April 17, 2014 at 5:46 p.m.
Bermuda’s insurers wrote $70.1B in premiums
The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers released the 2013 global underwriting results for its member (re)insurers. Eighteen of 21 member (re)insurers participated in this 2013 report. The companies write insurance and reinsurance from underwriting centers in Bermuda, Europe, Asia, and North and South America. The 18 (re)insurers wrote $70.1 billion (US) in global gross written premium (up from $66.4 billion in 2012) on a capital and surplus base of $95.4 billion (up from $95.2 billion in 2012).
The reported net income of nearly $11.7 billion was up from $9.4 billion in 2012. The gross premium to equity ratio for the group remained at .7 to 1.
Bradley Kading, president and executive director of ABIR, said in a statement: “The $11.7 billion in net income demonstrated earnings power during a year characterized by low catastrophe losses. But this number was still below net income reported by the membership in 2009.
“ABIR members reported their largest group total equity base in the eight years in which data has been collected, even though the number of members reporting was reduced by one due to an acquisition completed in 2013.”
“ABIR members have welcomed the interest of alternative capital providers including pension funds into the risk taking business and have focused in 2013 on expanding markets given the availability of new capital in taking on insurance and reinsurance risk.”
The top 10 companies (by gross premiums written)
ACE Limited - $22.8B
XL Group PLC - $7.7B
PartnerRe Ltd - $5.6B
Catlin Group - $5.3B
AXIS Capital Holdings - $4.697B
Arch Capital Group - $4.2B
Allied World - $2.73B
Endurance - $2.66B
Hiscox - $2.65B
Aspen - $2.64B
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