Wildfires reverse fee moderation
After indicators of stabilization in 2024, the business property market skilled renewed strain following main wildfire occasions. In January, the Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles County destroyed greater than 16,000 constructions, rapidly depleting reinsurers’ disaster budgets for the yr. Although 2024 reinsurance renewals had been broadly favorable, the early surge in catastrophic occasions triggered a reversal in pricing traits.