| Trend | Range | |
|---|---|---|
| United States market - Transit & stock throughput | ||
| Good loss experience |  |
Flat to -5% |
| Marginal to poor loss experience |  |
+5% or higher |
| London market - Transit & stock throughput | ||
| Good loss experience | |
Flat to -10% |
| Marginal to poor loss experience | |
+5% and higher |
The marine stock throughput program structure continues to be viable when compared to the more traditional approach of insuring inventory exposures in the property market. Recently, the property market has been more willing to provide sufficient credits to remove inventory exposures, thus increasing the success of a stock throughput policy. Marine insurers continue to focus on CAT season to determine if the season is prolonged due to global warming. For the past five years plus, the U.S. has not been impacted by a significant CAT event. Despite this, insurers continue to review the adequacy of limits deployed surrounding CAT per occurrence and annual aggregate limits, as well as corresponding deductibles.
Marine insurers continue to compete for market share by relaxing underwriting guidelines; however, profitability continues to be a high priority for the global marine market. With insurers focused on bottom line profitability, the following underwriting diligence remains:
- Certain business segments and exposures — such as temperature sensitive products, pharma, automobiles, theft attractive and high hazard CAT exposures — are subject to more scrutiny than others.
- Detailed exposure information and differentiating insureds from their peers remain crucial to securing favorable terms and conditions.
- Insurers continue to monitor their respective portfolios to manage their aggregation of risk in high CAT risk regions.
To best position the client in the market, analytical tools should be employed to optimize its program structures (with a focus on retention, CAT limits, aggregates, etc.).
Geopolitical global landscape
- Insurers continue to include an absolute exclusion for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus.
- Market continues to watch geopolitical activity in the region of the Rea Sea.
- Insurers are closely watching relations between China and Taiwan and the potential impact on the region and on the global supply chain.
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