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. Health – Issue Review. Tracking Health Insurers Across a Shifting Landscape: While broadly similar to those for life insurers, A.M. Best’s criteria for analyzing health insurance carriers focus on additional factors such as benchmarks, ratios and qualitative factors relevant to the health care operating environment.
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 Best’s Briefing: Global Reinsurance 2012 Outlook. Global Reinsurance Ratings Outlook Remains Stable as Industry Weathers Catastrophes, Pricing Begins to Turn: Despite numerous challenges, A.M. Best’s rating outlook on the global reinsurance segment is being held at stable, supported by continued strong risk-adjusted capitalization, prudent risk management practices and an improving pricing environment across a broadening spectrum of business classes.
Date: January 9, 2012
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2011 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – 9-Month Financial Review. U.S. P/C Net Income Plummets on Catastrophe Losses; NPW Increases: The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income plunged to $12.8 billion for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2011, as higher catastrophe-related losses continued to take their toll on insurers’ bottom line and significantly deteriorated the industry’s underwriting performance.
Date: December 22, 2011
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2011 Special Report: Bermuda – Market Review. Resilient Bermuda Market Faces Persistent Challenges: Despite the impacts of devastating catastrophe losses in 2011, a prolonged soft market and low investment returns, the Bermuda insurance market has managed to preserve its capital and retrench for what is shaping up to be a difficult yet promising renewal season.
Date: December 7, 2011
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2011 Statistical Study: U.S. Life/Health – 9-Month 2011 Financial Results: This statistical study presents the top U.S. life and health writers as ranked by 2011 admitted assets as of Sept. 30, 2011.
Date: December 5, 2011
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2011 Best's Briefing: Global Insurance. Thai Flooding Brings Industrial, Business Interruption Claims: As portions of Thailand begin to dry from recent historic flooding, uncertainty lingers over the insurance implications of an event that is being called the costliest natural disaster in Southeast Asia.
Date: November 23, 2011
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2011 Special Report: New Zealand Non-Life – Market Review. New Zealand’s Insurance Market on Cusp of Transformation:
New Zealand’s insurance market has grown over the past few years, although the rate of expansion has been slowing, as it grapples with prolonged earthquake activity and regulatory developments. Insurers face a period of uncertainty as an estimated 8,000 aftershocks and earthquakes have occurred this past year.
Date: November 7, 2011
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2011 Special Report: China Non-Life & Life – Market Review. Harnessing Momentum in China’s Evolving Insurance Market:
China’s insurance market has maintained its growth trend, with total insurance penetration as a percentage of gross domestic product reaching 3.7% in 2010, compared with3.3% in 2009. Insurance premiums climbed by 30.4% in 2010, reflecting strong economic development as demonstrated by the 10.3% growth in real gross domestic product.
Date: October 31, 2011
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2011 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – U.S. P/C First-Half Net Income Plunges on Cat Losses: The U.S. property/casualty industry’s underwriting and operating performance deteriorated significantly in the first half of 2011, battered by unprecedented catastrophe-related losses which climbed to an estimated $27.0 billion, more than doubling the total reported for the first half of 2010, and already surpassing the year-end 2010 total.
Date: October 3, 2011
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2011 Special Report: Middle East & North Africa – Reinsurance Market Review. Reinsurance Demand is Strong as Primary Market Expands: Demand for reinsurance in Middle Eastern and North Africa countries has grown strongly in recent years, supporting the expansion of the insurance sector. Insurance growth in recent years has been driven by the price of oil, which has funded growth in oil-rich countries, in addition to developments in neighboring countries.
Date: September 26, 2011
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2011 Best’s Briefing: European Insurance. European Investment Stress Test Flags Sovereign Debt Risk: Slower growth within Europe’s major economies has increased the possibility of a double-dip recession as well as exacerbated the sovereign debt crisis. As a result, A.M. Best has undertaken a stress test of a representative sample of major European insurers using its proprietary capital model, Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio.
Date: September 9, 2011
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2011 Special Report: Global Reinsurance – Market Review. Reinsurers Are Ready to Move as the Market Begins to Stir: After years of a soft market, weak investment returns, lukewarm investor interest and sluggish consolidation, hopeful signs are emerging for the global reinsurance industry. The bottom line has been squeezed, and capacity has been dampened. Companies are hoping for, but not betting on, a more dramatic improvement in property cat pricing at the January 2012 renewal.
Date: September 5, 2011
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2011 Special Report: Canadian Property/Casualty & Life. Canadian Insurers Improve, But Risk Profile Rises: The Canadian insurance industry continued to improve in 2010, exhibiting strong capitalization and favorable overall profitability, aided by Canada’s relatively strong economic recovery.
Date: September 5, 2011
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2011 Best’s Briefing: U.S. Property/Casualty Industry to Absorb Losses from Hurricane Irene: A.M. Best Co. has begun to assess the financial impact of Hurricane Irene on the U.S. property/casualty industry. A.M. Best expects the overall financial impact to both the primary and reinsurance sectors to be generally manageable, given the current overall capital strength of the industry.
Date: August 30, 2011
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2011 Best’s Briefing: U.S. P/C First Half 2011 Cat Losses Reach 27.0 Billion: The U.S. property/casualty industry experienced an unprecedented number of natural catastrophe events in both the United States and abroad through the first half of 2011, with catastrophe-related losses already surpassing total year-end 2010 losses.
Date: August 22, 2011
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2011 Special Report: Levant Non-Life & Life – Market Review. Jordan and Lebanon Lead Growth in Levant Region’s Insurance Markets: Jordan and Lebanon are the main emerging insurance markets of the Levant – a region encompassing the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean – with open doors for foreign ownership of domestic countries, and new compulsory covers for certain risks. Both countries are home to companies that dominate, posing a challenge to small insurers to grow and prosper.
Date: July 25, 2011
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2011 Special Report: Takaful – Market Review. Takaful Poised for Growth, But Greater Focus is Required: With takaful operations in the Gulf Cooperation Council and Malaysia growing at a rapid pace and enjoying strong capitalization on a consolidated funds basis, A.M. Best compares the performance of takaful operators to those of conventional insurers.
Date: July 11, 2011
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2011 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – 1st Quarter Financial Review. U.S. P/C Industry’s First Quarter Results Hit by Catastrophe Losses: The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes plummeted 29.3% to $9.0 billion in the first quarter of 2011 from a net gain of $12.7 billion during the first quarter of 2010.The year-over-year deterioration in earnings was due primarily to an underwriting loss of $3.6 billion, attributable to a high level of catastrophe-related losses and diminishing reserve releases./span>
Date: July 4, 2011
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