February 24, 2025
Q4 2024: P&C premiums up 5.4%. Commercial auto leads at 8.9%. Cyber drops 1.8%. Market moderation continues, with varied trends across lines.
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December 7, 2023
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Already in 2023, there have been more extreme events in America that cost at least $1 billion, exceeding the 2020 record. Catastrophes, the mounting costs of building materials and four other driving forces are increasing the cost of property insurance.
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August 29, 2023
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Factors such as high interest rates, increased settlements and severe weather events have taken a toll on the insurance market resulting in a "hard market."
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August 18, 2023
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Premium increases remained steady with an average increase of 8.9% across all account sizes in Q2 2023. This is a slight increase from Q1’s 8.8%.
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June 6, 2023
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Most lines experienced moderation in premium pricing increases in Q1 2023. Results from the survey showed an average increase of 8.8% across all account sizes, up slightly from the 8.0% recorded the previous quarter.
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December 6, 2022
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Market conditions remained challenging in Q3 2022, with average premium increase of 8.1% across all account sizes, up from 7.1% in Q2 2022.
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September 20, 2022
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The second quarter of 2022 marked the 19th consecutive quarter of commercial price increases with continued easing in the market and average price increases of 6.1% across all lines of business.
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June 15, 2022
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Premiums continued to increase in the first quarter of 2022, according to results from CIAB’s Commercial Property/Casualty Market Index. However, there were signs that market conditions may have eased slightly this quarter.
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