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Underwriters’ Survey Results

Good brokers are first and foremost advocates for their clients. As part of this advocacy, good brokers also listen to their insurance carrier partners to better understand their view of the world, including their current appetite for risk.

We are in conversation with insurance carriers every day. For this section of Looking Ahead, we surveyed insurance carriers with whom we place both primary and excess GPL coverage. We asked questions about pricing expectations, retention structures, renewal strategies, and claim trends for both venture capital and private equity.

Private Equity

Q1

When looking at primary and excess renewals for private equity firms, what is your team seeing from a rate perspective?

Q2

When considering renewals for private equity firm GPL programs, retentions are:

Q3

What is the average retention your team is quoting for private equity firms?

Q4

For private equity, have you seen claims increasing or decreasing in terms of frequency/severity year over year?

Q5

For private equity firms, where are claims typically arising?

Venture Capital

Q6

When looking at primary and excess renewals for venture capital firms, what is your team seeing from a rate perspective?

Q7

When considering renewals for venture capital firm GPL programs, retentions are:

Q8

What is the average retention your team is quoting for venture capital firms?

Q9

For venture capital, have you seen claims increasing or decreasing in terms of frequency/severity year over year?

Q10

For venture capital firms, where are claims typically arising?

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