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State Residual Markets See Policy Count Double in 5 Years: AM Best

State-sponsored residual property markets have seen in influx of risks come in since 2018, with some states growing by more than 200%. According to insurance industry ratings firm AM Best, the policy counts of personal and commercial property Fair Access …

FAIR Talk About Residual Markets

The start of hurricane season made me think about a topic that many of us don’t often think about in P&C insurance: residual markets. The 21st century insurance marketplace in the US is nominally a free market, but we all …

Policy Counts for States’ Property Insurers of Last Resort Grew 17% in 2011: III

A record-high 3.31 million residential and commercial policies were offered through state-run property insurers of last resort in the United States in 2011, a 17 percent increase over the previous record of 2.84 million in 2010. More than half of …