Casualty Lines News

Liability Reinsurance Crisis Could Be Looming, TransRe CEO Says

“There could be a liability crisis in reinsurance in a couple of years,” a reinsurance executive predicted this week. Ken Brandt, chair, president and chief executive officer of TransRe, offered the assessment during a 30-minute chat with S&P Global Ratings …

Social Inflation Fix: Insurers Can’t Be Out Front, Chubb’s Greenberg Says

Although insurers can help to stop the growth of social inflation, they can’t lead the effort, an industry executive said during an insurance conference this week. Evan Greenberg, chair and chief executive officer of Chubb Limited, explained that social attitudes …

AM Best: Social Inflation Key Factor in Rise of Loss Severity

Loss severity for many U.S. casualty lines of insurance business has exceeded economic inflation over the past decade, indicating other factors are influencing claims costs for indemnity and expense payments, according to a new AM Best report. According to the …

Reserve Strengthening for Casualty Lines Not Over: Moody’s

If personal auto insurance loss reserves are developing adversely, can commercial general liability be far behind? That’s the gist of one of the questions that analysts from Moody’s Investors Service askedโ€”and answeredโ€”in a new report on the U.S. property/casualty insurance …