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Publicly traded US property-casualty insurers’ net income more than doubled in 2021 to $133.9 billion despite weather-related catastrophes, investment volatility, and the ongoing economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to A.M. Best. Best said that publicly traded US property-casualty insurers posted gains in all major revenue and income measures. Read More

Guernsey is celebrating its 100th year of captive insurance, marking the June 1922 establishment and listing with the Guernsey Registry of the Commercial Insurance Company Limited (CICL) as the island's first captive insurance vehicle. Today, Guernsey is Europe's largest captive insurance domicile. Read More

A bipartisan group of US insurance regulators has adopted a new standard for insurance companies to report their climate-related risks, in alignment with the international Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has announced. The TCFD standard is the international benchmark for climate risk disclosure. Read More

As commercial insurance rate increases steadily decline, 2022 is beginning to move toward normalcy for the commercial insurance market, according to Willis Towers Watson (WTW). Though commercial insurance rates may be stabilizing, it remains far from a soft market according to WTW. Read More

The captive insurance industry has demonstrated resilience over the past 15 years, showing steady growth of 3.7 percent per year in the number of captives from 2006 to 2015. A new white paper from Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) notes that growth occurred even during a soft commercial property-casualty insurance market. Read More