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The Property Casualty Insurance Industry: Issues and Forecast. Gary Vallo CEO Middlesex Mutual Assurance Holyoke Mutual Insurance. Country Insurance and Financial Services Insurance Pool. A reinsurance pool of insurance companies Middlesex Mutual joined in 1997 Holyoke joined in 1998
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The Property Casualty Insurance Industry:Issues and Forecast Gary Vallo CEO Middlesex Mutual Assurance Holyoke Mutual Insurance
Country Insurance and Financial Services Insurance Pool • A reinsurance pool of insurance companies • Middlesex Mutual joined in 1997 • Holyoke joined in 1998 • One of the top 50 P&C insurers in the US • Countrywide distribution of products • Rated A+ by A.M.Best
The Insurance Industry has weathered some major catastrophes in the past 10 years Source: Insurance Services Office
But industry capital appears strong compared to underwriting commitments ... Source:A.M. Best MMA est.
… and profitability is improving Source:A.M. Best& NAII
… but some dark clouds remain on the horizon • Reserve adequacy • Exposure to catastrophic loss • Poor competitive environment
Competitive Environment • Too many companies • With too little difference • In a low growth marketplace • With cumbersome, anti-competitive regulation
The future, for the weak, remains bleak ... Source:A.M. Best
Forecast • Pace of consolidation and strategic partnering will heat up • Gradual melting of profit margins • Continued glacial rate of regulatory change • Strengthening winds along the Atlantic coast