State Farm
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Mutuals struggle to react and adapt to a worsening loss environment.
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The downgrade reflects the company’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assessed as weak.
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The carrier stopped accepting new HO business in the state last May.
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Personal lines rate filings are rising, even as some inflation drivers slow.
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Increased cat losses in property offset auto improvements.
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Cooling CPI metrics and improving loss ratios indicate a positive shift for the personal auto industry, but results are not yet back to where they need to be.
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Personal auto carriers risk falling behind in the battle between loss costs and approved rate declines, while homeowners carriers’ double-digit filings might not be enough to keep up.
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Carriers have been dealing with elevated storm activity this year, whilst additional purchases to match inflating values had largely been parked in 2023.
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This is the second downgrade faced by State Farm and its subsidiaries from AM Best in the last month.
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The ratings agency affirmed its financial strength rating of A++ and long-term ICR of aa+ on the mutual and its affiliates.
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Differing trends in short- and long-tail lines offset each other to create a net positive for the industry, though the releases are slowing significantly.
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An uneven loss environment in personal lines calls for a cautious reading of reserves.
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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara was speaking about climate change's impact on insurance pricing at the Bermuda Climate Summit.
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CPI figures show loss costs are cooling, and if rate levels cannot reach adequacy we are likely to see more pausing from the industry beyond State Farm, Allstate and Nationwide.
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Other carriers reportedly pulling back from writing business in California recently include Mercury General and Safeco, while Oregon Mutual is said to have exited the California market altogether.
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Continuing rises in loss frequency and severity plus a difficult regulatory framework make the situation in California highly challenging for carriers.
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The company wrote the most California homeowners multi-peril insurance, at $2.56bn, and fire lines and home multi-peril insurance, at $2.66bn, in 2022, according to AM Best data.
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High-impact rate filings in California have driven increases nationwide.
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The new 2022 stat data shows personal lines premium has grown year-over-year, but the loss ratios have been hit hard by catastrophes and loss cost inflation.
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Rate action for personal auto insurers has been increasing in 2023 to balance rising loss cost trends
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Personal lines insurers see a vastly different outlook in 2022 than 2021 and their reserve development reflects this.
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The personal lines giant is closely watched as a bellwether for the size of the overall homeowners loss.
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Hurricane Ian’s total effect is still unknown, but lessons from Hurricane Irma give insight into potential outcomes.
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If current forecasts prove accurate, this will be a pivotal moment for the already off-balance Florida cohort and could result in a new market landscape.
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Claims analysis shows slow reactions to negative trends can affect several quarters, but carriers who emerge strong will be able to pursue growth faster than the competitors who are always playing catchup on loss cost trends.
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Market sources are suggesting inflation could require a wider group of US cedants to buy $10bn-$20bn of additional cat coverage for 2023.