Commercial premiums have been declining for six years, and given that the U.S. economy is still sluggish and the insurance industry still has abundant capital, rates are expected to remain under pressure this year.

"Buyers are going to continue to benefit from a very competitive marketplace," says David Bradford, executive vice president and editor-in-chief at Advisen, which provides data and analytics for the insurance industry.

The economy's downturn ate away at the demand for commercial coverage, as companies went out of business or scaled back. At the same time, the stock market's rebound and the absence of big catastrophe losses over the last couple of years bolstered insurers' capital, leaving the industry with ample capacity.

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