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Every business runs the risk of an environmental loss, yet many business owners are unaware of the potential threat. To learn more about Environmental Insurance, we spoke with Gina Jones, Vice President, Director, Environmental Programs, Burns & Wilcox, Denver, Colorado. What are some of the greatest environmental risks faced by companies today? G.J.: Environmental risk is so broad and encompasses…

The insurance market faces a dynamic future, with a steady shift toward non-admitted markets, unpredictable CAT events and Liability concerns poised to reshape the landscape. Click below for quick insights into Personal, Commercial and Professional Insurance.

Last quarter, we indicated the Property & Casualty (P&C) market had reached a relative level of equilibrium not seen in several years. We defined this as an environment where rates and capacity were relatively stable, and carriers could be profitable. The gradual and consistent shift in business from the admitted to the Excess & Surplus (E&S) market is a transformation…

Environmental risks traditionally in the admitted market are migrating to E&S – and staying there. Learn more about this opportunity for brokers and agents from Beth Linton, Vice President, Environmental Underwriting Solutions (EUS), a division of Burns & Wilcox. https://vimeo.com/1021020157/2b4a434e9e?share=copy What more intel? Watch the full recording here.

While we are experiencing more stabilization, some hard sectors remain as carriers continue to revise their appetites. Watch our P&C webinar for insights into the current state of the market, what is expected for the rest of the year and what 2025 may hold. Highlights include: The increasing role of dynamic pricing in Personal Insurance Why some admitted carriers are…

Whatcom County road in Lynden, Washington, was stained bright red the evening of July 10 when about 100 trays of raspberries from Enfield Farms spilled from a truck. An entire lane was blocked for nearly two hours while locals jumped in to help with the cleanup. Not only did state troopers cite the truck driver for…

The term “equilibrium” is increasingly being used within insurance circles to describe certain sectors moving toward a state of balance in terms of rates versus supply, terms and conditions. It suggests a growing opinion among industry leaders that Property and Casualty (P&C) is largely in a healthy place. This is true even after a decade-long period characterized by costly CAT…

When a fish tanker truck carrying more than 102,000 live salmon overturned on a sharp corner in northeast Oregon recently, a majority of the smolts — about 77,000 — made it into the adjacent Lookingglass Creek, according to reports. The truck had been transporting the fish from a hatchery for release in the Imnaha River, but rolled onto its side…

Following several years of double-digit rate increases and restrictive adjustments to Terms and Conditions (T&C), the Property Insurance sector has reached a point of relative stability. Rates are largely modest as insurers secure the required premium, now applying rates against a proper exposure basis—Insurance to Value (ITV). With few exceptions of traditional CAT-prone perils in specific geographies, most carriers are…

Authorities are continuing to investigate a massive warehouse fire March 4 in Clinton Township, Michigan, that caused “hundreds, if not thousands\" of explosions and sent debris flying more than a mile from the site. Metal debris that projected from the burning warehouse — which reportedly stored combustible materials associated with vaping — lead to one tragic death of a bystander…

Many of the primary factors that influenced the status of the Property & Casualty (P&C) market in 2023 are likely to remain in 2024. We continue to operate in a comparatively hard environment marked by rising but moderating rates on some lines of business, where it is often necessary to layer available capacity that includes carefully worded terms and conditions…

The Property & Casualty (P&C) market is in a hard market. Typically, the Environmental Insurance sector operates in the reverse of P&C markets—and that is what we are seeing now. Environmental Insurance is in a soft market. Key Takeaways: Environmental Insurance market remains soft, terms expected to tighten. Rates expected to increase by 3-5 percent in 2024. Burns & Wilcox…