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January 2024
Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry: An overview for those working with and in one of the world’s most interesting and vital industries.
In This Issue
Institutes: AI’s Predictive Powers Can Personalize Insurance
Heightened Life Insurance Demand Shaped by Pandemic, LIMRA Says
Rise in Injuries Highlights Athletes’ Insurance Needs, Attorney Says
Reinsurance/Alternative Risk Transfer
Linux Foundation: Insurers Should Take the Lead in Targeting Cyberrisk
Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises
BMS Re: Collateralized Market, Capacity Create Opportunities for MGAs
North Dakota Commissioner: AI To Evolve in Underwriting While Targeting Bias
World’s Largest Insurance Companies – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Holding Companies – 2024 Edition
Top 20 Global Brokers — 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Property/Casualty Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Property/Casualty Companies — 2024 Edition
US Property/Casualty – 2022 Direct Premiums Written by Line – 2024 Edition
December 2023
Insurers Scan the Horizon: Industry leaders and experts examine the topics likely to shape the year ahead.
In This Issue
Insurers Look Ahead to 2024 and Key Issues: Catastrophes, Inflation, Layoffs, AI and More
Industry Panel: Pandemic Could Leave Excess Mortality Levels High for Some Time
Greater Health Screenings Could Save Life Insurers Money and Improve Mortality, Group Says
Issues & Answers: Excess & Surplus Lines
Annuities Newcomer Aspida Life Reaping the Benefits of a Fruitful Market
AM Best: Growth in Insurers’ Private Equity Investments Slowed Significantly in 2022
Xceedance: What the AI Revolution Means for the Insurance Industry
Reinventing Insurance Podcast Looks to Reimagine Industry’s Operating Model
Appeals Court Holds Coverage Melts Away in Ice Cream Maker’s Liability Case
Underwriting AI: Is It Aligned With Insurance Industry’s Best Interests?
Top 25 US Ocean Marine Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Inland Marine Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Fire and Allied Writers – 2023 Edition
US Fire and Allied Lines – Top Writers by State, Canada, and US Territories – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Products Liability (Occurrence) Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Products Liability (Claims-made) Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Products Liability (Total) Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Commercial Multiperil (Non-Liability) Writers – 2023 Edition
November 2023
The AI Revolution: Artificial Intelligence is changing the way insurers do business, but it's also presenting new challenges that could impact the industry's performance as well as its workforce.
In This Issue
What the AI Revolution Means for Insurers, Insureds and the Insurance Workforce
How AI Is Remaking Insurance Organizations
How AI Is Remaking the Insurance Workforce
What the AI Revolution Means for Insurance Prospects, Policyholders and Regulators
Issues & Answers: Workers’ Compensation • Florida Market
Sprouting From Chaos: Opportunity Brings New Insurers to Florida
A Virtual Reality: Life Insurtechs Look Beyond Online-Only Sales for Growth
An Insurance Podcast That’s Awkward in Name Only
In Search of an Underwriting Profit
SOA Panel: Insurers Should Revisit Risk Mitigation After Spring’s Bank Failures
M&A Motivations: Strategies for Success, Value Creation and Diversification
Midsize Businesses Face Full-Size Risks
US Homeowners Multiperil – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Homeowners Multiperil – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Workers’ Compensation Writers – 2023 Edition
US Life/Health – Pre-Tax Investment Total Returns – 2023 Edition
Top 25 Life/Health Insurers’ Investment Returns – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Property/Casualty – 2022 Asset Distribution – 2023 Edition
October 2023
What’s Driving the Rise in Auto Costs: The U.S. private passenger auto sector had an underwriting loss of more than $30 billion in 2022, according to AM Best. One culprit: growing repair costs.
In This Issue
What’s Driving the Rise in Auto Costs
When It Comes to Insuring Electric Vehicles, It’s All About the Battery
RGA President: Life Reinsurance Growth Strengthens in Asia, Europe
Issues & Answers: Data • Asset Management
Parametric Insurance Helps Restore Dwindling Coral Reefs
‘Insurance Guys’ Driven To Help Other Agents—Without Boring Them
AM Best: Long-Term Care Claims Trending Up Since Pandemic
Michigan Director of Captives Sees Future in Cannabis, Auto, Life Sectors
Insurers: Know, Learn and Share the Business Judgment Rule
Data Is the Missing Piece in Insurance Wellness Programs
Top 25 US Commercial Auto Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Auto Liability Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Private Passenger Auto Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Total Auto Writers – 2023 Edition
US Total All Auto Lines – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2023
US Auto Liability – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2023 Edition
US Auto Physical Damage – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2023 Edition
US Private Passenger Auto – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2023 Edition
US Commercial Auto – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2023 Edition
September 2023
Slow and Steady: While some of the top U.S. property/casualty mutuals hit rough seas in 2022, the sector continues to steer toward long-term financial stability.
In This Issue
The Mutual Mindset: Slow and Steady
Life Mutuals Are Driving Efforts To Expand Middle Market Coverage
Top 25 US Property/Casualty Mutual Writers – 2023 Edition
Top 25 US Life/Health Mutual Companies – 2023 Edition
Issues & Answers: Insurtech • Surplus Lines
Hedge Fund Investing Continues To Fall Out of Favor With Insurers
Foreign Insurers Race To Fill Gaps, Find Opportunity in Emerging Asia
Wall Street Journal Reporter’s Insurance Coverage Has Lasting Impact on Industry
How Emotional Reactions to Major Events Can Help Propel Decisions, Life Insurance Sales
Artificial Intelligence Is the Personal Assistant We Didn’t Know We Needed
Court Definition of ‘Hostile’ Could Have Widespread Implications for War Exclusions
US Rating Units – Largest Hedge Fund Investors – 2023 Edition
US Life/Health – 2022 Ordinary Life Average Policy Size and Lapse Ratios – 2023 Edition
US Life/Health – Group Life Issued – 2023 Edition
US Life/Health – Group Life In Force – 2023 Edition
US Life/Health – Total Life Issued – 2023 Edition
US Life/Health – Term Life Issued – 2023 Edition
August 2023
Fronting Carriers Push Forward: AM Best-rated U.S. carriers posted a 43% increase in direct premiums written in 2022. But reinsurers are increasingly selective about what business they will write and with whom they will partner.
In This Issue
Fronting Carrier Sector Finds Growth, but Reinsurance Concerns Loom
Quest To Become Influencers Leads to Long-Running Insurtech Podcast
Life Insurers Leverage Higher Rates To Drive Annuity Growth
Issues & Answers: Captive Services & Domiciles • Data • Reinsurance
Slower Growth, Rising Rates To Further Complicate Debt Management for Latin America Insurers
How Litigation Funding Is Affecting Settlement Strategies, Costs
NCOIL, Regulators, Captive Industry Urge IRS To Back Off on Proposed Rule
Iowa Governor Signs Captive Insurance Bill
Space Invader: If a Meteorite Strikes, Insurance Can Help
Cyber Price Increases Moderating as Profitability Returns to the Sector
Tale of the Ticker Tape: What Global Equity Markets Can Tell Us About Our Industry
3 Ways To Deal With Talent Shortage Head-On
Largest Annuity Insurers – 2023 Edition
AM Best-Rated US Fronting Companies – 2023 Edition
Largest Latin America Insurers – 2023 Edition
US Property/Casualty – 2022 Direct Premiums Written by Line - 2023 Edition
US Commercial Multiperil – 2022 Direct Premiums Written – 2023 Edition
US Homeowners Multiperil – 2022 Direct Premiums Written – 2023 Edition
US Medical Professional Liability (Total) – 2022 Direct Premiums Written – 2023 Edition
US Medical Professional Liability (Claims-Made) – 2022 Direct Premiums Written – 2023 Edition
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