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US P/C Insurance Industry Posts First H1 Underwriting Profit Since 2021

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property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $3.7 billion and net income of $94.6 billion for the first-half of 2024, according to a new report. “After years of consistent losses, premium growth is helping the overall …

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Personal Lines Turnaround Fuels US P/C Industry Underwriting Gain

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A turnaround in the personal lines insurance segment results was a key driver of an overall $3.8 billion profit from underwriting for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new report from AM Best. Best’s Special Report, titled, “First …

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US P/C Insurance Industry Posts First H1 Underwriting Profit Since 2021

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property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $3.7 billion and net income of $94.6 billion for the first-half of 2024, according to a new report. “After years of consistent losses, premium growth is helping the overall …

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How to Outperform: Don’t Outsource Underwriting to MGAs

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Executives of two property/casualty insurance organizations—Kinsale Insurance and the U.S. P/C operations of Arch Capital—shared their recipes for success with an analyst who crowned their companies as performance leaders during a recent industry webinar. The short takes: We don’t outsource …

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Hurricane Milton Could Use Up P/C Insurers’ 2024 Catastrophe Budgets

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property/casualty insurers, affecting underwriting margins and earnings. Insurers And … S&P Global Ratings said potential losses from Hurricane Milton could fully deplete the 2024 natural catastrophe budgets for rated U.S. In a report titled “Hurricane Milton: The Implications For Rated U.S.

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

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

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property/casualty insurers posted a net combined ratio of 94 — the best since first-quarter 2007. 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. Translating to …