AM Best News
Munich Re Keeps No. 1 Spot in Ranking of 50 Global Reinsurers, With Swiss Re at No. 2
Munich Re for the second-straight year holds the top spot in AM Best's annual ranking of the Top 50 Global Reinsurance groups in 2021, followed once again by Swiss Re. The two global reinsurers ...
U.S. Captive Market Thrives Amid Capacity, Pricing Challenges
The U.S. captive insurance market segment continued to generate profits and surplus gains in 2021 while outperforming the commercial market, according to a new AM Best report. The Best's Special ...
Insurers Brace for SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Rules
For U.S. property/casualty insurance carriers, the landmark proposal by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) ...
Captives, MGAs, MGUs Contribute to Growing Cyber Insurance Market
The hard market for cyber insurance, which is expected to continue for "some time," and a lack of capacity has made captive insurers an "attractive risk management option for corporations," said AM ...
Innovating to Control Costs: Carriers Seeking Top-Line Growth Amid Bottom-Line Pressures
Given the highly competitive non-life market, and the depressed pricing that accompanies excess capacity, leaders in the global property/casualty insurance and reinsurance markets have found ...
U.S. P/C Q1 2022 Underwriting Income Up 5 Percent: AM Best
AM Best reported Friday that first-quarter net underwriting income for the U.S. property/casualty industry rose 4.6 percent to $3.3 billion. Explaining the result, AM Best said that a 10.5 percent ...
D&O Market Has Most Profitable Year Since 2014, but It May Be an Anomaly
The directors and officers insurance marketplace in 2021 enjoyed its most profitable year since 2014, but results have to be "viewed as a possible aberration rather than the start of a trend," ...
Innovation Boosts Carrier Top Lines: AM Best
Insurers with well-developed innovation initiatives have much higher levels of top-line growth than those who lag behind on the innovation curve, AM Best reported last month. In a special report ...