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US P/C Insurers Post Best Q1 Underwriting Result in 17 Years

Insurance Journal

By Susanne Sclafane Even though direct loss ratios for commercial auto and other liability lines rose in first-quarter 2024, across all lines U.S. property/casualty insurers posted a net combined ratio of 94 — the best since first-quarter 2007. Translating to …

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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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P/C Premium Growth Likely But Profits Delayed Until 2025: Forecast

Insurance Journal

Favorable first-quarter economic and underwriting results for property/casualty insurance are in line with projections that the industry will see a small underwriting loss in 2024 and achieve profitability in 2025, according to a report from the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) …

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Personal Lines Underwriting Results Improve, Reducing Gap With Commercial Lines

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

property and casualty insurance industry experienced better-than-expected economic and underwriting results in the first half of 2024, according to the latest forecasting report by Triple-I and Milliman. points year-over-year improvement, with commercial lines continuing to outperform personal lines. represented a 2.3-points

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Does a sagging floor constitute a “collapse”? Court finds ambiguity in “collapse.”

The Property Insurance Law Observer

2024), the District Court of Massachusetts found that “collapse” provisions within a commercial property policy were ambiguous where a floor merely sagged without completely falling to the ground. During the policy period, the insured’s floor “sunk” between eight to 12 inches. Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London , 2012 WL 2020168 (D.

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2022 P&C Underwriting Profitability Seen Worsening as Inflation, Hard Market Persist

Triple-I: Business Insurance

The property & casualty insurance industry’s combined ratio – an indicator of underwriting profitability – is forecast at 100.7 Combined ratio represents the difference between claims and expenses paid and premiums collected by insurers. for 2022, up 1.2

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Workers Comp:Resilient and Relevant

Triple-I: Workers Compensation

economy and is the second-largest line of commercial insurance, with $42 billion in premium annually. As part of its mission to foster a healthy workers compensation system, NCCI gathers data, analyzes industry trends, and provides objective insurance rate and loss cost recommendations.