Market Hardening Sharply, Brokers Say
A survey of agents and brokers indicates that insurance became more difficult, and in some cases nearly impossible to obtain in the fourth quarter of 2001, while premium rates rose more sharply than earlier in the year.
The Washington-based Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers released its quarterly Commercial Insurance Market Index last week, reporting that producers are seeing significant premium hikes across-the-board.
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