Underwriting & Pricing
Commercial P/C Rates Down 4% in February: MarketScout
Commercial property/casualty rates in the U.S. dropped again in February, with the composite rate once again coming in at -4 percent, according to the newest market barometer from MarketScout. By ...
RLI to Offer Insurance for High-Performance Driver’s Education Events
Specialty insurer RLI Insurance Co. has launched a new product aimed at high-performance drivers, RLI Track Day. RLI Track Day is a single-event policy that provides personal vehicle insurance ...
BHSI Launches Professional First Asset Management Liability Policy in Asia
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has launched the newest addition to its Professional First suite of professional liability products: Asset Management Liability Insurance, which provides ...
P/C Insurers See Wide Uses for Predictive Analytics: Willis Towers Watson
Property/casualty insurers plan to drastically widen their use of predictive analytics over the next two years to expand and grow their operations, a Willis Towers Watson survey has found. What's ...
First ‘Contextual’ Telematics Insurance Model Launching in U.S.
Last week, LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced a new telematics model, describing it as the first U.S. insurance model to apply geospatial context to driving events to better understand how drivers ...
RLI Launches Cyber Liability Unit
Specialty insurer RLI Insurance Co. has created a Cyber Liability unit through its Executive Products group. Underwriting directors Sean Scranton and Natasha Richard will lead the new unit, which ...
XL Catlin Partners With New MGU Ventus for Commercial Property Risks
XL Catlin will work with Ventus Risk Management, a newly formed managing general underwriter, to provide commercial property insurance for small and midsize enterprises. Through the partnership, ...
Small Cyber Insurers Worry Regulators; Model Law Coming
While insurance regulators are tackling cyber-related issues at a record pace, they're focused on questions beyond whether insurers are adequately securing the personally identifiable information of ...