2008 Special Report: U.S. Mutual Accident & Health – 2007 Market Review. Mutual A&H Insurers Adapt to Changing Markets: U.S. mutual accident and health insurers must adapt and evolve to survive in a sector that that has driven many of them to niche positions in a world of health care dominated by managed care giants.
Date: 5/5/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Life/Health – Product Creditworthiness Market Review. VAs, LTC Occupy Riskier End of Creditworthiness Continuum: In assessing a company’s financial strength, A.M. Best considers product creditworthiness which is evaluated for profitability, design, distribution type, regulatory issues, deployment of capital and investment conditions.
Date: 4/28/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 15
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2007 Financial Review. P/C Insurers Post Strong Results, First Drop in NPW Since 1943: Abstract quote: A strong fourth quarter capped another solid year for the U.S. property/casualty industry, but year-end 2007 results fell short of the record profits recorded in 2006.
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Date: 4/21/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2008 Special Report: Bermuda – 2007 Financial Review. Bermuda Insurers Carry Strength into a Softening Market: Bermuda-based property/casualty insurers bounced back from two years of unprecedented hurricane losses to post strong results in 2006 and 2007.
Date: 4/21/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 6
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Tornado – Catastrophe Review. Tornado Losses Approach Those of Hurricanes: If the first quarter is any indicator of likely tornado activity for 2008, insurers may be headed again this year for another long season of increased claims activity and catastrophic losses.
Date: 4/14/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 16
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2008 Special Report: U.K. Protection & Indemnity Clubs – 2007/2008 Market Review. P&I Clubs Watch Claims Trends, Hone Underwriting, Boost Capital: Protection and indemnity clubs face a challenging underwriting environment: the International Group of P&I Clubs collectively has not made a technical profit in any financial year since 1999.
Date: 4/14/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 7
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Funding Agreement-Backed Securities – 2007 Market Review. Liquidity Squeeze Flattens : Funding agreement-backed securities issuance by U.S. life insurers in 2007 was flat compared with the previous year, as the sub[rime crisis and the resulting liquidity squeeze during the second half of the year made for an unfavorable environment.
Date: 4/14/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 6
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Provider-Owned Health Plans – 2007 Benchmarking Financial Review. Most Profitable Plans Linked with Strong Risk-Based Capital: A.M Best’s benchmarking study of 102 provider-owned health plans found a strong correlation between the most profitable companies and those with risk-based capital (RBC) scores. Two-thirds of those in the top quartile for profitability also were in the top RBC quartile.
Date: 4/7/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2008 Special Report: European Solvency II – Issue Review. Solvency II May Raise Most EU Insurers’ Regulatory Capital Requirements: The European Commission’s Solvency II Directive is expected to substantially increase regulatory capital requirements for most European issuers, although no extra capital is likely to be required for the market as a whole. This view is based on A.M. Best’s analysis of consolidated results from the third impact study conducted by European insurance regulators.
Date: 4/7/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Group Disability Income – 2007 Trend Review. Economic Woes Could Further Squeeze Group Disability Writers: The low interest-rate environment poses challenges for group disability income carriers. Competition in this market continues to be aggressive, with a moderate increase in mergers and acquisition over the past few years.
Date: 4/7/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 6
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2008 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2007 Financial Results: This statistical study presents the U.S. property/casualty financial results for year-end 2007.
Date: 3/31/2008 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 51
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2008 Statistical Study: U.S. Life – 2007 Financial Results: This statistical study presents the U.S. life financial results for year-end 2007.
Date: 3/31/2008 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 16
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Auto – 2007 Massachusetts Market Review. Competition to Accelerate in Changing Mass. Personal Auto Market: Average Massachusetts automobile premiums are among the highest in the nation, but on April 1, 2008, the commonwealth’s “fixed-and-established” system of settling private passenger automobile insurance rates ends and the industry transitions to “managed competition.”
Date: 3/31/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 7
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Life/Health – 2007 Rating Trend Review. Despite the Turmoil, Positive Rating Trends Continued in 2007: For the fifth year in a row, health rating upgrades easily outpaced downgrades in 2007, and for the first time in recent memory, life rating upgrades also were higher than downgrades.
Date: 2/11/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2007 Rating Trend Review. Upgrades Outweigh Downgrades with Strong P/C Industry Results: Rating trends in the U.S. property/casualty industry have improved steadily since earlier this decade, when nearly 10% of rating actions resulted in downgrades of rated entities.
Date: 2/11/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 9
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Life/Annuity – Review & Preview: Although A.M. Best remains confident in the overall strength and flexibility of U.S. life insurers’ balance sheets, companies are operating in a volatile environment, with weakening economic indicators, that poses greater risk than ever. This report analyzes these trends, along with their rating implications.
Date: 2/4/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 28
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – Review & Preview. U.S. P/C Industry Records Strong Results – But for How Long?: Strong underwriting results and favorable investment returns are expected to generate 2007 net income of $59.2 billion for the U.S. property/casualty industry.
Date: 1/28/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 28
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2008 Special Report: Insurance Stock Indexes – 2007 Trend Review. ‘AMBG’ Gains 36% in Three Years: Global insurance stocks as measured by the “AMBG” – A.M. Best’s flagship index of insurance stocks – advanced by 2.2% in 2007.
Date: 1/28/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 20
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Health – Review & Preview. Health Insurers’ Financial Results Will Be Tested As Markets Evolve: Despite competitive pressures, health insurers and managed care companies have maintained strong earnings in recent years because of stable medical cost trends, improved case management and technology efficiencies. Insurers, though, will have to navigate a challenging operating landscape in 2008.
Date: 1/21/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 16
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2008 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 6-Month Net Premiums Earned: This statistical study presents property/casualty six-month net premiums earned as of June 30, 2007.
Date: 1/14/2008 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 4
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