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AM Best: Migration to Cat-Prone States Fuels Record HO Underwriting Losses in 2023

Aug 19 2024 // The U.S. homeowners insurance segment suffered a $15.2 billion underwriting loss in 2023, more than double the loss in the previous year and the line’s worst underwriting results since at least 2000, according to a...

AM Best Upgrades Medical Mutual Insurance Co. of Maine

Aug 15 2024 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a+” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) of Medical Mutual Insurance Co. of Maine...

AM Best Places Credit Ratings of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Under Review

Aug 6 2024 // AM Best reports that it has placed under review with developing implications the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) of Connecticut Attorneys Title...

AM Best: Migration to Cat-Prone States Fuels Record HO Underwriting Losses in 2023

Jul 29 2024 // The U.S. homeowners insurance segment suffered a $15.2 billion underwriting loss in 2023, more than double the loss seen in the previous year and the line’s worst underwriting results since at least 2000, according...

AM Best Puts SCOR’s Credit Ratings Under Review After L&H Reserve Announcement

Jul 25 2024 // AM Best has placed the credit ratings of SCOR, the Paris-based reinsurer, under review with developing implications.The ratings were placed under review as a result of SCOR’s July 15 publication of an update on its...

AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings for Mt. Morris Mutual Following Downgrade

Jul 24 2024 // AM Best announced it has withdrawn credit ratings of Mt. Morris Mutual Insurance Company in Coloma, Wisconsin, less than a week after the credit rating agency downgraded the company’s ratings.AM Best said it...

AM Best Revises A.I.M. Mutual Outlook to Positive, Affirms ‘Excellent’ Ratings

Jul 17 2024 // AM Best reports that it has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of members of A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Companies. The ratings agency has also affirmed the Financial Strength...

Cyber Insurance Market ‘Stable’ With Potential for Growth, Says AM Best

Jul 15 2024 // According to industry rating agency AM Best, there are enough positive factors to give the cyber insurance market a “stable” outlook despite a stall in premium growth.Analysts at AM Best issued a segment...

AM Best Ratings Unchanged for Accredited, Onex’s New Program Management Unit

Jul 1 2024 // AM Best confirms that the financial strength rating and long-term issuer credit ratings of Accredited’s subsidiary companies remain unchanged following their acquisition by Onex Partners from R&Q Insurance...

Dellwood Specialty Gets A- Rating From AM Best

Jun 25 2024 // Dellwood Specialty Insurance Company has received a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) from AM Best.The industry rating agency said the rating as given due to Dellwood’s “very strong” balance...

Cyber Insurance Market ‘Stable’ With Potential for Growth, Says AM Best

Jun 24 2024 // According to industry rating agency AM Best, there are enough positive factors to give the cyber insurance market a ‘stable’ outlook despite a stall in premium growth.Analysts at AM Best issued a segment...

A Good Year May Not Be a Good Thing in D&O Liability Market, Says AM Best

Jun 21 2024 // The U.S. directors and officer segment in 2023 recorded a direct loss ratio of 50.8—the best result in nearly a decade—but industry rating agency AM Best is not convinced the good times will last.In a special report on...

AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Philadelphia Contributionship Group

Jun 19 2024 // AM Best reports it has has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of the members of...

AM Best Downgrades Credit Rating of Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual

Jun 18 2024 // AM Best announced it has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb” (Good) from “a-” (Excellent) of Louisiana Farm...

A.M. Best: Rapid Premium Growth Warrants Greater MGA Oversight

Jun 17 2024 // Though A.M. Best remains bullish on the delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) market, it remains cautious of the risk managing general agents (MGAs) bring to insurers.In its latest market segment report, the...

P/C Insurers Record $9.3 Billion Q1 Underwriting Gain: AM Best

Jun 12 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a $9.3 billion net underwriting gain in the first three months of 2024, according to a recently published AM Best report.The gain marks a reversal of an $8.5 billion loss...

AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas

Jun 5 2024 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb” (Fair) from “bbb-” (Good) of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of...

Social Inflation Key Factor in Rise of Loss Severity: AM Best

Jun 3 2024 // Loss severity for many U.S. casualty lines of insurance business has exceeded economic inflation over the past decade, indicating other factors are influencing claims costs for indemnity and expense payments, according to...

AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable, Affirms Excellent Ratings for MEMIC Group

May 31 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” (Excellent) of workers’ compensation...

A.M. Best: Rapid Premium Growth Warrants Greater MGA Oversight

May 24 2024 // Though A.M. Best remains bullish on the delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) market, it remains cautious of the risk managing general agents (MGAs) bring to insurers.In its latest market segment report, the...