According to the latest Towers Watson Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS), commercial insurance prices increased by a modest 2% during the fourth quarter of 2014. This survey compared prices charged on policies underwritten during the fourth quarter of 2014 to those charged for the same coverage during the same quarter in 2013.
Survey data showed that loss ratios improved by 3% during 2014 (excluding catastrophes), compared to an estimated improvement of nearly 5% between 2012 and 2013.
Carriers reported price increases in the low single digits for most lines—smaller than in the third quarter. Workers compensation price increases continued a sharp downward trend, similarly to directors and officers liability, where prices were reported as flat.
Workers compensation price increases continued a sharp downward trend, similarly to directors and officers liability, where prices were reported as flat.
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