All the headlines from our Pricing Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2012 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s underwriting and operating performance improved substantially in the first half of 2012 according to a special report by A.M. Best Co.Catastrophe losses, while remaining elevated...
Oct 17 2012 // Excess casualty insurance rates continued to rise in the third quarter of 2012, as insurers sought higher prices amid increasing claims and litigation trends, and a low interest rate environment, insurance broker Marsh...
Oct 15 2012 // Market conditions for UK non-life insurers remain challenging as the difficult economic environment curbs demand for coverage and insurers can no longer rely on reserve releases to improve profitability, according to a...
Oct 9 2012 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance recently filed a proposal for workers’ comp loss costs and rates increases in Connecticut. The NCCI is proposing that the Connecticut regulators approve a +7.1 percent...
Oct 9 2012 // The H.W. Kaufman Financial Group announced the acquisition of Mertens Enterprises Inc. (DBA Tracz & Associates), a provider of premium insurance audit services headquartered in Lockport, Ill. The transaction closed on...
Oct 8 2012 // Analysts at investment research firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods recently published a note recapping KBW’s annual insurance conference, held last month in New York.Analysts observed that while the general tone of...
Oct 8 2012 // Executives of Florida’s state-backed insurer defended a proposed statewide average 11.2 percent increase in homeowners rates as regulators, consumer advocates and other officials questioned the need for the...
Oct 5 2012 // Florida regulators are optimistic that the state’s no-fault auto reforms are having a positive effect on the market and will eventually cut premiums for drivers. But for now they are telling the public that the...
Oct 4 2012 // North Carolina homeowners could see their first rate increase in four years as the state’s rating bureau called for a statewide average 17.7 percent increase in loss cost rates.The North Carolina Rate Bureau filed...
Oct 4 2012 // Florida regulators have approved a 10.8 percent statewide average homeowners insurance rate increase and a 21.4 percent increase in sinkhole rates for the state-backed property insurer.Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty...
Oct 3 2012 // In 2012, large U.S. companies and their employees saw the lowest health care premium rate increases in six years, according to an analysis by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources firm.The average health care premium rate...
Oct 2 2012 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Sep 28 2012 // Florida regulators have approved an average 6.9 percent rate hike for State Farm Florida Insurance Co., which is the insurer’s fifth increase in as many years.The insurer had initially sought an average 14.9 percent...
Sep 25 2012 // Executives of Florida’s state-backed insurer defended a proposed statewide average 11.2 percent increase in homeowners rates as regulators, consumer advocates and other officials questioned the need for the...
Sep 24 2012 // The Livingston Parish School Board will cut the district’s property insurance coverage in half to keep from paying an additional $224,000 in annual premiums.The Advocate reports the board voted unanimously to lower...
Sep 24 2012 // Insurance rates continued to rise in the third quarter for both businesses and individual customers, extending the pricing power that developed late last year, insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. said this month.In a slide...
Sep 13 2012 // State Farm Lloyds says it intends to increase homeowners rates in Texas by an average 20 percent.The company announced it has submitted a rate filing to the Texas Department of Insurance. The actual premium change for any...
Sep 11 2012 // Insurance rates continued to rise in the third quarter for both businesses and individual customers, extending the pricing power that developed late last year, insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. said on Tuesday.In a slide...
Sep 10 2012 // Commercial insurance prices experienced the largest rise in eight years, a new industry survey reveals.In aggregate, commercial lines pricing jumped by 6 percent during the second quarter of 2012, the sixth consecutive...
Sep 10 2012 // Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced on Aug. 30 that it has rejected a request to raise the state’s workers’ compensation rates by 18.8 percent. Massachusetts regulators’ decision to strike down...