Global average commercial insurance prices rose by 19{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} in the second quarter of 2020, according to a new report by Marsh. The increase, the largest since Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index was released in 2012, follows average year-over-year increases of 14{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} in Q1 and 11{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Average price increases were driven primarily by increases in property insurance rates and financial and professional lines, Marsh reported. Other findings of the survey included:
- Global property insurance was up by 19{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} and global financial and professional lines rose 37{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}, while global casualty pricing saw a 7{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} average increase.
- Composite pricing in Q2 increased in all geographic areas for the seventh consecutive quarter.
- The US (18{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}), UK (31{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}), Continental Europe (15{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}) and Pacific (31{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}) regions all posted double-digit pricing increases. The increases in these regions were largely driven by increases in property and directors and officers coverages.
- Some D&O markets saw large increases. For example, US public-company D&O prices rose 59{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} on average, with more than 90{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} of clients seeing an increase. In the UK, D&O pricing increases averaged more than 100{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}.
“While pricing movements this quarter were impacted by losses related to COVID-19, other large losses contributed to overall pricing pressures,” said Dean Klisura, president of global placement and advisory at Marsh. “As insurers continue to work through claims in property and D&O, and with the full cost of COVID-19 still developing, upward pressure on pricing is anticipated for the balance of 2020.”
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