2009 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2008 Net Premiums Written: This statistical study presents 2008 property/casualty net premiums written for the top 200 U.S. property/casualty groups.
Date: 6/22/2009 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 4
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2009 Statistical Study: U.S. Life/Health – 2008 Admitted Assets: This statistical study presents 2008 U.S. life/health admitted assets for the top 200 U.S. life/health groups.
Date: 6/22/2009 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 4
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Life – 2008 GAAP Financial Review. Life/Annuity Companies Adjust to Volatile Markets: A.M. Best notes that publicly traded life and annuity companies are finding that the volatility in the equity, fixed-income and housing markets affects more than just their financial statements: It changes the way they do business.
Date: 6/22/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2009 Statistical Study: U.S. Life/Health – 3-Month 2009 Financial Results: This statistical study presents U.S. life/health admitted assets written as of March 31, 2009.
Date: 6/15/2009 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 16
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2009 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 3-Month 2009 Financial Results: This statistical study presents U.S. property/casualty net premiums written as of March 31, 2009.
Date: 6/15/2009 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 51
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Life -- Accounting Issue Review. New Accounting Guidelines Likely to Have Muted Impact: A.M. Best believes that new rules from the Financial Accounting Standards Board will not materially impact insurance companies’ GAAP balance sheets, despite initial expectations in the capital markets.
Date: 6/8/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Life/Health – 1976-2008 Impairment Review. L/H Insurers Grow More Vulnerable to Financial Impairment Due to Losses: A.M. Best’s updated study of life/health financial impairments shows an industry becoming more vulnerable to ongoing investment losses and diminished financial flexibility.
Date: 5/25/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 64
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Hurricane – Catastrophe Review. Northeast Overdue for Major Storm as Industry Capacity Shrinks: With an eye on the Northeast, catastrophe modelers estimate a major hurricane could undergo an extratropical transition, intensifying and accelerating with destructive wind fields greater than those of hurricanes in the tropics and resulting in insured losses greater than $30 billion.
Date: 5/18/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 16
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2009 Special Report: European Life & Non-Life – Financial Review. Economic Slump, Financial Crisis Hit Europe’s Insurance Industry: A.M. Best’s analysis of Europe’s 10 biggest insurance groups and top five reinsurers highlights a number of issues for the European insurance industry arising out of the current financial crisis.
Date: 5/14/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 16
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Health – 2008 GAAP Financial Review. Multiple Issues Adversely Impact Health Care Results for 2008: Given the challenging investment environment of 2008, A.M. Best revised its outlook to negative for the health insurance industry, due in part to the potential for investment write-downs and the impact of the economic downturn on commercial enrollment.
Date: 5/4/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 12
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2009 Special Report: Global Reinsurance – 2008 Financial Review. Reinsurers Keep Their Balance Despite 15% Drop in Shareholders’ Equity: With capacity declining approximately 15% during 2008 among U.S., Bermuda and large international reinsurance companies, A.M. Best views the drop as significant and certainly not a favorable trend.
Date: 4/27/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Medical Professional Liability – 2008 Market Review. Solid Underwriting Undercut by MPLI’s Investment Losses: While medical professional liability insurance carriers were adversely impacted by the global market downturn, A.M. Best believes the effects on the industry have been manageable.
Date: 4/27/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2009 Special Report: U.K. & Europe Flood – Catastrophe Review. European Insurers Hope to Keep Flood Exposures at Bay: With property exposed to flooding increasing in terms of both the number of properties affected and their economic value, A.M. Best believes that, while there is scope for wider insurance coverage of flood losses, adaptation may be necessary to manage flooding risk in the short term.
Date: 4/27/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 12
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Tornado – Catastrophe Review. Another Year, Another Record: Tornado Threat Keeps Escalating : The U.S. property/casualty industry suffered record insured losses in 2008 from tornadoes and severe thunderstorms and the industry faces the prospect of another tornado season in which single devastating thunderstorms result in losses of $1 billion or more.
Date: 4/13/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 20
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2008 Financial Review. U.S. Property/Casualty Industry’s Profit Squeezed on Both Ends: The U.S. property/casualty industry was impacted by a series of unprecedented events in 2008. Nevertheless, the industry weathered the storm and generated a net profit of $6.1 billion for the year, albeit down from the $65.5 billion recorded in 2007.
Date: 4/13/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 12
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2009 Special Report : U.S. Property/Casualty – 1969-2008 Impairment Review. Real Estate’s Title Insurers Lead 2008 P/C Financial Impairment: Casualties of the real estate boom and bust of the past five years, four title insurers helped drive up the number of property/casualty financial impairments to seven in 2008 from five the previous year. A.M. Best has had a negative outlook on the title insurance industry since 2008.
Date: 4/6/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 68
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2009 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2008 Financial Results: This statistical study presents U.S. property/casualty 2008 net premiums written as of Dec. 31, 2008.
Date: 3/30/2009 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 51
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2009 Statistical Study: U.S. Life/Health – 2008 Financial Results: This statistical study presents U.S. life/health admitted assets written as of Dec. 31, 2008.
Date: 3/30/2009 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 16
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Life/Annuity – Review & Preview: U.S. Life Insurers Hunker Down as Market Turmoil Continues: The year 2008 was among the worst in memory for life/annuity operating performance – the key drivers being substantial realized and unrealized losses on investment portfolios, higher costs of capital and declining revenue. These trends clearly are continuing and could deepen well into 2009.
Date: 2/23/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 40
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2008 Rating Trend Review. Rating Actions Slow Down as Turmoil Grips P/C Industry: As natural and financial catastrophes rocked the property/casualty industry in 2008, the effects began to show in A.M. Best ratings as upgrades barely outpaced downgrades after two years in which the numbers tilted heavily in a positive direction.
Date: 2/16/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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