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March 25, 2025
Want to know more about what to expect in the insurance marketplace but don’t have time to read a 10+ page State of the Market? Interested in emerging trends and market or capacity changes? Gain the key marketplace insights you need at just a glance with our easy-to-read 2025 guides.
February 12, 2025
Are your clients prepared for the next catastrophic storm? With insurers increasingly shifting risk to property owners through percentage deductibles, insured losses from events like hurricanes and floods can be devastating. Discover how brokers can use strategic approaches to minimize the impact of these deductibles and protect their clients.
January 14, 2025
The REDY Index leverages CRC Group’s collection of actionable data – the wholesale industry’s largest. It provides critical pricing analysis monthly, giving you a snapshot of the marketplace. The REDY Index generates instant intelligence on pricing trends by industry or coverage, enabling our retail partners to set accurate data-driven expectations with their clients. Removing the guesswork empowers CRC team members to negotiate competitively, consistently producing better outcomes, better deliverables, and better results.
October 14, 2024
July 16, 2024
June 17, 2024
Following a year-long reset the E&S market is stabilizing in 2024. However, it remains crucial that retail agents adhere to property submission best practices when pursuing optimal property coverage to meet their clients’ unique needs. These practices can help streamline placements and mitigate potential errors and omissions.
April 23, 2024
The earthquake insurance market saw significant rate movement in 2023, driven primarily by inflation and a focus on valuation. The market is expected to stabilize in 2024, but challenges remain for insureds seeking coverage. Keep reading to learn how agents can help property owners secure the right coverage.
April 16, 2024
March 15, 2024
Want to know more about what to expect in the insurance marketplace but don’t have time to read a 10+ page State of the Market? Interested in emerging trends and market or capacity changes? Gain the key marketplace insights you need at just a glance with our easy-to-read 2024 guides.
January 31, 2024
Following a year-long reset, a less turbulent property market is offering reasons for cautious optimism as capacitystabilizes across geographies and lines of business. While challenging conditions persist, a more targeted approach tofurther adjustments is anticipated in 2024.
January 17, 2024
November 09, 2023
In 2023, the habitational insurance marketplace presents many challenges for property placements. Years of low rates and low valuations, combined with the impact of catastrophe events has created a perfect storm for the hard market. Property owners, insurers, and brokers find themselves grappling with a new reality where traditional underwriting models must contend with the weight of severe and frequent claims as well as the persistent specter of climate-related perils. Navigating this marketplace demands a deliberate balance between creativity, sound risk assessment, and adaptability to secure coverage.
At 1:30 am on June 24, 2021, residents of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, woke to a deafening crash. When they looked outside, residents saw the complex's South Tower had partially collapsed. It appeared as if the building had disappeared into thin air (source 1). Ninety-eight people died in the tower collapse, and hundreds more were temporarily homeless. The investigation into the collapse is entering its third year, and a final report isn’t expected until late in 2024. The cause of the collapse remains unknown (source 1).
October 23, 2023
Louisiana’s property insurance market has been challenging after the state was hit by record hurricane activity during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Louisiana suffered from a string of hurricane hits with Laura, Delta and Zeta hitting the state in 2020, followed by Ida in 2021. That heightened hurricane activity generated approximately 800,000 claims in those two years alone, resulting in $25 billion in paid losses that caused insurers to pull back from the Louisiana market (source 4). In fact, 11 insurers writing homeowners coverage in Louisiana were declared insolvent between July 2021 and February 2023. Twelve additional insurers withdrew from the state and 50 companies stopped writing new business in hurricane-prone parishes, creating a capacity crisis. On top of capacity issues, legal system abuse had become a persistent issue in recent years with strict bad faith laws contributing to inflated claims payments and awards (source 1).
October 18, 2023
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