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News on pricing in global insurance and reinsurance markets, with a particular focus on renewal rates on line in reinsurance and commercial insurance pricing trends.
U.S commercial insurance prices see slight increase at Q1 2018: Willis Towers Watson
13th June 2018
Commercial insurance prices in the U.S saw modest growth in the first quarter of 2018, with increases exceeding 1% for the first time in nearly three years, according to broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson. The company’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS) compared prices charged on policies written during ... Read the full article
Most U.S commercial lines’ premium rates trending positively: IVANS
12th June 2018
The premium renewal rates for a majority of major U.S commercial product lines are trending positively, according to new data for the month of May, compiled by IVANS, a division of Applied Systems. IVANS Index results for May showed that the only major lines to experience a downturn in their premium ... Read the full article
P&C industry pricing and profits to remain mixed through 2018: KBW
7th June 2018
The domestic property and casualty (P&C) industry experienced direct written premium growth (DWP) of almost 6% in Q1 2018, while the aggregated industry's loss ratio improved by more than 270bps. However, analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) expect pricing and profits to be mixed throughout the year. During the quarter, ... Read the full article
Cyber market faces pricing challenges despite steady growth, reports A.M. Best
30th May 2018
A.M. Best has reported that the cyber re/insurance market currently faces a challenging pricing environment, although the sector continues to exhibit steady growth and capacity generally remains plentiful. In most cases, A.M. Best found that re/insurers seem willing and able to offer capacity but reluctant to have cyber constitute a significant ... Read the full article
WTW adds machine learning to updated Radar 4.0 pricing tool
14th May 2018
Willis Towers Watson has launched a new version of its Radar pricing software, a product pricing and portfolio management decision tool for re/insurance companies. Radar 4.0 will for the first time utilise a machine learning technique to allow users to build Gradient Boosting Machines (GBMs), and will support the development of ... Read the full article
Commercial P&C premium prices continue to rise at Q1: CIAB
14th May 2018
The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) has reported that average premium prices across almost all lines have continued to see improvements in pricing after three years of soft market conditions, with increases of 1.7% recorded across all lines of business, compared to 0.3% in Q4 2017. However, CIAB also ... Read the full article
Positive reinsurance pricing trends likely unsustainable, warns Fitch
11th May 2018
Fitch Ratings has predicted that the positive reinsurance pricing trends of the January and April renewals are unlikely to be sustainable in the long-term, with price increases expected to level out at upcoming mid-year renewals. Reinsurance pricing finally bottomed out and turned positive in response to the record-breaking catastrophe losses in ... Read the full article
Weak pricing outlook for mid-year renewals, says Arch CEO
9th May 2018
Marc Grandisson, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Arch Capital Group, has predicted that pricing trends at the mid-year renewals are likely to remain flat or even decrease, largely due to industry posturing. Speaking during the company's Q1 2018 earnings call, Grandisson explained that at the recent April 1 renewals ... Read the full article
The current reinsurance market is unsustainable, warn industry execs
30th April 2018
Put simply, the current state of the reinsurance market is unsustainable, and as the ability to subsidise margins with reserve releases diminishes, the sustainability of the overall insurance and reinsurance marketplace needs to be given some thought. This is according to industry experts and executives that spoke with A.M. BestTV at ... Read the full article
UK motor premiums fall ahead of whiplash & Ogden reforms: Fitch
20th April 2018
Fitch Ratings has reported that UK motor insurance premiums appear to be declining as re/insurers anticipate reforms to curb whiplash claims and revise the Ogden discount rate, which will reduce lump-sum payments for long-term care costs and lost earnings. UK motor premium prices have risen for the last three years, ... Read the full article
Reinsurance pricing stable to positive following costly nat cat year: Moody’s
18th April 2018
Moody’s has reported that January 1 reinsurance price renewals were lower than the market expected following a year of substantial natural catastrophe losses, but still expects reinsurers’ profitability to improve modestly based on rate increases, efficiency initiatives, and slowly rising interest rates. Costly disasters in 2017 like the series of Atlantic ... Read the full article
Commercial property rate increases ease following sharp rises: Willis
16th April 2018
Insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Towers Watson has reported that rate increases for commercial property re/insurance are easing after sharp rises in response to 2017’s record-breaking natural catastrophe losses, although it predicts that buyers will continue to face upward pricing pressure over 2018. In its 2018 Insurance Marketplace Realities report, the ... Read the full article
Market transition underway, but who knows if rate firming will persist: Chubb’s Greenberg
13th April 2018
After years of falling rates in the global property and casualty (P&C) industry, prices are starting to firm in some areas in response to 2017 catastrophe events, although it remains unclear just how long the positive rate momentum will last, according to Evan Greenberg, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ... Read the full article
Property capacity remained strong at April 1st renewals: Willis Re
11th April 2018
Broker Willis Re has reported that capacity for the property sector remained strong, both in the U.S and globally, despite April 1st renewal price increases being lower than anticipated. In its latest reinsurance renewals report, Willis Re found that April 1st renewal price increases were tempered by weak increases at January ... Read the full article
P&C business drives price increases for European reinsurers: RBC
10th April 2018
RBC Capital Markets has reported that, after several years of decline, 2018 pricing for European reinsurers is on the rise, with companies getting back to near term earnings growth, largely driven by Property and Casualty (P&C) business. RBC found that P&C reinsurance drove earnings growth as better-priced premium earned its way ... Read the full article
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