1970 Group’s Post

Over the last decade, the severity of losses in various lines of casualty insurance in the United States has outpaced economic inflation. This trend indicates that additional factors are at play, affecting the costs of claims for both indemnity and expenses, as highlighted in a recent report by AM Best.

The Insurance industry is currently experiencing volatility. How are you navigating client concerns, changing underwriting requirements, and the departure of companies from the State? #InsuranceIndustry #Adaptability #ClientCare

So the spiral continues. Our experience in historic structures reveals that a majority of these structures are underinsured by more than 30%. Generic appraisal cost databases impact everyone. #HistoricStructures #Insurance #AppraisalCosts

Recent storms have exasperated an already stressed market fleeing from years of persistent high loss rations. As a result, market conditions continue to deteriorate for personal lines clients. https://ow.ly/gIi750Qtga7 Read more insights in our 2024 Insurance Marketplace Realities report. #WTWRisk #WTWBroking #ASmarterWayToRisk

Commercial property/casualty premium increases in the second quarter 2024 were flat or down from the previous quarter for all lines of business—evidence of a softening insurance market, according to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey. https://lnkd.in/gkBSn_H5

Multinational companies with US casualty exposures face higher insurance costs, as insurers and reinsurers react to persistently high loss ratios and social inflation, experts have told Commercial Risk. Peter Linehan, executive director for US casualty at broker Gallagher in the UK, said companies with US liability risks should expect a harder insurance environment. 👉https://ow.ly/O5bw50QHUHq #USCasualtyInsurance #RiskSpecialty #Liability Gallagher

https://lnkd.in/ergM8MyD interesting article which doesn’t articulate the extent of the challenge. It’s likely that the degree of under insurance, and even uninsured risks in this “mature” market is 30-50% below where it should be. Given the current size of the market which is approx £65 bn across all classes that’s an awful lot of premium. A recent study from Mapfre is suggesting that globally the sum is $7 trillion underinsured which coincidentally is the current size of the global market - scary?

Despite persistent volatility, insurance markets are finally stabilizing - a positive sign for the industry. Key insights in our latest report below ⬇️

Risk is becoming a secondary factor in insurance. In the past, it was first understand the risk and then apply statistically measures to it. Now it’s find statistical correlations and then apply a risk narrative to it. The hope is that by accumulating those micro variations in outcomes, they’ll add up to macro variations in portfolios. If only life was so simple. This switch from risk first to correlation first, comes with all sorts of unintended (but predictable) consequences. #insurance #underwriting #risk https://lnkd.in/efyYhwee

A mixed bag on rate trends. There is still a great deal of uncertainty with regards to commercial insurance rates. For many businesses, looking at alternative risk options is a way to manage costs more effectively and become less dependent on market conditions.