2026 Best's Rankings: US P/C Individual A&H Premiums Rose 17.0% in 2025
OLDWICK, N.J. //BestWire// - Premiums rose 17.0% for U.S. property/casualty writers ranked by 2025 all individual accident/health direct premiums written, as a number of underwriters saw big individual gains, according to a new Best's Ranking report.
Total U.S. P/C market all individual A/H DPW rose to $8.95 billion in 2025. For the top 25 writers, DPW rose 17.1% to $8.55 billion.
Fairfax Financial (USA) Group moved to the top spot from No. 2 as its DPW rose 33.3% to $1.24 billion. Chubb INA Group fell to No. 2 from No. 1 as its DPW rose 13.0% to $1.15 billion. Third-ranked Swiss Reinsurance Group rose from No. 5 with DPW up 29.3% to $877.66 million.
Big gainers by rank included Old Republic Insurance Group, Benchmark Insurance Group and Starr International Group.
The three-page ranking measures 2025 DPW; percent change in premiums; market share and adjusted loss ratios for 2025, 2024 and 2023; and individual A/H as a percentage of company premiums.
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AM Best data sourced from Best’s Financial Suite, US.
(By David Pilla, news editor, BestWire: David.Pilla@ambest.com)