Marine insurers outperform P-C market. (Marine Insurance).(Industry Overview) From: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk &Benefits Management | Date: December 2, 2002| Author: Ha, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2002 The National Underwriter Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Marine insurance has been performing better than the overall property-casualty business in recent years, a leading industry figure contends.

"We turned the corner faster than the industry as a whole, and, of course, we did not share the catastrophic loss of 9/11," said Deirdre Littlefield, outgoing chairman of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters, speaking here at the group's annual meeting.

"While the industrywide combined ratio was 116 percent, AIMU...