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Commercial Auto Insurance Profit Struggles Continue

Insurance Journal

The commercial auto insurance segment maintained its place as a weaker-performing U.S. property/casualty insurance product line in 2023. Despite successive periods of pricing and underwriting actions, commercial auto has generated a statutory combined ratio above 100 in 12 of the …

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Starr Insurance Receives License to Sell Commercial Insurance Across South Korea

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Starr Insurance reported that South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has granted Starr International Insurance (Singapore) Pte. Korea branch, a license to operate in Seoul and begin selling commercial property/casualty insurance throughout Korea. “Korea is one of the largest commercial

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Moody’s Global P/C Outlook Now Stable Despite Past-Peak Commercial Pricing

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Moody’s Ratings changed the sector outlook for the global property/casualty insurance industry to stable from negative last month, pointing to personal lines price hikes in the U.S. As for commercial P/C insurance, … and UK as a reason for the upgrade.

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How to Operate in Today’s ‘Bananas’ Casualty Insurance World

Insurance Journal

Leaders of the casualty insurance practices of a global insurance carrier and a North American specialty brokerage offered insights for insurance buyers and sellers to deal with today’s casualty insurance market during a webinar last week. Their main message was …

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Global Commercial Insurance Rates See 1st Quarterly Decline in Seven Years: Marsh

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Global commercial insurance rates fell 1% in the third quarter of 2024 from the previous quarter, which marked the first time the index has recorded a quarterly decline since the third quarter of 2017, according to the Global Insurance Market …

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Outlooks Revised to Positive for Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Stonetrust

Insurance Journal

AM Best revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company and Stonetrust Premier Casualty Insurance Company. Stonetrust is …

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Risk Strategies Acquires Felsen Insurance of New Jersey

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North American specialty insurance brokerage Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Felsen Insurance Services, Inc., a New Jersey-based agency offering commercial and personal property/casualty insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 1985, Felsen is based in Denville, …

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