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NRRA Chairman Michael Schroeder Says RRGs Are Very Good at What They Do

September 23, 2019

Michael J. Schroeder, the current chairman of the National Risk Retention Association (NRRA), has a wide range of experience with risk retention groups and risk purchasing groups. In this article, he discusses various risk retention group (RRG) issues, including the likelihood of Congress passing legislation to expand coverages that RRGs can offer. Read More


Commercial Auto Insurance Underwriting Losses To Continue

September 20, 2019

US property and casualty insurers continue to face substantial underwriting losses on commercial automobile insurance, according to Fitch Ratings. The segment is poised for a ninth consecutive year of underwriting losses in 2019, with only moderate results improvement anticipated. Read More


IVANS: Market Continuing To Harden

September 20, 2019

IVANS announced its August 2019 results showing an uptick in premium renewal rate change across nearly all of the commercial lines products except business owners policy, which experienced a slight negative change. Read More


Business Leaders Are Not Focused on Cyber-Risk Issues

September 19, 2019

A new Marsh report found that a majority of board members and senior executives responsible for their organizations' cyber-risk management had less than a day in the last year to spend focused on cyber-risk issues. Read More


Global Reinsurance Outlook 2020

September 17, 2019

A Standard & Poor's global reinsurance outlook for 2020 has implications for captives. We explore some of the threats to reinsurers and how captives may also face similar issues. Read More