soft market News

Commercial Insurance Pricing Cuts Slowed in March

Commercial insurers moderated their rate reductions in March, and coastal property accounts actually saw increases, the latest insurance pricing survey shows. According to the report from online exchange MarketScout, the latest composite rate for U.S. property and casualty coverages showed …

Commercial Insurance Prices Still Flat After 8 Quarters: Towers Watson

Commercial insurance prices were relatively flat for the eighth consecutive quarter, while accident-year loss ratios deteriorated relative to the same period in the prior 12 months. According to global professional services company Towers Watson’s most recent Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing …

Soft Market Is Ending, Really It Is, Says SNL Financial

Could the soft market finally be over? A new analysis concludes that insurance prices are rising and the prolonged soft market is ending, contrary to earlier reports from other analysts. Virginia-based SNL Financial says personal lines pricing is definitely hardening …

Mood on Main Street: How Recession Changed Insurance Buying Habits

The recession has taken its toll on contractors, restaurants, retailers, small manufacturers and other Main Street business around the country and most of the survivors are not going to soon forget the pain of the past few years. As building …

Marsh Sees Soft Commercial Insurance Market Continuing

Another report indicates that soft commercial insurance market conditions that persisted throughout the U.S. in 2010 will continue into 2011. Key commercial insurance market drivers from 2009—including intense competition among insurers, abundant capacity, and relatively few insured catastrophe losses—continued through …

Think Soft Market Is Over? Think Again

Average renewal premiums for commercial lines property/ casualty insurance were largely unchanged during the fourth quarter of 2010 and that may remain the case for awhile. According to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, directors and officers liability (D&O) was the only …