Workers Compensation Remains Profit Engine for U.S. P/C Insurers: AM Best
Workers compensation insurers' underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the ...
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AM Best: U.S. Cyber Insurance Segment Reflects Hard Market, Profits
Last year marked robust growth in the U.S. cyber insurance market, with direct premiums increasing by 50 percent to $7.2 billion, brought on by better underwriting and improved loss ratios, according ...
The Pros and Cons of Going Private
In the days before hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb decided to drop its buyout of SiriusPoint, Carrier Management asked analysts at AM Best and Fitch Ratings about the pros ...
AM Best: Current D&O Market Rates Could Prove Inadequate
Buyers of directors and officers liability may be getting a break from steep rate and price increases seen over the last several years, but insurance industry rating ...
AM Best: Only Two Impaired Insurers in ’22, Down From 10 in ’21
Despite the reversal seen in the U.S. equity market and rising inflation and interest rates, P/C insurers performed well in 2022, according to the latest report on the long-term impairment rates of ...
Robust ERM Programs Vital as Risks Evolve: Report
Though most insurance companies feel their enterprise risk management (ERM) programs are operating at a robust level, rising economic risks and claims costs and the increasing severity and frequency ...
Catastrophe Losses Drive 2021 U.S. P/C Insurer Impairments: 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 ...
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) ...
AM Best Downgrades SCOR Ratings
AM Best announced Thursday that it has downgraded the financial strength rating to "A" (excellent) from "A+" (superior) and the long-term issuer credit ratings to "a+" (Excellent) from "aa-" ...