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| As casualty sidecars grow, every sponsor faces the same question: Has the ceded risk truly left the balance sheet? AM Best Managing Director Emmanuel Modu discusses a new Best's Market Segment Report that answers the question.
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| Insurance-linked securities capacity continues to reach new heights, fueled by record-breaking catastrophe bond issuances, according to a Best's Market Segment Report outlined by AM Best Senior Director Wai Tang, and Director Matt Tuite.
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| AM Best analysts at Monte Carlo's Rendez-Vous de Septembre discuss softening property rates, record capital, casualty risks and artificial intelligence's uneven impact — and why discipline, not distress, defines 2027.
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| A new Best's Market Segment Report finds inland marine insurers have benefited from the line’s continued profitability even as the complexity of its risks expands.
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| AM Best's Dan Hofmeister and Patrick Cyphers discuss research that finds nominal capital levels are at record highs, but the amount of capital required to support the risks being assumed by the industry has remained comparatively flat.
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| AM Best's Stefan Holzberger and Michael Lagomarsino said the rating agency's evaluation hinges on data transparency and aligned incentives with risk-bearing markets. Both spoke with AM Best TV at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.
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| Greg Dickerson, director, AM Best, outlines a Best's Market Segment Report that finds profitability remains robust amid continued softening, but recent strong performance will be difficult to sustain.
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| AM Best Financial Analyst Jaime Quito outlines a new Best's Market Segment Report that finds nonaffiliated health premiums ceded reached nearly $100 billion in 2025, accounting for 47% of total health premiums ceded.
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| AM Best's stable outlook on Peru's insurance industry anticipates insurers will maintain positive operating results that continuously strengthen the capital base of the industry, according to a Best’s Market Segment Report discussed by AM Best Senior Financial Analyst Inger Rodriguez.
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| Swiss Life Holding AG said it intends to eliminate 600 positions by the end of 2028 primarily through natural attrition as it seeks to exploit market opportunities and increase efficiency.
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| The merger of Corebridge Financial Inc. and Equitable Holdings Inc., which will form a company with a combined value of $22 billion, is on track to close by the end of this year.
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| The biggest foe of the Florida homeowners insurance business was never the weather, it was a litigation crisis that put insurers into the lawsuit management business, according to American Integrity Insurance Group founder and Chief Executive Officer Bob Ritchie.
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| Manulife Financial Corp. Chief Executive Officer Phil Witherington said the company's U.S. business is shifting from core investment margin to insurance margin in coming years.
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| Los Angeles County is investigating Farmers Insurance Co.'s handling of claims related to the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades wildfires for potential violations of California's Unfair Competition Law.
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| Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. said all required regulatory approvals are in hand, putting it on track to complete its acquisition of Everest Insurance Co. of Canada in the fourth quarter.
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| MNK Group said it completed its acquisition of 100% of Danish nonlife insurer ETU Forsikring A/S, giving it an entry into European Union property/casualty business.
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| Cedar Trace Underwriting said it will enter the Lloyd’s market with a new $300 million syndicate in 2027 following in-principle approval from the Lloyd's Council.
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| HDI Global UK & Ireland said it gained in-principle approval from Lloyd's to establish a new syndicate as part of the group's growth strategy.
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| The United States insurance industry lost 6,300 positions in August, according to preliminary figures from the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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| Orion180 Insurance Group Inc. will offer 20 million shares of Class A common stock, likely for $15 to $17 per share, in an initial public offering, it said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. If an option for an additional 3 million shares is exercised at the upper end of the per-share range, it could gross $391 million.
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| Saudi Reinsurance Co. said it was reappointed by the country's Insurance Authority to lead the Saudi Marine Insurance Pool.
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| Lines of severe and powerful thunderstorms with straight-line winds and giant hail may have caused €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) in insured losses in Europe on Aug. 24-28, according to Gallagher Re.
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| Golf ball-size and larger hail, straight-line winds and urban flash flooding on Sept. 2 likely left insurers with hundreds of millions of dollars in losses in the greater Toronto area, according to Gallagher Re.
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Research |
The Lloyd’s market produced an excellent return on capital of above 20% for a third successive year in 2025, according to a new report from AM Best that looks at some of the longer-term trends at market and syndicate level.
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AM Best will host an insurance market briefing on the state of Canada’s insurance industry at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
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AM Best is maintaining a stable outlook on Malaysia’s non-life insurance segment, citing regulatory initiatives and economic expansion, which is driving robust premium growth and increasing insurance penetration.
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As soft-market conditions persist across Latin America’s reinsurance landscape, primary insurance companies are taking advantage of the overall flexible conditions to strengthen their catastrophe protections, according to a new AM Best report.
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The U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry recorded $31.2 billion in net underwriting income in the first half of 2026, nearly three times the $10.9 billion posted in the same prior-year period, according to a new AM Best report.
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The volume of ceded U.S. health insurance premium to the reinsurance market has grown significantly over the past decade, to USD 203 billion in 2025 from USD 59 billion in 2016, representing growth of more than 300%, according to a new AM Best report.
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AM Best has revised its outlook to stable from negative for Brazil’s reinsurance market, citing its resilience to weather-related events and favorable bottom-line results in 2025, driven by renewed underwriting discipline.
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AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on China’s non-life insurance segment, citing improved regulatory oversight, new growth opportunities and ongoing digitalisation and innovation.
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A new AM Best report delves into the growing capacity materializing in the combined property and casualty sidecars segment within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, placing a broad estimate for the niche segment at USD 17 billion to USD 19 billion.
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AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on Taiwan’s non-life insurance segment amid implementation of Taiwan Insurance Solvency (TIS) and IFRS 17, as well as consistent premium expansion across retail and commercial lines.
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Despite softening pressures, the pricing environment for the reinsurance segment of Lloyd’s is expected to remain adequate and support positive underwriting performance in the near term, according to a new AM Best report.
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AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on the global life reinsurance segment, noting that it is led by highly rated, diversified, well-capitalized and experienced companies.
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AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on the global non-life reinsurance segment, noting that it remains fundamentally strong even as it moves past the peak of the hard property market.
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Rankings |
| Farmers Insurance Group's U.S. property/casualty net premiums written rose 12.7% in the first half of the year to $11.75 billion, multiples more than the industry's 2.2% rise, according to a new Best's Rankings report.
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| The total U.S. life/health industry's admitted assets of $10.31 trillion at the midpoint of 2026 were up 4% over the preceding six months, according to a new Best's Rankings report.
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| Liberty Mutual Insurance Cos. remained the top writer of all other lines last year despite a 4.2% decline of direct premiums written, according to a new Best's Rankings.
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| 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.
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| Berkshire Hathaway Insurance topped the list of U.S. property/casualty writers ranked by 2025 accident & health lines direct premiums written, according to a new Best's Rankings report.
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