All the headlines from our AM Best Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 23 2021 // The U.S. inland marine insurance segment experienced a “significant downturn in profitability” in 2020, with its loss ratio deteriorating by nearly 16 percentage points amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
Apr 23 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” of Convex Insurance UK Ltd. and Convex Re...
Apr 19 2021 // The environment for many of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers lines remains competitive despite the need for rate increases for key commercial lines of coverage such as property catastrophe, commercial automobile,...
Apr 16 2021 // Seven insurance company impairments were identified in the U.S. property/casualty industry in 2020, with five of the seven involving auto insurers, according to an AM Best special report.Last year’s number was an...
Apr 9 2021 // AM Best is maintaining a negative market segment outlook on the United Kingdom non-life insurance segment, citing economic uncertainty as a key headwind for UK non-life insurers.In addition, COVID-19-related lockdown...
Apr 5 2021 // Over the last decade, as insurers and reinsurers have sought profitable opportunities for growth, they increasingly have handed the underwriting pen to managing general agents, managing general underwriters, program...
Apr 5 2021 // With the volume of premium generated by managing general agents and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) rocketing skyward in recent years, AM Best has decided it is time to deliver assessments of...
Mar 25 2021 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to Upland Specialty Insurance Co. (Upland Specialty) in Dallas.The outlook assigned to these...
Mar 22 2021 // Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry improved its overall profitability in 2020, with a 68% increase in net underwriting income and combined ratio that improved slightly over the...
Mar 19 2021 // AM Best became a signatory of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI).The insurance industry plays an important role in supporting sustainable economic and social...
Mar 18 2021 // Over the last decade, as insurers and reinsurers have sought profitable opportunities for growth, they increasingly have handed the underwriting pen to managing general agents, managing general underwriters, program...
Mar 17 2021 // With the volume of premium generated by managing general agents and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) rocketing skyward in recent years, AM Best had decided it is time to deliver assessments of...
Mar 12 2021 // Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry improved its overall profitability in 2020, with a 68% increase in net underwriting income and combined ratio that improved slightly over the...
Mar 10 2021 // American Capital Assurance Corp., a Florida-based insurer focused on commercial residential and non-residential property risks, as well as flood coverage, had its Demotech rating withdrawn and was downgraded by AM...
Mar 8 2021 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance (P/C) industry could experience dejà vu in 2021 in terms of financial results.Many factors that insurers encountered in 2020 likely will continue to impact the financial performance of...
Feb 25 2021 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance (P/C) industry could experience déjà vu in 2021 in terms of financial results.Many factors that insurers encountered in 2020 likely will continue to impact the financial performance...
Feb 21 2021 // Insurers could suffer record first-quarter catastrophe losses after the historic Texas winter storm, which crippled the state’s electrical grid and caused extensive property damage including collapsed roofs and...
Feb 19 2021 // A.M. Best has upgraded its outlook for the U.S. excess & surplus lines insurance sector citing its resiliency in the face of pandemic challenges.A.M. Best revised its outlook for U.S. E&S to Stable from Negative....
Feb 2 2021 // While most of the COVID-related problems that plagued UK commercial property insurers will abate after the March anniversary of lockdowns, battles with reinsurers and damaged reputations are lingering impacts, AM Best...
Jan 29 2021 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “a-” of the property/casualty...