Reinsurance
Best's Rankings
Largest Surety Insurers – 2024 Edition
Ranked by 2022 direct premiums written.
Date: February 2024
Best's Rankings
Top 50 Global Reinsurers – 2024 Edition
Ranked by 2022 unaffiliated gross premiums written.
Date: January 2024
Best's Rankings
Top 10 Global Life Reinsurance Groups - 2024 Edition
Ranked by 2022 third-party gross premiums written.
Date: January 2024
Reinsurance/Alternative Risk Transfer
Reinsurance/Alternative Risk Transfer
Reinsurance indemnifies the primary insurer against potential losses. The primary insurer, or ceding company, transfers a portion of risk to the reinsurer. How much risk and what conditions trigger the reinsurance are specified in the treaties. Generally, the primary carrier retains a fair amount of the risk.
Date: January 2024
Best’s Rankings
Top 50 Global Reinsurers – 2023 Edition
Ranked by 2022 unaffiliated gross premiums written.
Date: September 2023
Fronting Carriers
Fronting Carrier Sector Finds Growth, but Reinsurance Concerns Loom
Earlier viewed as a lower-profile sector, these insurers have gained prominence, producing more than $10 billion in direct premiums written in 2022. However, a hardening property market and other pressures remain.
Date: August 2023
Fronting Carriers
Fronting Carrier Market Growth Driven By Big Move in 2017
Markel’s acquisition of State National Group turned heads and attracted attention to a sector that previously had gone largely unnoticed.
Date: August 2023
Best's Rankings
AM Best-Rated US Fronting Companies – 2023 Edition
Ranked by 2022 direct premiums written.
Date: August 2023