Increase marks sharp turnaround from $21 billion net underwriting loss a year earlier. Private U.S. property/casualty insurers reported a $4.7 billion net underwriting gain in nine-months 2018, a sharp turnaround from a $21.0 billion net underwriting loss a year earlier, helped by a rare decline in overall losses and loss adjustment expenses (LLAE) and significant […]
Property/Casualty Insurance Industry Net Income More Than Doubles to $34 Billion in First-Half 2018
Lower catastrophe losses and growing premiums drive profits higher. Private U.S. property/casualty insurers saw their net income after taxes more than double to $34 billion in first-half 2018 from $15.5 billion in first-half 2017, with the help of lower catastrophe losses, growing premiums, and an increase in investment income, according to ISO, a Verisk (NASDAQ:VRSK) […]
Property/Casualty Insurance Industry’s Net Income Doubles in First-Quarter
With lower catastrophe losses, insurers saw net income increase to $17.1 billion. Private U.S. property/casualty insurers saw their net income after taxes more than double to $17.1 billion in first-quarter 2018 from $7.9 billion in first-quarter 2017, helped by lower catastrophe losses and increased reserve releases, according to ISO, a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, and the […]
Property/Casualty Insurance Industry Net Income Declines 15.8 Percent in 2017
Hurricanes and wildfires drive underwriting losses. Net income showed improvement in fourth quarter Private U.S. property/casualty insurers saw investment gains push the industry’s surplus to a new all-time-high value of $752.5 billion in 2017, a $51.7 billion increase from 2016, and catastrophe losses suppressed the industry’s net income after taxes to $36.1 billion in 2017, […]
A.M. Best Projects Property/Casualty Insurance 2017 Underwriting Loss of $29 Billion
A.M. Best expects the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry to post a second consecutive underwriting loss in 2017, driven mainly by catastrophe losses. As a result, the industry 2017 combined ratio is estimated to deteriorate to 105.1 from 100.9 in the previous year, according to A.M. Best’s 2018 Review/Preview special report on the P/C industry. The […]
U.S. Property/Casualty Insurance Industry Reports $22.4 Billion Net Income
Net income dropped 30.3 Percent in first nine months of 2017 following hurricanes and other catastrophe losses. The private U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its net income after taxes drop to $22.4 billion in the first nine-months of 2017 from $32.1 billion in the first nine-months of 2016-a 30.3 percent decline-and its overall profitability as […]
Property/Casualty Insurance Industry’s Net Income Drops to $15.5 Billion in First-Half 2017
Decline of over 29 percent in net income compared to 2016 The private U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its net income after taxes drop to $15.5 billion in first-half 2017 from $21.8 billion in first-half 2016—a 29.2 percent decline—and its overall profitability as measured by its annualized rate of return on average policyholders’ surplus fall […]
U.S. Property/Casualty Insurance Industry Reports $7.7 Billion Net Income in First Quarter
Net income drops 42.2 percent due to the highest first quarter catastrophe losses since the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The private U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its net income after taxes drop to $7.7 billion in first-quarter 2017 from $13.4 billion in first-quarter 2016—a 42.2 percent decline—and its overall profitability as measured by its annualized rate […]
Property/Casualty Insurers Report $4.7 Billion Net Underwriting Loss in 2016
While suffering an underwriting loss, the industry reported net income of $42.6 Billion, a 25 percent decline from 2015. Private U.S. property/casualty insurers suffered a $4.7 billion net underwriting loss in 2016, following an $8.9 billion net underwriting gain in 2015, and experienced a 25 percent drop in net income after taxes to $42.6 billion from […]
A.M. Best Projects 2016 Profitability Slides as Growth Slows and Competition Intensifies for U.S. P/C Insurers
A.M. Best expects that higher catastrophe losses, competitive market conditions and automobile liability challenges will result in an underwriting loss in 2016 for the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, its first such loss since 2012, according to a new A.M. Best special report. On January 25, CollisionWeek reported that private U.S. P/C insurers suffered a $1.7 […]