U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting income dropped 5.5 percent in the first half of 2020 versus the same period last year. Higher underwriting expenses and policyholder dividends largely connected to COVID-19 costs are to blame, according to an A.M. Best report. …
The U.S. property/casualty industry posted net underwriting income of $4.2 billion in first-quarter 2019, a 24.0% increase from the same period in the previous year, according to preliminary financial results. According to Best’s Special Report, “First Look—3 Month Property/Casualty Financial …
The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a first-quarter 2017 net underwriting loss of $841.5 million, according to preliminary financial results, continuing the industry’s underwriting loss trend seen in 2016. The first-quarter loss was significantly less than the $2.0 billion net underwriting …
Driven by the highest level of first-quarter catastrophe losses since 2011, the underwriting results of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry in the first quarter of 2016 deteriorated from the prior year. The industry posted an underwriting gain of $2.1 billion …
