Tag: S&P Global Market Intelligence

GEICO losing auto insurance ground to State Farm and Progressive

G. Turner
Auto insurance Policy - Checkmate

Early data from NAIC indicates that the Berkshire Hathaway-owned insurer is losing market share to competitors. Following a rocky 2023 for the personal auto insurance business in the United States, early data released by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) suggests that auto insurance company GEICO is losing ground to its larger competitors State Farm and Progressive. State Farm has held the top spot for many years in the US While it’s no big news that State Farm is still the largest auto insurance company in the United States…

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Auto insurance challenges expected to ease, says S&P US report

Logan B.
Auto insurance - Woman sitting in car, frustrated

Though rates have been rising sharply during the pandemic recovery, that trend will level out. According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence US Auto Insurance Market Report, private insurer results are expected to improve from where they stood last year, when the combined ratio of 112.2 percent was the worst seen in decades. That said, according to the report, the improvements won’t occur as quickly as the industry had hoped. The private auto insurance results are still expected to improve, though not as fast as was previously predicted. “The post-pandemic…

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Property and casualty insurance sees largest ever Q1 statutory underwriting loss

Logan B.
Property and Casualty Insurance - net loss

Personal lines resulted in the US industry experiencing its first and biggest Q1 net loss in over a decade. Low personal lines have caused the US property and casualty insurance industry to experience the largest underwriting loss on record and its first in 12 years, according to a new data analysis of statutory financial statements by S&P Global market Intelligence. The analysis was a preliminary calculation based on the underwriting losses of P&C insurers. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence’s preliminary calculations, property and casualty insurers in the United States…

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California workers’ compensation Q3 insurance rate cuts get the nod

Marc
California workers compensation

The state has given its approval for the largest rate reductions of any US state. California workers compensation insurance rates have received their official approval, reducing them more than any other state in the third quarter. All 10 of the most notable rate reductions within that quarter received state approval. The announcement was initially made by an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis. These California workers’ compensation rate cuts followed September 1’s reduction of the 1.41 percent pure premium benchmark issued by the state Department of Insurance. The rate reduction that…

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Progressive auto insurance premium growth slows due to COVID-19 crisis

Logan B.
Progressive auto insurance - Porsche car with break lights on

The pandemic hasn’t stopped the insurer from seeing a rise in its profitability. The short-term impact from the pandemic on Progressive auto insurance may turn out to be a rise in underwriting profitability while premium growth shrinks. S&P Global Market Intelligence conducted a monthly earnings report analysis on the insurer. The analysis revealed that Progressive auto insurance saw improvement in its personal vehicle combined ratio, but at the same time its premium growth was applying the brakes. That impact was recorded on both the month-to-month and year-over-year data for March…

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