Articles by Susanne Sclafane

Sclafane is Executive Editor of Carrier Management, a publication of Wells Media Group serving property/casualty insurance carrier executives. She is a media professional with deep background in the P/C insurance industry including 25 years as editor and reporter for trade magazines, online news services, digital journals. Her prior experience includes 14 years as a casualty actuary.

P/C Insurance Analysts’ Expectations Climbing: Accenture

Although returns-on-equity for the property/casualty insurance industry are lagging in the mid-to-upper single-digit range, equity analysts expect companies they recommend with “Buy” ratings to garner returns in the mid-double-digits, according to a survey commissioned by Accenture. The recently published survey …

Double-Digit Returns Absent From Year-End, 2013 Financial Forecasts

Although analysts following the property/casualty insurance industry expect underwriting results for 2012 to be better than 2011 when full-year numbers are tallied, double-digit overall returns-on-equity are still not visible on the near-term horizon, they say. Industry analysts who supplied combined …

Sandy Stress Scenarios Won’t Impact Insurer Ratings: Fitch

Even an extreme $40 billion scenario for property/casualty insurance industry losses from Hurricane Sandy would not drive material rating changes for insurers, analysts at Fitch Ratings said. In a report providing a sensitivity analysis of the event for 10 individual …

Superstorm Sandy Stress Scenarios Won’t Impact Insurer Ratings: Fitch

Even an extreme $40 billion scenario for property/casualty insurance industry losses from Hurricane Sandy would not drive material rating changes for insurers, analysts at Fitch Ratings said today. In a report providing a sensitivity analysis of the event for 10 …