The economic downturn of the past few years had an enormous effect on the automotive industry. The industry has seen numerous bankruptcies, declining sales, …

At the end of 2008, all signs were pointing to a near-certain hardening of the insurance markets for chemical risks. A year later, the anticipated hardening …

Competition and favorable insurer results in the casualty insurance market for the U.S. communications, media, and technology (CMT) industry continued to gen…

Construction starts for 2009 are projected by McGraw Hill Construction to be down 25 percent from 2008. McGraw Hill does anticipate a slight upturn in constr…

The primary liability for education insureds is stable and the overall number of claims in the aggregate has begun to decline. Insurers see enterprise risk m…

Although the worst of the financial crisis appears to have passed, abundant caution remains as insurers in every major line of business evaluate their book o…

The soft market for medical professional liability insurance continued in 2009, with resulting upticks in combined loss ratios for insurers. There continues …

At the beginning of 2009, following a period of generally declining property insurance premium rates, hospitality insureds saw rates remain virtually flat. B…

After showing signs of hardening in late 2008—which did not materi…

With plant closures and layoffs continuing into 2010, manufacturing companies need to manage complex human resources and workers’ compensation issues to avoi…

Insurance renewals in the mining industry in 2009 saw rates generally remain flat or decrease—in some cases up to 10 percent—especially when competition was …

In the property insurance marketplace for power and utility companies, insurers are beginning to use valuation tools including specialized software and will …

Renewal rates in the public entity casualty insurance marketplace generally ranged from flat to 5 percent increases in the last quarter of 2009, with some ex…

Property insurance for real estate firms in 2009 can be described as the hard market that wasn’t. The market for 2009 was in a state of transition; although …

Overall, insurance premium rates for retail firms stabilized in 2009, with a slight downward trend. Property rates are stable heading into 2010, although ret…

Most sports and entertainment industry insureds were able to obtain property and casualty insurance rate decreases in 2009. The sports and entertainment indu…

Declining traffic volumes, variability in fuel cost, and increasing labor costs made 2009 a rough ride for freight transportation industries. Road carriers a…