Commercial property/casualty insurance rates dropped an average of 1% in June compared with those a year earlier, MarketScout reported Tuesday.
And while rates for most lines of coverage tracked by the Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange fell or remained flat, rates for commercial automobile coverage increased by 2% and employment practices liability insurance rose 1%. Commercial property and professional liability rates dropped the most at 2% each.
Once again, the larger the account, the greater the decline, with the largest accounts experiencing 3% drops and the smaller ones posting 1% drops.
By industry class, transportation posted a 1% increase, while manufacturing and habitational accounts enjoyed the largest decreases at 2%.
“Insurers are getting tired of cutting rates,” MarketScout CEO Richard Kerr said in a statement accompanying the report. “There are still pockets of competitive business; however, it is beginning to look like insurers are willing to maintain the rate reductions of the past few years and not cut rates even further.”
Property/casualty insurance groups say they are pleased with the Financial Stability Oversight Council's decision to remove GE Capital Global Holdings L.L.C. from its list of “systemically important financial institutions.”