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The economic downturn of the past few years had an enormous effect on the automotive industry. The industry has seen numerous bankruptcie…
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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 an…
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Competition and favorable insurer results in the casualty insurance market for the U.S. communications, media, and technology (CMT) indus…
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Construction starts for 2009 are projected by McGraw Hill Construction to be down 25 percent from 2008. McGraw Hill does anticipate a sli…
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The primary liability for education insureds is stable and the overall number of claims in the aggregate has begun to decline. Insurers s…
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Although the worst of the financial crisis appears to have passed, abundant caution remains as insurers in every major line of business e…
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The soft market for medical professional liability insurance continued in 2009, with resulting upticks in combined loss ratios for insure…
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At the beginning of 2009, following a period of generally declining property insurance premium rates, hospitality insureds saw rates rema…
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After showing signs of hardening in late 2008—…
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With plant closures and layoffs continuing into 2010, manufacturing companies need to manage complex human resources and workers’ compens…
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Insurance renewals in the mining industry in 2009 saw rates generally remain flat or decrease—in some cases up to 10 percent—especially w…
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In the property insurance marketplace for power and utility companies, insurers are beginning to use valuation tools including specialize…
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Renewal rates in the public entity casualty insurance marketplace generally ranged from flat to 5 percent increases in the last quarter o…
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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 t…
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Overall, insurance premium rates for retail firms stabilized in 2009, with a slight downward trend. Property rates are stable heading int…
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Most sports and entertainment industry insureds were able to obtain property and casualty insurance rate decreases in 2009. The sports an…
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Declining traffic volumes, variability in fuel cost, and increasing labor costs made 2009 a rough ride for freight transportation industr…
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