Property and casualty insurance sees largest ever Q1 statutory underwriting loss

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Personal lines resulted in the US industry experiencing its first and biggest Q1 net loss in over a decade. Low personal lines have caused the US property and casualty insurance industry to experience the largest underwriting loss on record and its first in 12 years, according to a new data analysis of statutory financial statements by S&P Global market Intelligence. The analysis was a preliminary calculation based on the underwriting losses of P&C insurers. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s preliminary calculations, property and casualty insurers in the United States…

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Allianz to buy the commercial P&C insurance business from Aegon

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The insurer will be purchasing the Netherlands market property and casualty portfolio from the company. It has now been announced that Allianz has agreed to buy the commercial P&C insurance business from the Netherlands market that had been owned by Aegon. As of yet, the details involved in the creation and closure of this transaction have not yet been disclosed. At the moment, the P&C insurance market share held by Allianz in the Netherlands is 4.4 percent. This transaction is expected to bring that figure up to a solid 5…

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Worldwide property and casualty insurance market to break $895 billion in 2018

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Finnacord has now released the results of a research study looking into the future of the commercial P&C market. According to the outcomes of a research study conducted by the Finaccord financial research firm, by the close of the year 2018, the global commercial property and casualty insurance market will break the $895 billion mark in gross written premiums. It also pointed out that commercial liability coverage premiums would see the fastest growth rate. By the end of 2014, the worldwide commercial non-life premiums for property and casualty insurance were…

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Insurance company results drop at Berkshire Hathaway in Q1

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The property and casualty business is sliding when compared to last year’s figures. In the first quarter of this year, the primary property and casualty Berkshire Hathaway insurance company operations have managed to record gains in the double digits for their pre-tax earnings, but this isn’t all good news. The reinsurance results have led to an operating earnings drop of 6.6 percent overall for the conglomerate. When Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group’s first quarter figures are compared to the earnings from the first quarter of 2013, the situation looks even worse.…

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Insurance industry isn’t ready for what climate change has in store

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The damaging severe weather is becoming more frequent and more expensive in the U.S. Last year in the United States, there were 11 extreme weather events that struck various parts of the country each leaving a minimum of $1 billion worth of damages behind, as well as thousands upon thousands of claims to the insurance industry. Superstorm Sandy, alone, left behind economic losses of $50 billion, not to mention the loss of human life. That storm also brought with it a cost tens of billions to the insurance industry, particularly…

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