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2026 Best's Rankings: US Property/Casualty Writers Ranked by 2025 Allied Lines (Total) Direct Premiums Written

This Best's Ranking includes the top 100 writers ranked by 2025 direct premiums written.
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Source: Rankings Date: August 14, 2026
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Special Report: Florida Reforms Are a Positive Development; Underwriting Discipline Remains Essential
Recent legislative reforms in the Florida property insurance market have driven substantial earnings in 2025.
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Source: Special Reports Date: May 20, 2026
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2025 Best's Rankings: U.S. Fire and Allied Lines – Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 5.0%

This Best's Ranking includes the top 100 writers ranked by 2024 direct premiums written.
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Source: Rankings Date: September 19, 2025
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2025 Best's Rankings: U.S. Allied Lines (Total) - Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 1.4%

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Source: Rankings Date: August 15, 2025
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Louisiana Citizens Assessment on All Property Policyholders Coming to Early End
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. incurred following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. "While the savings policyholders ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 10, 2025
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2024 Best's Rankings: U.S. Property Catastrophe Risk - Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 14.9%

This Best’s Ranking includes the top 100 writers ranked by 2023 direct premiums written.
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Source: Rankings Date: August 30, 2024
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2024 Best’s Rankings: U.S. Allied Lines (Total) - Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 11.7%

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Source: Rankings Date: August 16, 2024
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Louisiana Citizens Suspending 10% Premium Surcharge
For the next three years, Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will suspend its required 10% premium surcharge, according to legislation that went into effect July 1. ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 11, 2024
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Special Report: Florida Property Insurance Market Improves; Reinsurance Dependency Remains High

The aggregate combined ratio for active Florida specialists, as well as Citizens, outperformed AM Best’s personal property composite for the first time since 2017.
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Source: Special Reports Date: May 30, 2024
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Market Segment Report: Rapidly Increasing MGA Premiums Warrant Greater Oversight
The partnership between insurers and MGAs should not be limited to premium generation, but should include strategic and operational risk management.
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Source: Market Segment Reports Date: May 22, 2024

2023 Best’s Rankings: U.S. Fire and Allied – Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 19.7%
This Best's Rankings report presents the top 100 writers ranked by 2022 direct premiums written.
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Source: Rankings Date: September 15, 2023
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2023 Best’s Rankings: U.S. Allied Lines (Total) - Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 22.5%
This Best's Ranking report presents the top 100 writers ranked by 2022 direct premiums written.
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Source: Rankings Date: August 25, 2023
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Commentary: Louisiana’s Proposed Property Market Fix a Stopgap Given Underlying Reinsurance Issues
Long-term solutions are needed to address the pricing and capacity challenges insurers in the state face.
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Source: Commentaries Date: January 27, 2023

Best’s Rankings: Florida Leads Nation in Homeowners Premium
California and fast-growing Idaho and Montana. Direct premium for homeowners carriers, total United States, reached $119.7 billion in 2021, an 8.4% rise from 2020. BestLink reports ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 18, 2022
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2022 Best’s Rankings: U.S. Fire and Allied - Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 17.4%
This Best’s Ranking report presents the top 100 U.S. fire and allied writers as ranked by 2021 direct premiums written.
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Source: Rankings Date: October 14, 2022
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Update: Insurance Commissioner: Louisiana in a ‘Crisis’ of Affordability, Fears Redlining
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said. "Much is happening in this ongoing crisis that we are truly in the midst of in... insurance," Donelon told the Press Club of Baton Rouge. ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 2, 2022
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Insurance Commissioner Confident in Louisiana’s Remaining Homeowners Options
Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. and Southern Fidelity Insurance Co. The rush to obtain coverage from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the property insurer of last ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 6, 2022
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Lighthouse Excalibur Insurance Becomes Fourth Company Put Into Receivership by Louisiana Department of Insurance
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon. It is the fourth insurance company the DOI has taken over in the wake of four storms that resulted in 600,000 residential property claims that ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 12, 2022
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2022 Best’s Rankings: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2021 Financial Results
This Best’s Ranking report presents the top 25 U.S. property and casualty writers as ranked by 2021 net premiums written as of Dec. 31, 2021.
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Source: Rankings Date: March 18, 2022
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SafePoint Assumes 30,000 Homeowners Policies From Insolvent Insurers in Louisiana
State National Fire Insurance Co., state Insurance Commissioner James Donelon said in a statement. The assumption of the policies is retroactive to Dec. 1, so the 30,000 Louisiana ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 30, 2021
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