Overview and Outlook for the P and C Insurance Industry: Focus on Wisconsin Markets

This PowerPoint report, presented at the Wisconsin Insurance Association Fall Membership Meeting, gives a detailed overview and outlook for the property casualty (P/C) insurance industry for 2015, with a focus on Wisconsin markets. It begins with a look at profitability peaks and troughs for the P/C industry from 1975 through the first quarter of 2015, and makes a prediction based on history when the next peak will be. With a special analysis by line and with nearby state comparisons, it also provides insight specifically into profitability and growth in Wisconsin P/C insurance markets. It also discusses future growth drivers, with a focus on investment performance, and presents interest rate forecasts from 2015 to 2021 and takes a look at the impact that capital accumulation will have on the industry.