Munich Re holds onto the top spot in AM Best’s annual ranking of the top 50 global reinsurance groups for 2022, with Swiss Re coming in as the second-largest reinsurer — for the third year in a row. These two …
Despite extremely challenging conditions, with persistent and elevated claims activity, the global reinsurance segment returned an underwriting profit in 2022, according to an AM Best report. “Reinsurers generally have realigned their risk profiles and are in a strong position to …
Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the long-term decline in workplace accidents and a reduction in fraudulent claims, according to an AM Best …
Direct premium written through the delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAE) market in the United States continued its significant growth rate in 2022, increasing by 13.8 percent to $67.6 billion, according to a new market segment report released by AM Best. …
Seventeen U.S. property/casualty insurance companies became impaired in 2021, with seven of the impairments driven by catastrophe losses from hurricanes, primarily in Louisiana and Florida, according to an AM Best report. In addition to the five Louisiana-domiciled companies and two …
The U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry recorded a $26.5 billion net underwriting loss in 2022, $21.5 billion more than the $5 billion underwriting loss reported in 2021, according to a report published by AM Best. The underwriting loss came despite an …
Two powerful earthquakes, which hit southeastern Turkey on Feb. 6, 2023, deliver another blow to the local re/insurance industry, according to commentaries from AM Best and GlobalData. While it is likely that international reinsurance markets will pick up a proportion …
The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX demonstrates the dangers of failures of corporate governance, according to a commentary published by AM Best. While FTX is not an insurance company, the series of events leading to its collapse should provide …
Technology, talent and diverse sources of capital continue driving growth for managing general agencies and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises globally, according to AM Best, which assigned a positive outlook to the delegated underwriting authority enterprise (DUAE) sector Monday. The …
Will 2023 reinsurance renewals mark a turning point to a “true hard market” that attracts “new capital in droves” and expands supply? Analysts from AM Best raised the question in a new Best’s Market Segment Report published Wednesday, titled “Market …
