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Mutual Insurer Group NAMIC Names Merchants Mutual’s Zak as Chair

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies welcomed its new chairman – Robert Zak, president and chief executive officer of Merchants Mutual Insurance Co. – this week during its all-virtual 125th annual convention. Zak, a 35-year mutual insurance industry veteran, …

P/C Mutual Insurers Improved Underwriting in 2019; Top 10 Hold 72% of Market: AM Best

Despite a highly competitive property/casualty insurance industry and pressures on operating performance, U.S. mutual insurance companies reported continued improvement in underwriting performance in 2019 and managed to grow surplus. According to the AM Best Market Segment Report, “U.S. Mutuals’ Strong …

Why Small Mutual P/C Insurers, Insurtechs May Need Each Other: A.M. Best

Technology-oriented insurance startups and established small mutual property/casualty insurers may find they are better off partnering than competing. Mutual property/casualty insurance companies continue to face heightened competition amid an insurance industry that is being transformed by technological, economic and demographic …

Mutual Insurers Regain Some Global Market Share, but Threats Remain: Swiss Re

Mutual insurance companies have gained back some of the global market share they lost due to demutualizations in recent years. Those gains are threatened, however, by new financial regulations, changes in corporate governance and new technology, Swiss Re said in …

Comparing Mutual to Stock Insurers Is Like Comparing Marathoners to Sprinters

A.M. Best’s recently released 2015 “Mutuals at a Glance” report is an interesting report on differences between mutual and stock companies in key areas of performance. In its pages is a depiction of a mutual insurance industry that is strong, …

Willis Re Finds Reinsurance Market Changes Favoring Mutual Insurers

Mutual insurers have found themselves in a prime position to capitalize on changes in the traditional reinsurance market, according to Willis Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Willis Group Holdings. Its newly released “1st View April 2013 Renewals Report” “found …