Personal auto

Cooling CPI metrics and improving loss ratios indicate a positive shift for the personal auto industry, but results are not yet back to where they need to be.

It is understood that the cuts are based on a review of five-year loss ratios, and that agents above 70% will be impacted.

Medical care prices – an indicator of medical inflation, a key input to long-tail loss costs – were up 0.2% YoY, after an 0.8% drop for October and a 1.4% drop for September.

The ratings agency also downgraded carrier’s Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR).

Personal auto carriers risk falling behind in the battle between loss costs and approved rate declines, while homeowners carriers’ double-digit filings might not be enough to keep up.

While November’s decline was only slightly less than October’s, the move lower was on Manheim's radar, given the typical seasonal downward trend that paused in August and September.

Reciprocals have been cropping up more recently, with a shift toward cat-exposed lines, giving investors a quick way to tap into the hard market with an expectation of a rich multiple at exit.

The ratings agency cites ongoing deterioration in results for personal auto and homeowners’ lines, along with rising loss costs, driven by inflationary pressures.

The Insurance Insider US Research team walks buyers through valuation considerations for InsurTech MGAs, as capital constraints point to further consolidation.

Slowing loss cost trends may signal relief ahead, but only if carriers remain vigilant on rate action until we are past the peak.

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This month marks a reversal in the pace of inflation for the segment, after auto insurance prices moderated to 18.9% in September from 19.1% in August.