2012 Best’s Briefing: London Market. London Market Insurers Tested Ruthlessly in 2011: Extraordinary catastrophe losses, low investment yields and volatile equity markets made 2011 an exceptionally difficult year for insurers and reinsurers competing in the London market. However, the capitalisation of most market participants proved resilient, enabling them to enter 2012 with sufficient capacity to deploy in a better pricing environment.
Date: May 11, 2012
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2012 Special Report: U.S. Medical Professional Liability – Segment Review. Medical Professional Liability Outperforms, But Is This Sustainable?:
Despite the challenges from the recent soft market, extremely difficult economic times and depressed interest rate environment, the medical professional liability insurance sector continues to stand out among insurance sectors for its ability to garner profits and generate returns far in excess of the composite averages of its property/casualty peers.
Date: May 1, 2012
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2012 Special Report: Global Reinsurance – Financial Review. Reinsurers Resilient Against Waves of Catastrophes, Economic Uncertainty: In a word, “resilient” might best describe the financial position of global reinsurers, considering the volatile economic conditions and the frequent and severe loss events of 2011. The January and April 2012 renewals for the most part were orderly and timely. While pricing, terms and conditions improved for property catastrophe covers, the broader market benefited from a stable supply of reinsurance capacity, and pricing generally remained flat.
Date: April 23, 2012
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2012 Special Report: Philippines – Market Review. Capital Challenges to Alter Philippines Insurance Landscape: The insurance market in the Philippines has recovered from the turbulence of the global financial crisis to record an increase in premium income over the past few years. The recovery has been driven by the takeup of compulsory insurance products; increased wealth resulting from economic development; greater awareness of the benefits of insurance; and the rollout of microinsurance.
Date: April 16, 2012
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2012 Special Report: Vietnam – Market Review. Vietnam’s Insurance Market Anticipates Continued Strong Growth: Vietnam’s insurance market has experienced strong, double-digit premium growth in recent years, and despite the ongoing economic uncertainties around the globe, its expansion is forecasted to continue.
Date: April 16, 2012
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2012 Best’s Briefing: Global Non-Life & Life. As Risk Management Evolves, Focus Must Be Results-Oriented: Rating agencies and regulators are two of the parties most focused on risk management, but as this discipline continues to develop and information becomes more readily available, risk management will garner even greater focus.
Date: April 3, 2012
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2012 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty & Life/Health – Trend Review. Best’s Impairment Rate and Rating Transition Study – 1977 to 2011: This is the ninth study conducted by A.M. Best Co. on the long-term impairment rates of A.M. Best-rated, U.S.-domiciled insurance companies. It updates Best’s Impairment Rate and Rating Transition Study – 1977 to 2010, published May 16, 2011. Since the last impairment study, eight companies have been added to the list of impaired insurers for 2011.
Date: March 26, 2012
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2012 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2011 Financial Results: This statistical study presents the top U.S. property and casualty writers as ranked by 12-month 2011 net premiums written.
Date: March 21, 2012
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2012 Best’s Briefing: Protection & Indemnity Clubs – Segment Review. P&I Clubs Face Resistance on Rate Increases: Insurers operating in the marine protection and indemnity market were embroiled in tough negotiations over the February 2012 renewal period. Announced general increases were modest. Even so, there was strong resistance to any upward movement in premium rates, with the clubs’ ship-operating owners deeply affected by difficult economic conditions.
Date: March 19, 2012
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2012 Best’s Briefing: U.S. Property/Casualty – Catastrophe Frequency Tests Insurers: An uncharacteristic series of devastating natural disasters prompted 2011 to be labeled, “the year of the cat.” While many are expecting catastrophic events to return to a more normalized level in 2012, it is questionable what “normal” is and whether insurers should prepare for the possibility that the event frequency of 2011 may be repeated.
Date: March 12, 2012
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2012 Special Report: Saudi Arabia – Market Review. Saudi Arabia’s Insurance Market Adapts to Dramatic Change: Insurance penetration in Saudi Arabia is low but has grown rapidly in the past few years. A.M. Best believes the country’s economic outlook is sound, supporting an increased demand for insurance. The country was mildly affected by the Arab Spring, but whilst political concerns were somewhat heightened, stability was maintained.
Date: March 12, 2012
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2012 Special Report: Microinsurance – Market Review. The Potential of Microinsurance: With no standard definition of microinsurance, this report will generalize it as insurance accessed by the lower economic echelons of a population. Microinsurance serves to improve coverage of basic human necessities in terms of business lines such as health, life, funeral, property and agriculture.
Date: March 5, 2012
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2012 Special Report: Mexico Non-Life & Life – Market Review. Economic Rebound, Market Innovation Drive Insurance Growth in Mexico: Competitive pressures will continue for Mexico’s insurers as they look to build on the industry’s low penetration level and tap a growing middle-class segment. Prospects for continued growth in Mexico, where the insurance industry comprises 1.8% of the country’s gross domestic product, will be subject to change.
Date: February 13, 2012
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2012 Best’s Briefing: Global Insurance – Flood Losses Prompt Key Changes in Thai Insurance Industry: Unprecedented flooding in 2011 has changed forever the perception of risk in Thailand and brought about significant changes to the Thai insurance industry. Additional mergers, acquisitions and deals appear likely as companies look for ways to offset heavy losses.
Date: February 9, 2012
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2012 Best’s Briefing: Global Reinsurance – Hedge Fund Sponsored Non-Life Reinsurers Build Momentum: Hedge funds are showing renewed interest in the reinsurance business as they seek to diversify their investment strategies and deploy accumulated capital. The catastrophic losses experienced by the reinsurance industry in 2011 have piqued the hedge funds’ interest.
Date: February 9, 2012
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2012 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – Review & Preview. U.S. P/C Industry’s 2011 Results Slammed by Catastrophe Issues:
The U.S. property/casualty industry’s operating performance deteriorated sharply in 2011, as catastrophe-related losses wreaked havoc on underwriting results and led to the largest underwriting loss since 2002. All three segments – personal lines, commercial lines and U.S. reinsurance – are expected to report relatively large losses.
Date: February 6, 2012
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2012 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty & Life/Health – Impairment Review. P/C Impairments Continue Climb; L/H Rate Remains Low, For Now: Property/casualty financial impairments continued to accelerate in 2011, while life/health impairments declined further, reflecting the divergent dynamics at work in the two segments. Property/casualty insurers continued to struggle with the weakened U.S. economy – especially the troubled real estate market – and the deteriorating workers’ compensation business. Life/health insurers drew strength from their generally superior capitalization.
Date: January 23, 2012
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2012 Special Report: India Non-Life & Life – Market Review. Growth Anticipated for Indian Insurers, but Frustrations Remain: Since the Indian insurance market was liberalized in 2000, total insurance premiums have increased strongly, driven primarily by the life market. Continued economic growth and heightened demand for health insurance are resulting in foreign insurers and reinsurers seeking a greater presence.
Date: January 16, 2012
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2012 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 9-Month Total Assets – 2011: This statistical study presents the top U.S. property and casualty writers as ranked by 9-month 2011 total assets.
Date: January 16, 2012
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2012 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 9-Month Policyholders’ Surplus – 2011 : This statistical study presents the top U.S. property and casualty writers as ranked by 9-month 2011 policyholders’ surplus.
Date: January 16, 2012
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