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Property Reinsurance Rates Rise Less Than Expected in Jan. 1 Renewals

Jan 2 2018 // Global property reinsurance prices have risen less than expected in the key Jan. 1 renewal season, with strong competition limiting increases to single digit percentages following a record year of losses, brokers said on...

Utica National Insurance Group Surpasses $1B in Direct Written Premiums

Dec 28 2017 // Utica National Insurance Group has announced that it has become a billion dollar company for the first time in its nearly 104-year history.The company surpassed $1 billion in direct written premiums on December 22, 2017....

Reinsurance Price Hikes May Be Short-Lived as Capacity Is Abundant

Dec 22 2017 // While overall market conditions may improve over the near term as a result of catastrophe events in the third quarter of 2017, A.M. Best continues to hold a negative outlook for the global reinsurance sector in 2018.In a...

New Law Requires Notice of Workers’ Comp Premium Hikes in New York

Dec 20 2017 // New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Assembly Bill No. 1620 into law yesterday, requiring insurance companies to notify employers in advance of some workers’ compensation insurance premium increases.The law was...

Florida Approves Statewide Homeowners Rate Increase of 6.6% For Citizens

Dec 18 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved statewide rate increases on 2018 personal and commercial property insurance rates for Citizens Property Insurance Corp.OIR approved a statewide increase of 6.6...

Florida Approves 6.6% Statewide Homeowners Rate Increase for Citizens

Dec 7 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved statewide rate increases on 2018 personal and commercial property insurance rates for Citizens Property Insurance Corp.OIR approved a statewide increase of 6.6...

‘Substantial’ Rate Hikes Expected As Re/Insurers’ Results Take a Hit: Swiss Re

Dec 4 2017 // Non-life re/insurers’ full-year underwriting results are likely to be severely affected by the second half of the year’s three hurricanes and earthquakes in Mexico–which will lead to rate hardening for...

Global Commercial Insurance Rates Decrease Again: Marsh

Dec 4 2017 // Average global insurance rates decreased for the 18th consecutive quarter, although the rate of decline slowed in the third quarter of 2017 (down 1.6 percent) as compared to the prior quarter (down 2.2 percent), according...

Surplus Lines Premium Up for the Year in Texas

Dec 4 2017 // Texas has recorded $4.6 billion in surplus lines premium through the end of October 2017, a 6 percent increase over the same period in 2016, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX).At the annual...

Rate Increases Approved for Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association

Dec 4 2017 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan has approved changes in the rates for private passenger and commercial automobile insurance provided through the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA), which is the...

Commercial Insurance Rate Decreases Slowing Globally: Marsh

Nov 22 2017 // Average global insurance rates decreased for the 18th consecutive quarter, although the rate of decline slowed in the third quarter (down 1.6 percent) as compared to the prior quarter (down 2.2 percent), according to...

As Re/Insurers’ Results Are Hit, ‘Substantial’ Rate Hikes Expected: Swiss Re

Nov 22 2017 // Non-life re/insurers’ full-year underwriting results are likely to be severely impacted from the second half’s three hurricanes and earthquakes in Mexico, which will lead to rate hardening for non-life insurers...

North Carolina Rate Bureau Requests 18.7% Increase for Homeowners Insurance

Nov 21 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed notice with the N.C. Department of Insurance request a statewide average increase in homeowners insurance rates of 18.7 percent for 2018, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike...

Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up 6% for the Year

Nov 17 2017 // Texas has recorded $4.6 billion in surplus lines premium through the end of October 2017, a 6 percent increase over 2016, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX).Providing an update at the annual...

Rate Increases Approved for Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association

Nov 17 2017 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan has approved changes in the rates for private passenger and commercial automobile insurance provided through the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA), which is the...

Hedge Funds Invest in Reinsurance Stocks on Expected Rate Hikes in 2018

Nov 16 2017 // Hedge funds bought reinsurance stocks in the third quarter after prices tumbled on widespread losses after multiple hurricanes in North America, filings showed on Wednesday.Hurricanes in the United States and the Caribbean...

Florida Approves Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease of Nearly 10%

Nov 13 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for a statewide overall rate level decrease of 9.5 percent and premium level...

October Commercial Insurance Renewal Rates Up Except Workers’ Compensation: IVANS Index

Nov 3 2017 // In October, premium renewal rates were up for the majority of standard commercial lines products, with workers’ compensation remaining the major line where rates did not go up, according to IVANS Index that tracks...

Swiss Re Posts $468M 9-Month Loss, Anticipates Re/Insurance Rate Hikes

Nov 2 2017 // A rise in insurance premiums, especially in areas affected by recent hurricanes and disasters, will help Swiss Re recover from almost half a billion dollars of losses in the first nine months of this year, it said on...

Florida Orders Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease of 9.8%

Nov 2 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has ordered a statewide overall workers’ compensation rate decrease of 9.8 percent, a slightly higher decrease than the 9.6 percent decrease filed by the National Council...