Underwriting & Pricing
3-D and 4-D Printing: Transforming Our World and the Trail of Liability
For any property/casualty insurers out there wondering whether to cover exposures from 3-D printing, you probably already are, according to Bob Weireter, senior underwriter of casualty treaty ...
2017 Insurance Industry Mergers Could Reach Record Levels: Conning
Signs point to 2017 being another year of "robust" mergers and acquisitions, thanks in part to a number of ongoing industry trends and a current government climate that show no sign of letting up, ...
A Medical Professional Liability Capital Cushion Is Also a Barrier to Profit
For all the changes in health care over the past 10 years, the principal challenges facing medical professional liability (MPL) insurance have mostly remained the same since its crisis in the ...
Reinsurers Seek to Boost Returns Through Tailored Business
Reinsurer Swiss Re, usually involved in mega-deals on natural disaster coverage, is branching out on its own to do individually tailored schemes to boost returns, such as one in China to protect ...
The Latest Launches From Everest Insurance, Lloyd’s and Verisk’s Arium
Everest Insurance boosted its environmental coverage with a new policy form. Lloyd's teamed up with a modeling company to launch a tool that will help insurers and reinsurers model liability exposure ...
Amica Chief Steering Mutual Carrier Through Soft Market
The soft market hasn't gotten Robert A. DiMuccio down. DiMuccio, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Amica Mutual Insurance Co., sees growth opportunities for mutual carriers even in a ...
Confusing, Costly Cyber Policies Create Obstacles to Market Growth: Deloitte
Despite the rising profile of cyber risks, buyers have failed to widely embrace cyber coverage. At the same time, insurers generally have remained cautious about writing the coverage on a large-scale ...
State Farm’s Auto Underwriting Loss Soared to $7B in 2016; Profit Plunged
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest U.S. property-casualty insurer, said annual profit fell 94 percent on car insurance claims costs. Net income dropped to $400 million from $6.2 ...