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P/C Premium Growth Likely But Profits Delayed Until 2025: Forecast

Favorable first-quarter economic and underwriting results for property/casualty insurance are in line with projections that the industry will see a small underwriting loss in 2024 and achieve profitability in 2025, according to a report from the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) …

Atlanta Businesses Hit by Water Problems Eligible for $7.5M in Assistance

The Atlanta City Council voted to provide up to $7.5 million for small businesses that were affected by water outages due to a water main break near downtown late last month. Georgia Public Broadcasting, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other news …

Markets/Coverages: SURE Brings Commercial Coverage to South Carolina

SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (SURE), a policyholder-owned coastal insurer, in partnership with SageSure, a large managing general underwriters focused on catastrophe-exposed markets, has announced its expansion to the South Carolina commercial property market with its business owners policy (BOP) offering. …

Businesses Unprepared for Cyberattacks Despite Steady Concern

Cyber risks remain a top concern for business leaders, according to the annual Travelers Risk Index. The top concerns among 1,206 survey participants are, in order, medical cost inflation (60%), broad economic uncertainty (59%) and cyber risks (58%). Travelers reported …

NC Bars’ Lawsuit Seeking Damages from State Over COVID Closures Can Continue

RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — Portions of a lawsuit filed by several North Carolina bars and their operators seeking financial damages from the state over COVID-19 restrictions that shuttered doors and curtailed business can continue forward, an appeals court panel has …

Small Businesses Give Record-High Ratings to Commercial Insurers: JD Power

Small businesses across the U.S. are increasingly satisfied with the products and services they receive from their commercial insurance providers. According to the 11th annual JD Power 2023 U.S. Small Commercial Insurance Study, overall customer satisfaction has reached an all-time …

Landlord Not Liable for Murder at Nightclub, Massachusetts Supreme Court Says

A commercial landlord is not liable for a “targeted, execution-style shooting” that took place on her property as it was not reasonably foreseeable and no reasonable security measures could have prevented it, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The …

Repricing Is Not Reunderwriting

A rising tide carries all boats. That rings true currently in commercial insurance. Carriers have broadly brushed aside concerns about geopolitics, inflation and natural catastrophes and reported positive year-to-date underwriting results. Leaders talk optimistically of the pivot to growth and …

Another Soft Market Is Inevitable

In recent weeks, executives of brokers and carriers have been delivering mixed messages about conditions in the commercial insurance market. “The long curve, the larger trend, is bending in a positive direction for buyers.” John Drummond, head of Broking, North …

Viewpoint: Four Approaches to Expand Commercial P/C’s Market Relevance

Despite a range of disruptions, global commercial P/C insurance carriers have actually delivered good returns over the last few years—mostly thanks to higher premiums, which have risen 6 to 8 percent a year since 2018. But that cannot go on …