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Outdated Building Codes Exacerbate Climate Risk

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

By Lewis Nibbelin, Contributing Writer, Triple-I Natural catastrophe perils rising frequency and severity may be impossible to fully abate, but Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Co. President and CEO Mark Berven believes modern building codes could dramatically reduce their costly destructiveness. “The U.S.

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2022 P&C Underwriting Profitability Seen Worsening as Inflation, Hard Market Persist

Triple-I: Business Insurance

The property & casualty insurance industry’s combined ratio – an indicator of underwriting profitability – is forecast at 100.7 Combined ratio represents the difference between claims and expenses paid and premiums collected by insurers. We forecast 2022 P&C premium growth of 8.5 for 2022, up 1.2

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Group Captives Offer Cost-Sensitive Companies Opportunities to Savein Face of Inflation

Triple-I: Workers Compensation

Group captives recruit safety-conscious companies with better-than-average loss experience, with each member’s premium based on its own most recent five-year loss history. Group captives can provide a viable way to protect companies across several lines of casualty insurance.

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BRIC Funding Loss Underscores Needfor Collective Actionon Climate Resilience

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

Resilience key to insurance availability Average insured catastrophe losses have been on the rise for decades, reflecting a combination of climate-related factors and demographic trends as more people have moved into harms way.

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How Tariffs AffectP&C Insurance Prospects

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

Property and casualty insurers are no less concerned, as the cost of repairing and replacing damaged property is a driver of claim costs and, ultimately, policyholder premiums. Tariffs and threats of tariffs have been roiling financial markets since January.