Commercial Lines

U.S. insured losses in March from severe weather are expected to pass $1.8 billion, according to Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe-model-development center for Aon Benfield.

While the use of telematics-based insurance to date has primarily been seen in monitoring personal-vehicle use, insurers are increasingly relying on the underwriting tool in the commercial-fleet and trucking industries.

The economy is down, and fraud is upalong with consumer acceptance of fraudulent behavior. A best-practices approach requires using new and established tools and building a reputation for being aggressive in the fight against fraud. Four insurers reveal how theyre waging war against fraudsters.

As telematics data becomes an increasingly valuable and more widely accepted tool for writing risks, its adoption is rapidly growing in the commercial sector.

Emerging markets such as Brazil, China and India present great opportunity for insurers looking to expand their top-line growth, if not profitable growth.

Two broker-dealers have placed $240 million of insurance-linked securities on behalf of Allianz to protect against hurricanes and earthquake risk.

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Property and casualty insurance rates are continuing their climb upward with evidence that commercial lines and personal lines are showing low single digit increases, according to MarketScout.