All the headlines from our Pricing Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2000 // On Oct. 20, Insurance Commissioner Harry Low took a much-needed first step to improve the dire state of California’s workers’ comp market.Low approved the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of...
Oct 24 2000 // On Oct. 20, Insurance Commissioner Harry Low took his first step to improve the dire state of California’s workers’ comp market. Low approved the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of...
Oct 23 2000 // Allstate Corp.’s third-quarter operating earnings rose 34 percent as increased premiums offset higher loss costs. The nation’s second-largest insurer said operating earnings, excluding a restructuring charge...
Oct 23 2000 // Someone up above has been listening. How else can one explain the hardening market that has been the subject of thousands of prayers. Both agents and E&S vendors, then, should be doubly excited about the commercial...
Sep 25 2000 // Without revealing your age, are you one of those who only faintly remembers the daily exercise regimen? At one time, did you count calories? fat grams? And now, you just count the number of pounds that you would like to...
Sep 22 2000 // Munich Re’s 1st half results seem to indicate that maybe reinsurance rates are finally firming. The world’s largest reinsurer posted a 15 percent increase in gross premium revenues for the period to €15.2...
Sep 18 2000 // Without revealing your age, do you remember the hard market of the mid-’80s? Rest assured, we are a long way from returning to the marketplace of 15-plus years ago. However, the market has bottomed and is beginning...
Sep 15 2000 // After completing its analysis of accident year experience valued as of June 30, 2000, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) announced it will amend its pure premium rate filing. The...
Sep 13 2000 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services announced that Michigan Basic Property Insurance Association homeowners premiums are increasing 4.1 percent, effective Oct. 1, 2000. “Consumers that are...
Sep 4 2000 // Drivers in the U.K. face automobile insurance premium increases of 25 percent or more within the next 12 months, warned Mintel, a marketing research firm. The average premium in 1999 was £226 ($336). It’s expected...
Sep 1 2000 // In a widely anticipated move the European Central Bank (ECB) raised its basic interest rate a quarter point from 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent. The ECB indicated that fears of inflation, which has been running around 2.4...
Aug 24 2000 // Drivers in the U.K. face automobile insurance premium increases of 25 percent or more within the next 12 months warns Mintel, a marketing research firm. The average premium in 1999 was £226 ($336); it’s expected to...
Aug 18 2000 // SCPIE Holdings Inc. reported results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2000. For the second quarter, operating income per share was 47 cents compared to operating income per share of 66 cents in the same...
Aug 9 2000 // The Hartford Financial Services Group is accepting applications from members of the Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey over the web for tough-to-place business. The applications are part of the Independent...
Aug 7 2000 // 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...
Aug 1 2000 // 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...
Jul 18 2000 // New York Gov. George E. Pataki has said workers’ compensation rates will be reduced this year by an average of 2.5 percent. The reduction, combined with rate decreases achieved in the past five years, represents an...
Jun 26 2000 // The motives for buying an aircraft are as varied as the uses to which the aircraft can be applied—as are, of course, the risks associated those uses.Some underwriting companies also insure an array of aviation-related...
Jun 5 2000 // The CIAB’s Commercial Insurance Markets Index survey found the most significant increases for medium-sized accounts-those generating between $25,000 and $100,000 in commissions and fees-with 87% of the respondents...
May 12 2000 // David Gilchrist, Chairman of Lloyd’s vehicle Kiln Plc, which owns 46 percent of four Lloyd’s syndicates, told Reuters News Agency that despite 1999 losses of £6.7 million ($10.4 million) he “expects to...