P&C Executives Sound Off on Company Issues, Market Trends

By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterProperty and casualty insurance rates continue to climb, led by workers' compensation, and submissions in the excess and surplus lines market are also growing as more difficult-to-place business migrates from the standard market. These observations were made by senior executives of major commercial insurance companies at the annual KBW Insurance Conference in New York last week. Among the carriers represented at the conference were Hartford Financial, W.R. Berkley Corp. and Argo Group, Endurance Specialty Holdings.Bill Berkley, chairman and chief executive o...