The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers released today the results of its Commercial P/C Market Index Survey for the first quarter of 2016. According to survey respondents, commercial property/casualty rates decreased across all size accounts in the first quarter of 2016, continuing a trend in the market since the first quarter of 2015. Rate decreases in Q1 were the largest seen since the trend began, with the exception of large accounts in Q2 2015 which decreased by 5.2 percent compared to the previous quarter.