Rating Agencies
Fitch: Hardening Commercial Lines Market to Continue Through 2023
This year will mark the fourth year of a hardening market for commercial lines underwriting cycle, according to the latest U.S Commercial Lines Market Update released by Fitch Ratings.. The Council ...
Eight Straight Years of Workers Comp Profits: What Could Go Wrong
Workers compensation insurance stands out as the most profitable major U.S. commercial insurance product line over the last five years, bolstered by relative claims stability and enduring loss ...
Fitch Downgrades Allstate’s IFS Ratings to ‘A’
Citing declines in statutory capital and poor underwriting results in personal auto, Fitch Ratings has downgraded the financial strength ratings of Allstate P/C insurance subsidiaries to "A" (Strong) ...
Top Cyber Insurers: 2022 Ranking Reveals Sprinters, Market Share Shifts
In a year when cyber insurers notched the third-lowest industrywide loss ratio since 2015, and cyber premiums vaulted to $7.2 billion, a premium ranking shows two carriers growing more than 150 ...
MGAs, DUAEs Sparked Double-Digit Growth in ’22 U.S. Premiums: 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 ...
Wait ‘Til Next Year: Auto Profit Unlikely to Return in ’23, S&P Says
In spite of continued actions to raise prices of coverage, auto loss costs continue to climb and profits will continue to elude personal auto insurers—probably until 2024, analysts at Standard ...
U.S. P/C Underwriting Profit in 2023? Not Yet, Fitch Predicts
Analysts at Fitch Ratings predict a better underwriting result for U.S. property/casualty insurers in 2023 than 2022, but the combined ratio is still going to hover above breakeven, according to ...
AM Best Places Ratings of R&Q and Subsidiaries Under Review With Negative Implications
AM Best has placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of "A-" (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of "a-" (Excellent) of R&Q Insurance Holdings' ...