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Valuatioin of the property/casualty insurance industry
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A very dark cloud is lingering over the Property/ Casualty Insurance Industry as commercial lines combined ratios are being pushed significantly higher and higher, up to 110% in some cases, by a series of bad news. The top issue is that these poor loss ratios are happening as reserve trends become more worrisome. Reserves are being drawn from the commercial lines, where it seems there would be less margin for error than the standard private passenger automobile lines, where the reserves are quite redundant.
The fourth quarter 1998 earnings reports did not leave much to write home about, and ...
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Future Shock?(insurance industry forecast)
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ERM guides insurers to a soft landing.(industry forecasts of insurance industry)
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P-C return on capital plummets to 3.9 percent. (property and casualty insurance industry)
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S&P Outlook Negative On Commercial Lines.
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The X-Factor in Commercial Lines
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DiMatteo Insurance Service Center.(Newsmakers)(Janette G. Palmquist appointed a commercial lines account manager)(Brief Article)
; Janette G. Palmquist of Monroe was appointed a commercial lines account manager at DiMatteo Insurance Service Center...Palmquist has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, most recently as a commercial lines underwriter at Mitchell Insurance Southbury.
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Letter.(Insurance industry increasingly steered by non-insurance professionals)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
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Mold is weak contender for commercial lines crisis crown. (Cover Story).
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As competition heats up prices decline for commercial lines.(P/C MARKET OVERVIEW)
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