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For 5th Straight Year, Surplus Lines Sees Double-Digit Growth: AM Best
Total U.S. surplus lines direct premiums written (DPW) rose by 19.2 percent to reach a record $98.5 billion in 2022, marking a five-year streak of double-digit growth rate increase, according to a ...![](/assets/bigstock-Manipulating-the-losses-or-che-55629662-135x100.jpg)
First-Half U.S. P/C Underwriting Loss Just $2B Shy of Full-Year Loss for ’22
The net underwriting loss total for the U.S. property/casualty industry, $24.5 billion, is $2 billion less than total losses recorded for all of 2022, according to a new AM Best report. Catastrophe ...![](/assets/bigstock-Revenue-and-Sales-Growth-6141631-135x100.jpg)
Top 15 E&S Writers: Lloyd’s, Berkshire Still Lead as All Major Players Grow
The U.S. excess and surplus lines market reported double-digit growth for the fifth straight year in 2022,with second-ranked Berkshire Hathaway pushing the total growth figure for the E&S market ...![](/assets/bigstock-Creativity-And-Ideas-Innovati-420179980-135x100.jpg)
Reinsurers Continue to Lead in Post-Pandemic Innovation
Innovation in the insurance industry, accelerated by COVID-19, has continued largely due to consumer appetite and market competition, according to a newly released report by AM Best. Predictive ...![](/assets/bigstock-Gold-Number-Fifteen-Isolate-456420893-135x100.jpg)
Top 15 Non-Life Reinsurers: AM Best’s Latest Ranking
Munich Re still holds the top spot on AM Best's annual ranking of global reinsurance groups but Hannover Re took the No. 2 position in a ranking based solely on non-life reinsurance premium volume. ...![](/assets/bigstock-Grow-Business-Slow-Growth-Or-Increase-Watering-Can-477642359-135x100.jpg)
Not Your Grandpa’s Hard Reinsurance Market; Profits Return, Discipline Stays
The current property-catastrophe reinsurance market is one of the hardest in decades—and very different from previous ones, a new AM Best report notes, also predicting that underwriting discipline ...![](/assets/bigstock-Business-concept-with-business-173524424-135x100.jpg)
Rate Hikes Not Bringing Profit to U.S. Auto Insurers: Fitch
Jumps in rates and written premiums did little to move the needle on underwriting profits for U.S. personal auto insurers, Fitch Ratings reported based on a recent review of midyear results of nine ...![](/assets/Washington-DC-Bloomberg-1536x1000-1-135x100.jpg)
NAIC Weighs Overriding Credit-Rating Companies
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is gearing up to challenge credit graders by overruling ratings on certain assets bought by insurance ...
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