The report, titled “2021 US Property/Casualty Impairments Update,” additionally revealed that 413 P&C insurers grew to become impaired from 2000 to 2021. Catastrophe losses have been decided to be the main reason behind impairments throughout this era, accounting for 28. Fraud or alleged fraud was subsequent in line at 25.
Out of the 413 impairments from 2000 to 2021, 171 (41%) have been rated by AM Best sooner or later. However, the report discovered that the variety of firms with an AM Best score at any level throughout the three-year interval earlier than impairment did decline over the past 10 years.
As famous by AM Best, there have been 141 firms that grew to become impaired from 2012 by way of 2021 and solely 41 (29%) acquired a score sooner or later throughout the interval.
Moreover, the report recognized 348 bancrupt liquidations and 64 rehabilitations throughout its 2000-2021 examine interval, with 22 of the rehabilitations being closed throughout the interval and 42 remaining open as of the report’s launch.