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#1 AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment and it Could Get Worse
Sep 22 2025 // Commercial auto has been a dark cloud hanging over the U.S. property/casualty industry for more than a dozen years—and things are getting worse. For the 14th consecutive year, commercial auto has posted an underwriting...
#2 Homeowners Insurers Still Boosting Rates; Top Carriers Ranked: AM Best
Aug 8 2025 // Last year’s sub-100 combined ratio for the homeowners line broke a five-year string of 100-plus figures for the U.S. insurance industry in aggregate—and homeowners insurers are sticking to rate increases to keep...
#3 Swiss Re Tops List of Largest Reinsurers on Its Shift to IFRS-17 Accounting: AM Best
Aug 18 2025 // Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers as a result of its adoption of the IFRS-17 accounting standards, which also led to a shuffle among the top-tier reinsurers, according to AM Best. Swiss Re...
#4 Lengthy Government Shutdown to Impact Insurers, Says AM Best
Sep 30 2025 // Unless Congress reaches a compromise on funding by midnight, there will be no budget and the government will shut down—sending out waves of implications that will disrupt the insurance industry, according to AM...
#5 AM Best Affirms A+ Financial Strength Rating for Allstate Group Members
Aug 29 2025 // Insurance industry rating agency AM Best on Thursday affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) for the Allstate Insurance Group. The Oldwick, N.J.-based firm noted Allstate’s “favorable market...
#6 AM Best: Six-Month US P/C Underwriting Income Jumps to $11.2B
Sep 11 2025 // An early look by AM Best at the financial results of the U.S. property/casualty industry revealed insurers recorded an estimated $11.2 billion in net underwriting income in the first half of 2025. Last year after the first...
#7 AM Best Report Cites MGA’s Role in Insurer Insolvencies
Dec 18 2024 // This story has been edited for clarity. In May of 2022, as Florida lawmakers debated solutions to the Florida property insurance crisis, a number of Democrats in the state Senate argued litigation and roof claims were not...
#8 AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Group
Aug 22 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a” (Excellent) of Southern...
#9 AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Texas’ Southern Vanguard
Jul 18 2025 // AM Best announced it has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Southern Vanguard...
#10 AM Best Reviews Westminster American Following Return of Previous Owner
Apr 2 2025 // AM Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Westminster American...
#11 AM Best Affirms Performance Assessment of MGA First Indemnity
Oct 1 2025 // AM Best has affirmed its Performance Assessment of PA-3 (Strong) of First Indemnity Insurance Agency, Inc. of Boston. AM Best said the outlook of the assessment is stable. The ratings firm said its PA-3 assessment of the...
#12 AM Best Downgrades Vermont Mutual to ‘A’ Rating; Cites Improvements in 2024 Results
Mar 5 2025 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a+” (Excellent) from “aa-” (Superior) of Vermont Mutual Insurance...
#13 When EVs Take Off: AM Best Reviews Impact on China Motor Insurance
Jan 9 2025 // Premiums for policies covering new energy vehicles in China have soared to $13.8 billion—a six-fold jump from the level recorded five years earlier, AM Best said in a special report. According to the report,...
#14 AM Best Downgrades Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Members in California, Vermont
Jun 16 2025 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) to “a-” (Excellent) from “a+” (Excellent) of...
#15 AM Best Maintains Under Review With Negative Implications Status for UNAIC
Aug 20 2025 // AM Best has maintained the under review with negative implications status for the Financial Strength Rating of B (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bb” (Fair) of Universal North America Insurance...
#16 AM Best Revises Issuer Credits Rating Outlook to Stable for Grinnell Mutual Group
Sep 30 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a+”...
#17 AM Best Upgrades Credit Rating of Texas Mutual
Nov 27 2024 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “aa-” (Superior) from “a+” (Excellent) of Texas Mutual Insurance...
#18 No NOAA Large-Disaster Data to Hurt Insurers’ Grasp of Secondary Perils, Says AM Best
May 20 2025 // Insurance industry financial strength rating agency AM Best said today that a decision to stop updating a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disaster database could be detrimental to insurers and may require...
#19 Tariffs Will Negatively Affect Insurance Industry, Says AM Best
Mar 6 2025 // Analysts at AM Best warned that the planned imposition of U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, along with increased tariffs on China, will have a negative effect on the insurance industry—particularly...
#20 AM Best: Increasing Political, Terror Risk Could Lead to More Demand for Coverage
Jan 6 2025 // Authorities have said there is no evidence that the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day was directed by the Islamic State but the incident – as well as the same-day truck explosion outside a hotel in Las...
