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"Endless capacity" reduces US rates 6% in Q2

19 July 2010

Excess capacity chasing market share in the commercial property/casualty marketplace has resulted in another quarter of declining renewal pricing, according to the CIAB second-quarter Commercial P/C Market Index Survey.

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Excess capacity chasing market share in the commercial property/casualty marketplace has resulted in another quarter of declining renewal pricing, according to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ (CIAB) second quarter Commercial P/C Market Index Survey.

On average, renewal rates dropped by about 6% in the second quarter, compared with a 5% decrease in the first quarter of 2010.

“It’s the same old story,” said CIAB president Ken...


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