P/C Industry News

A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006

The numbers, or estimates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson at I.I.I.’s Joint Property Casualty Insurance …

A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006

News Currents The numbers, or es-timates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson at I.I.I.’s Joint Property …

A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006

News Currents The numbers, or es-timates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson at I.I.I.’s Joint Property …

P/C industry may be long overdue for massive losses from an extreme “great” earthquake

>Study says industry could suffer from a $100 million loss The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry is long overdue for heavy losses from a massive earthquake, reports A.M. Best in its recent “2006 Annual Earthquake Study.” It is likely that if …

P/C industry may be long overdue for massive losses from an extreme “great” earthquake

The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry is long overdue for heavy losses from a massive earthquake, reports A.M. Best in its recent “2006 Annual Earthquake Study.” It is likely that if an earthquake of 7.6 magnitude occurred in San Francisco today, …

Biggest U.S. property cat losses in 2006 were away from coasts

Property casualty insurers increasingly steered clear of the water out of fear of catastrophe losses during the past year. But while they were keeping a wary eye on the coasts in 2006, and escaped relatively unscathed in those areas thanks …

A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006

The numbers, or estimates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in. Dr Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson at III’s Joint Property Casualty Insurance Conference …

Declarations

Rules suspension “The governor wants the opportunity to take a look not just at this initiative, but at the entire automobile insurance system in Massachusetts. Next week the governor will be putting together a study group to investigate this issue …

Pricing discipline key to P/C insurers’ repeat performance in 2007

>Insurers delivered strong results for 2006; now the question becomes can they remain disciplined? Property casualty insurance industry earnings may have peaked in 2006 but that doesn’t mean 2007 will see a reversion to reckless price cutting and relaxed underwriting, …

Declarations

Rules suspension “The governor wants the opportunity to take a look not just at this initiative, but at the entire automobile insurance system in Massachusetts. Next week the governor will be putting together a study group to investigate this issue …