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Commercial Tracker

Sep 3, 2026

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P&C Commercial Tracker | Week of September 3 2026

Tropical Storm Edouard came ashore 15 miles from Port Arthur with a 90 mph gust and up to 22 inches of inland rain, Texas put price optimization on notice with Commissioner's Bulletin B-0007-26, and California sent two claims-handling bills to Newsom while two Big Sur fires passed 25,000 acres each.

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Weekly Intelligence

Ownership Transparency Is Becoming a Sales Variable

Aug 31, 2026

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9 min read

Ownership Transparency Is Becoming a Sales Variable

In Force Weekly: Reinsurer owned distribution tightens data standards and squeezes standalone MGAs on economics and authority

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Commercial Tracker

Aug 27, 2026

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11 min read

P&C Commercial Tracker | Week of August 27, 2026

New York added listed E&S property access just as a 97 mph EF1 hit Nassau County, California put another wildfire model into Sustainable Insurance Strategy review while Big Sur burned, and Florida's coastal file reopened with AL96 at 70 percent formation odds

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Munich Re Bought At Bay. The Channel Just Moved

Aug 24, 2026

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9 min read

Munich Re Bought At Bay. The Channel Just Moved

In Force Weekly: A reinsurer now owns primary distribution and telemetry, resetting margins and control for followers

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Commercial Tracker

Aug 20, 2026

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P&C Commercial Tracker | Week of August 20, 2026

California froze wildfire nonrenewals in 22 Gann Fire ZIP Codes for one year, Texas paused large computational load sequencing until ERCOT verification is complete, and Illinois' post-derecho file added a McLean County flash-flood claims leg

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Thoma Bravo Took Accelerant Private. Regulators Control the Clock

Aug 17, 2026

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Thoma Bravo Took Accelerant Private. Regulators Control the Clock

In Force Weekly: A multi year approval path favors platforms with provable governance and data sharing, reshaping program capacity negotiations

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Commercial Tracker

Aug 13, 2026

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P&C Commercial Tracker | Week of August 13, 2026

Illinois turned last week's open tornado file into a wind, tornado, and outage claims event, California added a live Big Sur wildfire and a western wildfire program expansion signal, and Allstate shrank its Florida reinsurance tower while leaning harder on cat bonds

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Dossiers

Aug 11, 2026

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2 min read

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co: The Dossier

The industrial roll-up faces its integration test

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Dossiers

Aug 11, 2026

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Ryan Specialty Holdings: The Dossier

The Growth Algorithm Changes While the Margin Target Waits

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Plymouth Rock Put ChatGPT First and Underwriting Lost the Form

Aug 10, 2026

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Plymouth Rock Put ChatGPT First and Underwriting Lost the Form

In Force Weekly: Owning the conversation shifts selection and consent risk onto carriers before structured data ever appears

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Dossiers

Aug 6, 2026

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Arch Capital Group: The Dossier

Arch Capital needs its weakest segment to replace the income its two strongest segments are giving up by choice

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Dossiers

Aug 6, 2026

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3 min read

Progressive: The Dossier

Progressive has fixed the underwriting problem. Now it has to prove the fix scales.

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Dossiers

The Baldwin Insurance Group: The Dossier

Aug 6, 2026

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2 min read

The Baldwin Insurance Group: The Dossier

Leverage Is Buying Baldwin Time While Organic Growth Catches Up

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Dossiers

Verisk Analytics: The Dossier: The Dossier

Aug 6, 2026

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Verisk Analytics: The Dossier: The Dossier

Verisk's data moat is holding against AI-native challengers, but the transactional side of the business is shrinking underneath it

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Dossiers

Jul 30, 2026

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Brown & Brown Inc: The Dossier

Brown & Brown bought its way to scale before it proved it could still grow

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Dossiers

Jul 30, 2026

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Kinsale Capital Group: The Dossier

Kinsale Has Never Traded Combined Ratio For Growth. The Market Is Now Testing Whether That Discipline Survives A Rate Cycle It Did Not Build

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Dossiers

Jul 30, 2026

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Selective Insurance Group: The Dossier

Selective Is Shrinking Its Book To Fix Its Margins. Growth Has Not Come Back, And The Market Is Losing Patience

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Dossiers

The Hartford Insurance Group: The Dossier

Jul 30, 2026

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The Hartford Insurance Group: The Dossier

Can Hartford turn its Core ROE outperformance into a durable pure-play model?

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Dossiers

Jul 28, 2026

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Chubb Limited: The Dossier

The discipline is proven, but Whether it survives a full soft cycle isn't

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Dossiers

Jul 28, 2026

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Goosehead Insurance: The Dossier

Goosehead is betting a smaller franchise network can outrun the one it just cut

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Dossiers

Jul 28, 2026

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RenaissanceRe Holdings: The Dossier

The property engine has already proven itself against a real catastrophe. The casualty book has not yet faced its own test

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Dossiers

Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. (NP): The Dossier

Jul 23, 2026

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Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. (NP): The Dossier

The National Flood Insurance Program is shrinking, and Neptune is betting a 61-person company can absorb the switch

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W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB): The Dossier

Jul 23, 2026

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W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB): The Dossier

The underwriting discipline is proven. The reserve question and the succession question are not

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Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MRSH): The Dossier

Jul 23, 2026

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3 min read

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MRSH): The Dossier

The Brand Is Unified, but the Reinsurance Cycle Is Not Cooperating

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The Travelers Companies (TRV): The Dossier

Jul 23, 2026

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The Travelers Companies (TRV): The Dossier

Travelers Is Proving Its Profitability Is Structural, and Wall Street Is Split on Whether It Believes It

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P&C Commercial Tracker | Week of September 3 2026

Ownership Transparency Is Becoming a Sales Variable

P&C Commercial Tracker | Week of August 27, 2026

Munich Re Bought At Bay. The Channel Just Moved

P&C Commercial Tracker | Week of August 20, 2026

Thoma Bravo Took Accelerant Private. Regulators Control the Clock

P&C Commercial Tracker | Week of August 13, 2026

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co: The Dossier

Ryan Specialty Holdings: The Dossier

Plymouth Rock Put ChatGPT First and Underwriting Lost the Form

Arch Capital Group: The Dossier

Progressive: The Dossier

The Baldwin Insurance Group: The Dossier

Verisk Analytics: The Dossier: The Dossier

Brown & Brown Inc: The Dossier

Kinsale Capital Group: The Dossier

Selective Insurance Group: The Dossier

The Hartford Insurance Group: The Dossier

Chubb Limited: The Dossier

Goosehead Insurance: The Dossier

RenaissanceRe Holdings: The Dossier

Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. (NP): The Dossier

W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB): The Dossier

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MRSH): The Dossier

The Travelers Companies (TRV): The Dossier

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