Insurance Pricing News

W/C RATE HIKE PROPOSED

Following the July 31 submission of its annual pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner, the nonprofit Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) proposed an average increase in pure premium rates of 5.5 percent, effective Jan. 1, 2001. …

WCIRB Proposes Pure Premium Rate Increase

Following the July 31 submission of its annual pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner, the nonprofit Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau proposed an average increase in pure premium rates of 5.5 percent effective January 1, 2001. Pure …

Texas Holds Its Own in Insurance Rates

A closer inspection of NAIC auto premium data reveals something much different than what the consumer media reported When the National Association of Insurance Commissioners released its 2000 report, State Average Expenditures & Premiums for Personal Automotive Insurance in 1998, …

UPDATE – Euro Interest Rate Hike Fails To Support Exchange Rates

As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) raised interest rates on the Euro today, but only by what most analysts considered a paltry 25 basis points. The move, which raised the effective rate to 3.75 percent, didn’t help the battered …