The insurance industry has experien...

The insurance industry has experienced change like no other time in modern history. Not since the hard market of the mid-1980s have casualty underwriters struggl with so a myriad of issues that include a worsening los inclination in excess casualty layers, greatly reduc investment income and recently made known causes of loss.

These issues are putting influence on casualty underwriters to turn back to underwriting basics and deliver a profit, and must be examined to help umbrella underwriters prepare for the upcoming Jan. 1 renewals. In this tumultuous environment, underwriters ne all the tools and information they can learn to price their ...