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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 ...
Casualty Reinsurance Capacity Plentiful, But Concerns Over Future Availability Loom
Increasing litigation costs and higher jury awards continue to financially pressure the casualty reinsurance segment, forcing reserve strengthening measures for some carriers and prompting narrower ...
AM Best: U.S. P/C Industry Improves Despite 2024 Underwriting Loss
The U.S. property/casualty industry took another underwriting loss in 2024, but results improved thanks to rate increases and changes in risk selection. A report from industry rating agency AM Best ...
AM Best Data Insights: FAIR Plan, E&S Growth Soars in California
A newly published AM Best report reveals the extent to which California homeowners policyholders have turned to the state's insurer of last resort and to the nonadmitted market for insurance in ...
Thirteen U.S. P/C Companies Impaired in 2023: AM Best Report
Thirteen U.S. property/casualty companies became impaired in 2023, 10 of which were placed into insolvent liquidation, according to an AM Best report. The insurance company impairments identified in ...
LA Fire-Related Capital Hit Prompts State Farm Emergency Rate Request
State Farm General Insurance revealed that it has asked the California Department of Insurance to approve an "interim emergency" homeowners insurance rate hike, citing declining capital and a ...
Where Homeowners Rates Are Rising—and Who Is Raising Them Most
According to a new analysis of homeowners insurance rates, some Midwest states saw the biggest jumps in premiums last year—and American Family Insurance topped a list of 10 insurers ranked by ...
Mercury General Wildfire Losses Will Hit Reinsurance Cover. One Event?
Mercury General Corporation said it expects losses from wildfires burning in California since Jan. 7 to exceed its $150 million reinsurance retention, without providing a specific dollar estimate of ...