A continuing
soft insurance market and low interest rates compel re/insurers to focus on cost control and expense reduction.
"Bahrain National Holding showed resilience in a highly competitive and
soft insurance market in 2017," said the Group's chairman Farooq Almoayyed.
In the current
soft insurance market, smooth policies are cheaper--and available for more pilots and airplanes--than they've been in years.
I keep hearing that there is a
soft insurance market. This seems to be the favorite topic of conversation among the insurance fraternity.
But won't the reality of a
soft insurance market with low premiums force you to take a similar call on your offered rates?
The
soft insurance market, notwithstanding, he thinks the marketplace has shifted into a self-correcting phase that creates opportunities for smaller, specialty insurers to flourish with a strategy that doesn't rely solely on pricing.
COMPANIES HAVE ENJOYED a
soft insurance market for years, but that's coming to an end.
"The 2010 Agency Universe Study reflected the combined effect of the recession which began just as the 2008 study was underway, a prolonged
soft insurance market, and declining revenues," says Robert Rusbuldt, IIABA president and CEO.
The current weak economy and prolonged
soft insurance market, in which all insurers monitor expenses closely, contributes to this hesitancy.
On one hand, the bad economy and
soft insurance market have negatively affected agency valuations, resulting in a sluggish market.
Berkley, along with other insurers, has seen its premiums hit by the
soft insurance market.
5, citing a
soft insurance market and ongoing litigation expenses among its reasons.
