ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. PC Review Year-End 2023
Below we provide full year 2023 financial highlights for the ALIRT P&C Composite[1], based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. Life Review Nine Months 2023
Our six month 2023 financial highlights based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. PC Review Nine Months 2023
Below we provide first nine months of 2023 (9M23) financial highlights for the ALIRT P&C Composite, based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.
Badger Mutual Faces Severe A.M. Best Downgrade – Regional Property/Auto Insurers Under Pressure
The worsening plight of a number of smaller regional property & casualty insurers was on full display today as A.M. Best downgraded Milwaukee-based Badger Mutual Insurance Company (BMIC) three pegs from B+ (6th highest) to C++ (9th highest). This is remarkable given that the rating agency had just lowered BMIC’s rating from A- to B+ two months before.
Life Insurer Exposure to Alternative Investments
This review analyzes alternative investments for U.S. life insurers.
ALIRT Research – Fronting Insurers Update
Given the recent bombshell regarding fraudulent collateral issues at insurtech Vesttoo – a development which follows closely upon a $60 million collateral dispute write-down by Trisura in 4Q2022 – we provide below an update of ALIRT’s Fronting Company composite as of YE2022 and interim 6 Month 2023 data.
Below Investment Grade Bond Exposure for Life Insurers
Below Investment Grade (BIG) bonds consist of all bonds rated BB+/Ba1 or lower by public rating agencies. In the statutory financial statement, there are four different “Classes” of BIG bonds (and their S&P ratings):
Largest U.S. Surplus Lines Carriers Underperforming the Broader Commercial Lines Market
Last month, A.M. Best released its annual study of the U.S. surplus lines market. We thought this a perfect opportunity to review the financial quality of the largest domestic E&S insurers, per ALIRT’s quarterly credit analyses, as of the six month 2021 statutory filings.
More Trouble Ahead For U.S. Property Insurers? Heeding The Canaries In the Coalmine
ALIRT recently noted the substantial downgrade of Texas property insurer Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association (GFMIA) followed closely by the liquidation of Kansas-based MutualAid eXchange (MAX). While we would normally not issue special commentary on two relatively obscure insurers, we feel their troubles may signal the need for greater vigilance on the part of distributors as regards their regional property insurer partners. In short, they may reflect proverbial canaries in the coalmine.
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. PC Review Six Months 2023
Below we provide first six months of 2023 (6M23) financial highlights for the ALIRT P&C Composite1, based on insurers’ statutory financial statements.