EMERGING TRENDS Legislation/Regulation National Flood & TRIA Remain Top Legislative Issues in New Congress – NAMIC CEO Chuck Chamness, CEO of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), discusses the challenges of working with a new Congress. He notes that there several major issues to address with the House Financial Services Committee, Senate Banking and the Trump Administration such as the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the Terror Risk Insurance Act (TRIA). Mr. Chamness points … Read More
FEATURED ILS & Capital Markets Markets Recent Stories Reinsurance Markets REINSURANCE/ILS WRIN.tv Newswire US Reinsurance Market “Healthy” While Facing New Threats & Opportunities The U.S. reinsurance market is very healthy. That according to Frank Nutter, President of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). Mr. Nutter says capital positions have been “strong and growing” thanks, in part to alternative capital vehicles. Market conditions are “very competitive” due to the amount of supply outpacing demand. Catastrophe losses continue to be a challenge, a threat, for … Read More
INDUSTRY NEWS Legislation/Regulation Deteriorating loss trends, regulatory over-reach and the Presidential election top the agenda at PCI. Overall, the insurance markets are very strong, with record capital and record policyholder surplus, but there are several troubling trends in the market. Combined ratios and loss trends are deteriorating, and policyholder surplus is growing at a rate slower than the GDP. Robert Gordon, SVP – PCI Policy Development and Research, sees a “tale of two cities” with commercial lines … Read More
