Rating Agencies
P/C Market Challenges Fuel Surplus Lines Opportunities: AM Best
The U.S. surplus lines market notched double-digit year-over-year (YoY) premium growth from 2018-2023, as wholesale brokers tapped this market with greater frequency to explore coverage solutions for ...
Increased Writings in Homeowners Adds to U.S. Surplus Lines Growth
Increasing movement of homeowners insurance risk to the U.S. surplus lines market has continued to contribute to growth for nonadmitted insurers. According to a report from AM Best, surplus ...
High Tariff Impact on Personal Lines; Commercial Less Vulnerable
A glaring red block marked "high" appeared over the "personal lines/ loss costs" cell of a chart displaying the impact of tariffs on North American insurers created by Fitch Ratings this week. While ...
U.S. P/C Industry Combined Ratio Headed Back Up to 100: S&P Ratings
While the U.S. property/casualty combined ratio sat at the lowest level in five years during 2024, the industry's key metric is headed up to the 98-100 range for 2025, analysts from S&P Global ...
AM Best: Tariff Uncertainty Could Lead to Credit Rating Changes for Insurers
According to AM Best, the balance sheets of insurers can be pressured by the stock and bond market volatility caused by recent tariffs, resulting in financial exposure that could lead to some changes ...
Is State Farm General a Sinking Ship? California Emergency Rate Request Dropped to 17%
Lawyers for State Farm General, the California Department of Insurance and Consumer Watchdog presented opening arguments in a hearing to determine the fate of State Farm's request for an emergency ...
Upgrades Up, Downgrades Down: AM Best Reviews 2024 Rating Actions
AM Best announced 34 upward credit rating actions for U.S. commercial lines insurers in 2024, over 60 percent more than the number registered for 2023, the rating agency reported in its official ...
Notable Rating Actions This Week: Westfield and Church Mutual
AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative for the long-term issuer credit ratings (long-term ICR) and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the long-term ...