Data & Research
’25 Deal Counts Drop, Q4 Values Soar: S&P GMI Insurance M&A Analysis
The North American insurance market experienced a decline in the total number and aggregate value of merger and acquisition deals in 2025 compared to 2024, according to S&P Global Market ...
Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results
In separate reports last week, AM Best and Morgan Stanley analyzed P/C insurance industry expense ratios, with one reporting a 2.4-point drop over the past decade and the other projecting another ...
Why the Middle Market Matters and How Insurers Can Capture It
Conning puts the size of the total addressable middle market at more than $150 billion, and with no carrier commanding more than a 5 percent share, the segment has become more attractive to insurers. ...
AI Investments Are Top Priority; Hourglass Workforce Structure Takes Shape: Insurance CEO Survey
"We are very bullish on AI, and we're leaning into it." That's how Alan Schnitzer, chief executive officer of Travelers, responded to a recent question from an investment analyst who wanted specifics ...
Progressive Now 4th Largest Global Insurer; RenRe Fastest Growing in ’24
As a group, the top 50 global property/casualty insurers grew premiums by 8.3 percent in 2024, but four of them, individually, grew by more than 20 percent, including Progressive which vaulted into ...
Agents Struggle to Find Capacity, Meet Customer Timing Expectations: Survey
A new P/C insurance industry survey report reveals some of the key challenges that independent agents are facing, including providing quotes within customers' expected time frames—or finding ...
Travelers, Nationwide Leap Up in J.D. Power Renters Insurance Ranking
In spite of the fact that almost half of homeowners insurance customers faced higher premiums in 2025, the average customer satisfaction score tallied by J.D. Power barely budged from the average in ...
7 Years of Double-Digit Growth; New Players on Top 25 E&S Insurers List
2024 marked the 7th straight year of double-digit growth for the U.S. excess and surplus lines market, but the top 25 players no longer command 70 percent of the pie, according to a new report. AM ...