1991 policyholders' surplus for leading property/casualty insurers

Article Abstract:

Property and casualty insurers increased surplus to $158.7 billion in 1991, a 14.7% gain over 1990. Most of the increase came from unrealized capital gains, which constituted $13.4 billion of the increase. Gains were offset by dividend payouts to stockholders totaling $5.8 billion. The huge increase in capital gains raises questions about the industry's ability to generate new capital in 1992. Most of the surplus was generated by stock companies, and 82% of it was attributable to the 100 largest insurers.

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Property/casualty bond holdings

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The property and casualty insurance industry's 1990 bond holdings include 97.6% in investment-grade and 2.4% in non-investment-grade securities. Percentages of bond holdings to total assets was about 60% in 1990, an increase of 5% since 1984. The 1990 bond portfolio includes approximately 47.5% in municipal bonds, 28% in government bonds and 25% in other types of securities such as corporate and railroad bonds.

Investments

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Leading property/casualty insurers by assets: 1986-1990

Article Abstract:

Assets of property and casualty insurance companies increased $245 billion, or 12%, between 1985 and 1990. This was in spite of the fact that the compound growth rate peaked at 20% in 1986, and declined steadily to 5.3% in 1990. Individual company results ranged from NAC Reinsurance Corp's 37% down to 2.9%, with the midpoint at 11.6%. Small and large companies were evenly distributed over the range.

Accident and health insurance, NAC Reinsurance Corp.

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