November 6, 2008
New York, NY - Advisen Ltd. ( www.advisen.com ), a leading provider of news, research, and analytics to insurance professionals, released a special report titled, "The Crisis in the Subprime Mortgage Market and the Global Credit Markets: The Impact on E&O Insurers." Advisen projects losses to Directors & Officers Liability (D&O) insurers will reach $5.9 billion, spread over accident years 2007, 2008 and 2009. Losses to Errors & Omissions (E&O) Insurers are expected to hit $3.7 billion. Subprime-related E&O losses will add approximately 149 points to the aggregate 2007-2009 financial institution E&O loss ratio, according to Advisen. The report concludes that deteriorating underwriting results combined with investment losses portend the end of the soft commercial insurance market in 2009.