{"id":117,"date":"2026-10-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2026-10-18T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:00:00","slug":"the-baldwin-group-says-softer-property-market-offers-opportunities-despite-ongoing-casualty-pressures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/the-baldwin-group-says-softer-property-market-offers-opportunities-despite-ongoing-casualty-pressures\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baldwin Group says softer property market offers opportunities despite ongoing casualty pressures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Commercial property insurance pricing fell 8.1% in Q2 2026, continuing a five-quarter decline, offering buyers more flexibility. However, liability risks keep pressure on casualty insurance, with slower pricing growth but persistent claims inflation due to social inflation and litigation trends. Commercial motor, general liability, and umbrella insurance saw moderated price increases, while workers\u2019 compensation remained stable. Cyber and management liability pricing varied by risk profile. Businesses should assess each coverage area individually and engage early in renewals.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/the-baldwin-group-says-softer-property-market-offers-opportunities-despite-ongoing-casualty-pressures\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial property insurance pricing fell 8.1% in Q2 2026, continuing a five-quarter decline, offering buyers more flexibility. However, liability risks keep pressure on casualty insurance, with slower pricing growth but persistent claims inflation due to social inflation and litigation trends. Commercial motor, general liability, and umbrella insurance saw moderated price increases, while workers\u2019 compensation remained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolstrom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}