The soft market persists across most sectors of commercial insurance. In the property sector, rates continue to decline—a trend we expect to persist as property insurers see strong profits and benefit from decreasing...more
The commercial insurance market remains a buyers’ market across all sectors except for casualty. Within the casualty market, workers' compensation stands out as the only bright spot, with rates continuing to decline. In...more
After years of sustained rate increases, 2025 offers a brighter outlook for commercial insurance buyers. We expect premiums to stabilize or rise modestly, varying by line of business and industry. Increased market competition...more
12/12/2024
/ Commercial Insurance Policies ,
D&O Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Insurance Claims ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturers ,
Property Casualty Policies ,
Property Insurance ,
Real Estate Market ,
Reinsurance ,
Retail Market ,
Technology Sector ,
Umbrella Policies ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
The good news for insurance buyers is that the North Atlantic Hurricane season has not significantly impacted property rates or coverage, and rates are continuing the trend of decreases that we noted in our last update....more
Insurance buyers enjoyed favorable market conditions across most segments of the commercial lines market in the first half of 2024. D&O and Cyber led the way in premium decreases, even benefiting companies with claims...more
Commercial insurance pricing trends in the first quarter of 2024 followed many of the same patterns as last year. Insurance buyers can still expect competitive premiums in D&O and Cyber despite several insurers publicly...more
Commercial insurance pricing trends in the fourth quarter followed the same pattern buyers experienced through most of 2023. Property premiums have finally started to moderate— this is a trend we noticed earlier in 2023 and...more
Inflation—both economic and social—continues to contribute to premium increases in the P&C insurance market, and rising reinsurance costs due to severe weather events have led to higher property insurance costs. However, we...more
Third-quarter headlines in the insurance market are typically dominated by the Atlantic hurricane season. This year’s hurricane season has been relatively benign—instead, the focus has been on the casualty market. Casualty...more
The basic economic principle of supply and demand is the theme of the first quarter. The supply of capital is driving pricing behavior in all segments of the commercial lines market.
Let’s start with the directors and...more
Commercial lines insurance buyers encountered mostly positive trends at the end of 2022. Most segments experienced rate stabilization and, in the case of public D&O, large rate decreases. The exception to this generally...more
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the insurance industry was already amid challenging times. Natural catastrophes, increasing jury awards in liability cases, and medical cost inflation all resulted in premium increases coupled...more
The third quarter is always pivotal in the insurance market because it is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. The number and severity of named storms, and if and where they make landfall, will impact property premiums...more
The outlook for commercial insurance buyers continues to improve as we enter the second half of 2022. After several years of increasing rates across almost every segment of the commercial space, most insurers are reporting...more
Market stabilization is the theme as we closed the first quarter of 2022. We monitored the first quarter earnings releases of commercial insurers carefully to detect trends. All the top commercial lines insurers reported rate...more
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have an impact on insurance processes and renewals and the events of the last few weeks have immediate repercussions on certain lines of coverage. ...more
Market conditions did not change materially in the fourth quarter of 2021 from the previous quarter. We continue to see stabilization in many sectors of the commercial lines market and cyber continues to be a concern for...more
Though the market remains difficult amidst claims costs and underwriting issues, we are cautiously optimistic and see opportunities for you to improve your insurance portfolio in 2022.
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The last few years have been a reckoning for the insurance industry. Years of decreasing premiums were incompatible with the reality of frequent and more severe natural catastrophes, increasing jury awards in liability cases,...more
12/1/2021
/ Auto Insurance ,
Casualty Insurance ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Liability Insurance ,
Property Insurance ,
Umbrella Policies ,
Underwriting ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
The last few years have been a reckoning for the insurance industry and just when we thought insurance buyers might feel relief, COVID-19 entered the picture and extended challenging market conditions into 2021....more