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Earnings Wrap-Up: Expanding Geographies. But First, Underwriting Profit at Selective
Will property/casualty insurers be profitable in 2026? Will market conditions soften? Looking for clues to answer these questions, Carrier Management listened to fourth-quarter 2025 earnings ...
Earnings Wrap: With AI-First Mindset, ‘Sky Is the Limit’ at The Hartford
In search for clues about property/casualty insurance carrier profit potential and market conditions for 2026, Carrier Management listened to earnings conference calls for six publicly traded ...
Earnings Wrap-Up: AXIS Expanding Insurance Biz, Shrinking Re Book
Looking for clues about property/casualty insurance carrier profit potential and market conditions for 2026, Carrier Management listened to earnings conference calls for six publicly traded insurers ...
RLI Inks 30th Straight Full-Year Underwriting Profit
"It's too long to be considered a hot streak." That's how the chief executive officer of specialty insurer RLI delivered the news of his company's unbroken 30-year record of underwriting profits on ...
Execs, Risk Experts on Edge: Geopolitical Risks Top ‘Turbulent’ Outlook
Global business leaders and risk experts see more turbulent near- and long-term risk horizons, with geopolitical risks now topping weather and technological risks as immediate risks, according to the ...
Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results
In separate reports last week, AM Best and Morgan Stanley analyzed P/C insurance industry expense ratios, with one reporting a 2.4-point drop over the past decade and the other projecting another ...
Good Times for U.S. P/C Insurers May Not Last; Auto Challenges Ahead
In their latest report on the U.S. auto insurance market, analysts from S&P Global Market Intelligence predict the strongest overall U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting results in 18 ...
Nearly Half of 100 Largest P/C Insurers Destroy Value: ACORD
"Sustainable value creators" among the 100 largest property/casualty insurance carriers generated more than twice as much of their value through underwriting than through investment activities over a ...
Why Reciprocal Insurance Exchanges Are Back in Fashion
Reciprocal insurance exchanges have been increasingly popular in recent years, with third-party investor interest in the fee-for-service businesses that manage RIEs and ...