New York--Analysts at the annual Joint Industry Forum remained pretty much in consensus yesterday that 2006 will be a good year for the property-casualty insurance industry.
But even as one prominent investment house predicted a 2006 p-c industry return on equity of 15 percent, the analysts were also wondering how long the good times will persist.
Despite record catastrophe losses, the industry posted solid gains last year and even a possible underwriting profit for only the second time over 25 years, they noted.
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