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hard markets

hard markets is the plural of hard market.

Meaning of hard market

Noun

hard market (plural hard markets)

  1. An economic environment in which insurers raise their prices.
    • Property-liability insurance markets have been characterized historically by “soft” markets, in which prices are stable or falling and coverage is readily available, followed by “hard” markets, in which prices rise rapidly and availability declines.2000, Scott Harrington, Patricia Danzon, “The Economics of Liability Insurance”, in Georges Dionne, editor, Handbook of Insurance, Springer Science+Business Media, →DOI, →ISBN, page 296

Questions about hard markets

What is hard markets the plural of?
Hard markets is the plural of hard market.

Words near hard markets in the dictionary

  1. hard luxury
  2. hard man
  3. hard maple
  4. hard maples
  5. hard market
  6. hard markets
  7. hard matte
  8. hard mattes
  9. hard measles
  10. hard men
  11. hard metal

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