Auto the exception in soft commercial insurance market: Moody's

Rising auto rates continue to be the exception in an otherwise
weak pricing environment for US commercial insurance, according to
Moody's.
The ratings agency was reporting the results of its annual rate
change and trend survey of the US P&C sector, including
commercial and personal lines.
And Moody's vice president Jasper Cooper said the firm
expects breakeven pricing in commercial casualty lines in 2017 for
the third year in a row, only partially offset by mid-single-digit
increases in comm