2009 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – Capitalization Trend Review. A.M. Best Study: P/C Industry’s Risk-Adjusted Capital Drops in ‘08: A.M. Best’s recent four-year study of risk-adjusted capitalization found that the U.S. property/casualty industry experienced a 17 percentage point decline in this measure in 2008. The study evaluated risk-adjusted capitalization trends for major market segments: commercial, personal and reinsurance.
Date: 11/2/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 12
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty: 6-Month Financial Review. U.S. Property/Casualty Industry Results Mixed in First-Half 2009: The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income tumbled 51.3% to $7.8 billion in the first half of 2009, driven by lower investment gains and an underwriting loss. Investment results continued to place pressure on the industry’s operating performance. The industry reported a combined ratio of 100.3 despite challenging market conditions.
Date: 10/5/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 12
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2009 Special Report: European Life & Non-Life – 2009 Review & Preview. Europe’s Insurers Challenged by Financial Crisis and Competition: While Western Europe’s non-life insurers were battered in 2008, the sector has demonstrated some resilience, partly due to its strong financial position going into the crisis. Insurers with life exposure are battling to repair balance sheets and boost capitalization levels in the aftermath of one of the worst years ever in the major markets.
Date: 9/28/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 28
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2009 Special Report: U.K. Life – Review & Preview. Thawing Markets Reducing Pressure on U.K. Life Insurers: A.M. Best considers the U.K. life insurance industry’s current risk-based capitalization to be stable, having come through the worst part of the economic decline and market turbulence reduced, but not significantly weakened. By the first half of 2009, there were some signs of recovery, which mirror improvements seen in investment markets.
Date: 9/28/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2009 Special Report: European Life & Non-Life – Financial Review. European Insurers Employ Derisking and Capital Deployment Initiatives to Improve Their Financial Strength:
European insurers reported varying first-half 2009 financial results. Some of the major groups still posted losses for the half year and recorded further erosion in their shareholders equity base.
Date: 9/21/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2009 Special Report: Global Reinsurance – Market Review. Reinsurers Stay Afloat in Sinking Economy: A.M. Best is maintaining a stable outlook in 2009 for the global reinsurance sector, which implies that the majority of 2009 reinsurer rating actions are likely to be affirmations, with only a modest number of anticipated rating or outlook changes.
Date: 8/24/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 12
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2009 Statistical Study: U.S. Total Life – 2008 Issued: This statistical study presents U.S. life/health writers ranked by 2008 total life business issued.
Date: 7/13/2009 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 4
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2009 Statistical Study: U.S. Group Life – 2008 Issued: This statistical study presents U.S. life/health writers ranked by 2008 group life business issued.
Date: 7/13/2009 Source: Statistical Studies (PDF) Pages: 4
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2009 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – 3-Month Financial Review. U.S. P/C Earnings Down 87% on Underwriting and Investment Losses: The U.S. property/casualty’s net income plunged approximately 87% to $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2009, as challenging underwriting and investment markets continued to drag down results.
Date: 7/8/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 12
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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: 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. 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 – Review & Preview. U.S. P/C Industry’s Profits Plunge; Insurers Poised for Turnaround: A.M. Best expects the U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income – driven by a combination of deteriorating underwriting and investment results – to show a plunge of nearly 80% to $14.0 billion in 2008.
Date: 2/9/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 32
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2009 Special Report: Insurance Stock Indexes – 2008 Market Review. P/C Insurance Index Experienced Depression-like Drops in 2008: Traditionally, property/casualty and life/health insurance stocks have outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). However, in 2008 global insurance stocks, measured by A.M. Best’s Global Insurance Composite Stock Index, fell 47.2%, while the DJIA dropped 33.8%.
Date: 2/2/2009 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 16
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Life Reinsurance – 2007 Market Review: The U.S. life reinsurance segment has a stable outlook after a period of major changes, including a number of departures from the market.
Date: 12/15/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2008 Special Report: Asia-Pacific Life & Non-Life – Review & Preview. Asia’s Insurers Avoid Liquidity Woes, but Pressures Mount: The global financial crisis is not expected to raise major liquidity issues for insurance companies in Asia, but in the medium term, investment income will decrease as interest rates fall, and companies will focus on underwriting profit.
Date: 12/1/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 20
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2008 Special Report: U.S. Provider-Owned Health Plans – 2007 Financial Review. Conservative Investment Strategy Pays Off for Plans in 2007: Due to financial turbulence, provider-owned or affiliated managed care companies continued to use a conservative approach in their invested assets portfolios in 2007.
Date: 9/15/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 12
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2008 Special Report: Global Reinsurance – Market Review.Though Industry Balance Sheets Are Healthy, Challenges Abound: The global reinsurance sector should remain profitable in 2008, though A.M. Best believes results will reflect more accurately market trends as margins are expected to moderate.
Date: 9/8/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 24
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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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