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Florida Domestic Insurer Market Update – December 2024
In this article, we discuss how recent legislative reforms and improved market conditions have helped stabilize Florida’s homeowners insurance market, attracting new insurers and improving financial performance.
Porch Group Throws In The Towel on Homeowners of America Insurance Company
This article explains Porch Group’s shift from a full-stack insurance approach, marked by ongoing financial challenges with Homeowners of America Insurance Company, towards launching a reciprocal exchange, Porch Insurance Reciprocal Exchange (PIRE),
Mortality for the Life Insurance Industry in 2023
In this review we highlight the increase in mortality and its continued impact on the U.S. life insurance industry.
P&C Mutual Insurance Market Overview
In the following review we provide an update on the state of the P&C mutual insurance market based on 6 months 2024 financial results.
ALIRT Scores Vs. A.M. Best Ratings – A Comparative Study for the U.S. P&C Industry
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U.S. Life Insurers’ Bermuda Reinsurance Exposure
The U.S. Life Insurance Industry has long utilized foreign reinsurance as part of its risk and capital management strategies. In recent years the use of foreign reinsurance (particularly via Bermuda reinsurers) has
U.S. Surplus Lines – 2024
A.M. Best recently released its annual review of the surplus lines industry which it has published for the last three decades. ALIRT uses this opportunity to refresh its own 50 Company Surplus
ALIRT Update: Residual Market Trends in Four Higher Catastrophe Risk States
This article is about the recent trends and developments in residual market mechanisms within the property insurance industry in four high-risk catastrophe states: California, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, highlighting the challenges and
American Mobile: The Short Life of a Reciprocal Insurance Exchange
This article discusses the brief history of the American Mobile Insurance Exchange (AMIE), a small insurer focused on mobile home insurance in Florida, and the factors leading to its administrative supervision and
BBB-rated Bond Exposure for Life Insurers
In this article, you’ll read about the significant increase in NAIC Class 2 bond holdings by U.S. life insurers since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, driven by a search for higher yields amidst
Fronting Companies Accredited and Sutton: A Tale of Two Troubled Parents
This ALIRT Research report explores the financial turmoil at the holding companies of Accredited and Sutton fronting insurers. Both companies faced significant challenges due to their parent companies’ financial distress, leading to
Annuity Surrenders Rise for U.S. Life Insurers
In this report, we discuss the increasing level of annuity surrenders, the potential risks of higher surrenders, and any offsetting factors to these risks.
Advantage Capital and the Fallout from 777 Re
In this report we explore ACAP’s relationship with 777 Re and the possible lingering ties that the ACAP life insurers may have to this now defunct reinsurer and its parent company 777
Financial Struggles Deepen for the Columbian Financial Group
The two life insurers of the Columbian Financial Group (CFG), Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company (CML) and CML subsidiary Columbian Life Insurance Company (CLIC), experienced weak and deteriorating financial positions for many
Privately-Owned Insurers in the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
In the wake of the 2008/2009 global financial crisis, the U.S. life insurance industry underwent a spate of business sales/exits, spin-offs, and product changes in the 2010s which has continued through the
PHL Variable Insurance Company: Negative Surplus Position
PHL Variable Insurance Company’s (PHLV) filed its year-end 2023 regulatory financial statement in late April 2024, seven weeks after the required filing date of March 1. The company reported a negative surplus1
U.S. Life Insurer Exposure to Less Liquid Bonds
Life insurers have long held a mix of assets with various liquidity profiles, from the very liquid to the nearly illiquid. In this review we highlight some of the less liquid components
Trends in Individual Annuities
In this review, we concentrate on the recent changes in the annuity product landscape
ALIRT Industry Update: U.S. Life Review Nine Months 2023
Our six month 2023 financial highlights 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+