Marsh’s Q2 2026 Global Insurance Market Index showed global casualty rates increased 2% for the quarter, the only major product line to move in that direction, while property, financial and professional lines and cyber all continued to decline. Zoom out from the US, however, and the picture completely flips: Marsh’s data shows that casualty rates actually declined in every region outside the US this quarter. It is US litigation pressure in itself that is pulling global figures into positive territory – the US casualty rate increased 7% in Q2, only slightly softer than the 9% increase in Q1, and still an exceptional number in the full report.
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