Slump
American International Group Inc.'s second-quarter earnings took a hit on a slump in income from the insurer's investment portfolio. The stock fell as much as 6.1 percent. Profit in the period fell ...