Premium increases will continue for the P&C insurance industry in the face of rising interest rates and other economic factors that will conspire to keep the momentum going, says financial analyst Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
In its preview of the P&C industry's Q2 earning season, KBW says the industry will be impacted by three financial realities—rising interest rates; the sustainability of rising premium rates, and catastrophe losses.
KBW points out that across the spectrum of commercial lines, rates have steadily risen. The question is whether the rise in investment yields increase rate competition. Probably not, says KBW.
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