Past Issues
August 2025
In this edition, 187 insurers have maintained a Best’s Financial Strength Rating of A or higher for at least 50 years.
July 2025
Leading Insurance Companies and Brokers: The July issue includes rankings of the largest insurers and the top global brokers.
June 2025
Insurers grapple with the new challenges presented by climate risk as wildfires become more costly and the Atlantic hurricane season begins.
May 2025
How insurers are using and building new AI-enabled processes in underwriting, claims and throughout their organizations.
March 2025
In the competition for independent agents, carriers are turning to technology and expanding their communication efforts.
January 2025
Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry: An overview for those working with and in one of the world’s most interesting and vital industries.
December 2024
Since 1899, AM Best has maintained a laser focus on the insurance industry. From the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to the COVID-19 pandemic, AM Best’s core mission to provide unbiased, factual reports on insurers’ financial health has not changed.
November 2024
Insurers have found success in incubating, launching and managing technology in an evolving industry.
October 2024
Steering to a Profit: Despite a challenging market, some U.S. private passenger auto insurers have been able to turn an underwriting profit.
September 2024
Liz Green, CEO designate for the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation, says it’s her job to keep global mutuals relevant.
August 2024
Changing tax environments are just one element ramping up competition among captive insurance domiciles.
July 2024
Calculating Success: Best’s Review examines the emerging issues in insurance accounting and the ongoing consolidation of the public accounting sector.
June 2024
Secondary perils—such as severe convective storms, hail, snowstorms, drought and flooding—have become more significant problems for insurers.
May 2024
Insurance defense counsel say they need insurers’ full support as they face an energized plaintiffs bar, a Best’s Review survey reveals.
April 2024
Parametric insurance’s swifter settlements can narrow the protection gap, assisting relief efforts after natural disasters, helping farmers and providing coverage for other previously less-insurable risks.
March 2024
Investors have moved into the delegated underwriting authority enterprise sector as they build “great ships” for the future.
February 2024
Insurance educators such as R.B. Drennan of Temple University (right) share their experiences in the classroom as they prepare the next generation of the industry’s professionals.
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.
December 2023
Insurers Scan the Horizon: Industry leaders and experts examine the topics likely to shape the year ahead.
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.
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.
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.
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.
July 2023
Standing the Test of Time: In the 2023 edition, 167 insurers maintained a Best's Financial Strength Rating of A or higher for at least 50 years, including 22 for at least 100 years.
June 2023
Critical Issues in Insurance Asset Management: Insurance and investment experts discuss where insurers are directing their investments, how interest rates and volatility are affecting decisions and what role alternative investments play.
May 2023
Expense Ratio Spotlight: With the help of new technology, the U.S. property/casualty industry is trimming its underwriting expense ratio.
April 2023
Climate Risk & Reward: Regulators at the state, federal and global levels are pushing insurers to disclose more about climate risk. Insurers, meanwhile, see climate-related coverage as a multibillion-dollar opportunity.
March 2023
Landmark Deals: A flurry of acquisitions is raising competition among top global reinsurance intermediaries.
February 2023
Cyber Dilemma: Cyberattack victims face tough questions about insurance coverage and whether to comply with criminal actors' ransom demands. Meanwhile, the federal government weighs the merits of a cyber backstop.
January 2023
Their Future Selves: Startups, insurtechs and investors pursue new opportunities with ready-to-go insurance shells.
December 2022
Be Prepared: MassMutual Chairman and CEO Roger Crandall plans to double down on the company's digital approach and is ready to shift its product mix in response to changing conditions.
November 2022
The New Age of Specialty Coverage: Insurance executives and industry experts discuss the advantages of specialization and how the industry identifies and develops new opportunities.
September 2022
Following Their Own Path: Dave Raszeja, chief financial officer of Penn Mutual, says a mutual structure’s long-term focus offers a safe haven during volatile economic times.
August 2022
Three Decades of Challenge: Hurricane Andrew struck Florida in August 1992 but its impact on the global reinsurance market has been long-lasting.
July 2022
The Leaders: Best's Review presents the Top Global Insurance Brokers ranking as well as rankings of the top U.S. property/casualty writers, the top U.S. life/health insurers and the world's largest insurers.
May 2022
Beyond Environmental ESG: Social responsibility becomes a bigger element in ESG: Insurance executives and industry experts discuss how social change is driving opportunity.
April 2022
Risk Managers Walk a Tightrope: Risk managers say they're seeing their roles evolve as the old work environment undergoes profound change.
March 2022
Shock Verdicts: Insurers sound the alarm as billion-dollar jury awards drive up claims costs.
February 2022
College Standouts: Eastern Kentucky University, benefiting from its online program amid COVID-19 shutdowns, was the top vote-getter in the Best's Review biennial poll of top risk management and insurance programs. The programs were recognized for their academic rigor as well as soft-skills training.
January 2022
We Meet Again: In what maybe an indicator, the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association held its Annual Marketplace in person in November-and the San Diego event drew its second-highest turnout ever. Many organizers are planning for an in-person component to their meetings in 2022.
December 2021
The View to 2022: Insurers see plenty of challenges ahead, including cyberrisk, growing catastrophe losses and lingering impacts of COVID-19. But, surprisingly, not all is gloomy.
November 2021
The Many Facets of D&I: Insurance executives and industry experts discuss how social change is driving opportunity.
October 2021
Cyberattacks: Insurers Defend Against Ransomware: Battered by losses, cyber insurers have begun to work with the government and each other to mitigate losses and find solutions to an emerging threat.
August 2021
Crypto Explorers: Insurers venture into the cryptocurrency waters as they start building experience with digital coins as a form of payment and as an investment.
July 2021
The Leaders Issue: Best's Review ranks the top global insurance brokers and presents AM Best data ranking the industry's largest insurers.
June 2021
Winds of Change: Derechos, snowstorms and other catastrophes are becoming a growing problem for insurers.
May 2021
The Greening of Insurance Asset Management: Values-based investing takes root among insurers and their asset managers.
April 2021
Forever Chemicals: Lawsuits over long-lasting chemicals that have contaminated drinking water are a growing concern for insurers.
March 2021
The COVID Transformation: Insurers are rethinking business models, pushing through new digital approaches and re-examining risks at the start of year two of the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 2021
A Top Priority: Diversity and inclusion executives Lata Reddy of Prudential Financial and Lauren Young of Zurich North America say they see new momentum behind diversity initiatives.
January 2021
Next Steps: Insurtechs enter their next stage of development as they make deals, pursue new ideas and work with mentors to find solutions to industry challenges.
December 2020
The Entreprenueurial Agent/Broker: Steve DeCarlo, Heidi Strommen and Pat Ryan are among the industry leaders who share their views about innovation and creating tomorrow's insurance coverages.
November 2020
Who Was Prepared For This?: With civil unrest on the rise globally, insurers are rethinking how they underwrite riots and civil commotion and looking closely at aggregation risk. Record losses this year in the U.S. and last year in Chile illustrate the growing severity of events.
October 2020
Independent Streak: Independent agents take the spotlight following moves by Allstate, Nationwide and others.
September 2020
Past as Prologue: New York Life CEO Ted Mathas finds even amid the COVID-19 pandemic that the company's 175-year history can be a guide to the future.
August 2020
A Way Forward: As economies begin to reopen after the COVID-19 shutdown, the insurance industry seeks to partner with governments on solutions for future pandemics.
July 2020
Remote Access: Insurance leaders are learning that managing an off-site workforce takes an open mind and empathy.
June 2020
The COVID Catastrophe: Insurers head into hurricane season while in the midst of a storm that won't pass—the global pandemic.
May 2020
The Rise of Runoffs: COVID-19, business strategy, economic and regulatory changes spur interest in runoffs and restructurings.
April 2020
Recognizing Risk: Biometric privacy laws are an emerging litigation risk. Other key concerns: climate change, social inflation, 5G technology and smart cities.
March 2020
'Change is Enevitable': Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg has been transforming insurance companies for nearly seven decades. Along the way, he also has transformed the global insurance industry.
February 2020
College Standouts: Best's Review asked industry professionals for their views about the leading college risk management and insurance programs-and what more the schools could be doing to prepare students for their careers.
January 2020
Female Founders: Insurtech startups founded by women use creative capital-raising and networking strategies to overcome the funding gap and earn a seat at the table.