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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.
In This Issue
Reinsurance/Alternative Risk Transfer
Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises
AM Best: Social Inflation, Driver Shortage, Inexperience Compound Commercial Auto Difficulties
AM Best: This Time, It’s Different for AI in Insurance in Tech Upswing
AM Best: Changing Trends Continue To Push Demand for Health Reinsurance
Cyber Panel Warns of Longer-Tail Business Interruption Risks Claims
Private Equity Seeks Liquidity, Growth From DUAE Investments
AM Best: Insurers Face Post-Pandemic Surge in US Nuclear Verdicts
World’s Largest Insurance Companies – 2025 Edition
Top 25 US Holding Companies – 2025 Edition
Top Global Brokers — 2025 Edition
Top 25 US Property/Casualty Writers – 2025 Edition
Top 25 US Property/Casualty Companies — 2025 Edition
US Property/Casualty – 2023 Direct Premiums Written by Line – 2025 Edition
December 2024
Lessons Learned: 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.
In This Issue
Gauging New Risks, Auditors and Actuaries Examine Technology, Judgments, COVID-19’s Aftermath
ISSUES & ANSWERS: Life Reinsurance
Why Insurers Believe Incubating Technology Helps Them Succeed
Canadian Life/Annuity Segment: Insurers Navigate Industry Challenges and an Uncertain Economy
AM Best: Gradual Increase in Insurers’ Private Equity Investments in 2023
Top 25 US Ocean Marine Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Inland Marine Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Fire and Allied Writers – 2024 Edition
US Fire and Allied Lines – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2024 Edition
Professional Liability Coverage Sees Social Inflation Remaining
US Fire and Allied Lines – Top Writers by State, Canada, and US Territories – 2023 Edition
Web Traffic: Visits to Largest US Inland Marine Insurance Sites
AM Best: FAIR Plan Policies Nearly Double in Five Years
Braking Bad: Faulty Parts, Poor Design Among Top Risks for Bike Manufacturers
Texas Regulator: TWIA’s 10% Rate Increase Proposal ‘Unjust’ and ‘Unfair’ to Coastal Property Owners
November 2024
Insurers have found success in incubating, launching and managing technology in an evolving industry.
In This Issue
Pushing Back the Risk Frontier: How Insurers Are Co-Opting the Insurtech Playbook
How Insurers Are Incubating Their Own Technology
New Models for Managing Successful Insurance Tech Evolution
How Insurers Are Launching Their Own Evolutionary Tech
The Rise of Reciprocals: Insurance Exchanges Offer Unique Solution in Catastrophe-Prone Florida
ISSUES & ANSWERS: Workers' Compensation • Artificial Intelligence
Workers’ Comp Regulatory Trends: Mental Health Presumptions, Cannabis, Psychedelic Treatment
Private Market Takes Cautious Approach to Flood Insurance Amid Climate Uncertainty, Panel Says
Swiss Re: Pandemic-Related Excess Mortality in US, UK May Linger Until 2033
CIRCA Chair: Wealth Transfer Fueling Cayman Life, Annuity Lines
US Workers’ Compensation – 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US Property/Casualty – 2023 Asset Distribution – 2024 Edition
US Life/Health – Pre-Tax Investment Total Returns – 2024 Edition
Top 25 Life/Health Insurers’ Investment Returns – 2024 Edition
US Homeowners Multiperil – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Homeowners Multiperil Writers – 2024 Edition
Reciprocal Insurers Emerge in Cat-Prone Florida
After 36 Years at USAA, Chief Executive To Step Down in 2025; Board Considers Potential Successors
Web Traffic: Visits to Largest US Homeowners Multiperil Insurance Sites
AM Best: Workers’ Compensation Winning Streak of Profits Continues
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.
In This Issue
Distracted Driving on the Rise in Commercial Vehicles, Propelling Claims Frequency and Severity
ISSUES & ANSWERS: Data and Fairness
Life Insurance Death Benefits Paid to Beneficiaries Stabilized in 2023
Modelers’ Loss Estimates Vary, Impacted by Long-Term Effects
Top 25 US Commercial Auto Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Auto Liability Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Auto Physical Damage Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Private Passenger Auto Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Total Auto Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 Private Passenger No-Fault Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 Other Private Passenger Auto Liability – 2024 Edition
Top 25 Commercial Auto No-Fault Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 Other Commercial Auto Liability – 2024 Edition
US Auto Physical Damage – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2024 Edition
US Auto Liability – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2024 Edition
US Total All Auto Lines – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2024 Edition
US Private Passenger Auto – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2024 Edition
US Commercial Auto – Top Writers by State, Canada and US Territories – 2024 Edition
September 2024
Liz Green, CEO designate for the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation, says it’s her job to keep global mutuals relevant.
In This Issue
ICMIF Executive Anticipates Microinsurers, Improving Regulatory Climate Boosting Mutuals Globally
NAMIC Chief Executive Officer: Mutuals Strive To Maintain Mission, Identity Amid Economic Challenges
Top 25 Property / Casualty Mutual Writers – 2024 Edition
Top 25 US Life/Health Mutual companies – 2024 Edition
Mortgages 90 Days Overdue Double, Drawing Investor Concern: AM Best
US Life/Health Individual Life Average Policy Size and Lapse Ratio – 2024 Edition
US Life/Health Group Life Issued – 2024 Edition
US Life/Health Group Life In Force – 2024 Edition
US Life Health-Total Life Issued – 2024 Edition
US Life/Health - Total Life In Force – 2024 Edition
US Life Health - Ordinary Life Issued – 2024 Edition
US Life/Health - Ordinary Life In force – 2024 Edition
US Life/Health - Term Life Issued – 2024 Edition
US Life/Health -Term Life In force – 2024 Edition
Top 25 Writers - US Private Flood – 2024 Edition
Top Global Reinsurance Groups – 2024 Edition
August 2024
Changing tax environments are just one element ramping up competition among captive insurance domiciles.
In This Issue
Courting Captives: Domiciles Seek To Win New Business
Standing the Test of Time — 2024 Edition
ISSUES & ANSWERS: Auditors & Actuaries
Bima Sugam: An Online Boost to India’s Insurance Market
‘Forever Chemicals’ Spur New Lawsuits
Berkley Marketing Executive Uses Gamification To Engage Customers, Drive Increasing Revenue Growth
Tokenized Life Insurance Policy Debuts Through Blockchain, Digital Firm Infineo Says
AM Best: Mexico’s Insurance Segment Outlook Remains Stable
Podcast Goes ‘Behind the Headlines’ To Explore All Things Insurance
Largest Latin America Insurers – 2024 Edition
US Property/Casualty Insurers – 2023 Direct Premiums Written by Line – 2024 Edition
US Total Auto – 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US P/C Stand-Alone Cybersecurity Insurance – 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US Commercial Multiperil – 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US Homeowners Multiperil – 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US Medical Professional Liability (Total) 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US Medical Professional Liability (Claims Made) – 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US Medical Professional Liability (Occurrence) – 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US Workers’ Compensation – 2023 Direct Premiums Written – 2024 Edition
US Life/Health – 2023 Group Annuities Premiums for Life Contracts – 2024 Edition
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