Weathering the Storm: Navigating Challenges in the Property and Casualty Insurance Market of 2025

Join us for an insightful exploration of the property and casualty insurance market in 2025, focusing on key challenges and opportunities shaped by recent developments, including a tumultuous hurricane season and exorbitant jury awards. As the industry evolves, insureds and insurers must adapt to the impacts of climate change, regulatory change, and the rising trend of significant jury awards that affect liability costs.

Andrew Merdinger is a Senior Vice President within Lockton’s specialized Property Practice specializing in the design, coordination, and implementation of insurance solutions for complex property risks.  He predominately focuses on business within the large-risk space.  He graduated from the University of Georgia with degrees in both Risk Management and International Affairs and minor in Chinese language.   Throughout his 15-year career, Andrew has developed a deep expertise navigating the risk and insurance landscape on behalf of his clients. 

In additional to core broking responsibilities, Andrew serves on the Lockton Property Risk Analytics steering committee where he helps drive best practices related to engagement and utilization of catastrophic risk models within the broking environment.  In 2015, he completed an overseas secondment in the Bermudian insurance market, further enhancing his perspective on global insurance matters.

He is based in Atlanta, Georgia.