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You are here: Home / Massachusetts Insurance News / Insurers | News / The Top Private Passenger & Commercial Auto Insurers in the U.S

The Top Private Passenger & Commercial Auto Insurers in the U.S

March 6, 2018 by AC Editor

A look at the latest data from the NAIC

As it does every March, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its annual market share report of the top insurers within various lines of insurance within the Property & Casualty Sphere.

The list is based on filings to the N.A.I.C. and represents the top 25 groups and companies based upon data reported on the State Page of the NAIC’s annual statement for insurers.

Since Agency Checklists has taken a look at the most recent data from the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers with respect to the top insurers within both the Private Passenger and Commercial Auto insurance marketplaces, we thought it would be of interest to our readers to see what are the top 25 commercial automobile insurers in the U.S. vis-a-vis the top insurers in Massachusetts.

The Top 25 Private Passenger Auto Insurance Companies

In 2017, Total Direct Premiums written for this line of insurance was $225,138,086,723 dollars whereas Total Direct Premiums earned was $219,909,843,963 dollars.

Rank

Company Name

Direct Premium Written

Direct Premium Earned

Market Share

Cumulative Market Share

1. State Farm 41,817,390,694 41,221,905,709 18.57% 18.57%
2. Berkshire Hathaway 25,253,895,691 24,386,463,311 11.22% 29.79%
3. Progressive 22,786,033,956 21,804,026,980 10.12% 39.91%
4. Allstate 21,430,404,888 21,280,567,462 9.52% 49.93%
5. USAA 13,154,938,670 12,756,963,777 5.84% 55.27%
6. Liberty Mutual 11,585,976,146 11,256,538,406 5.15% 60.42%
7. Farmers 10,364,451,310 10,364,093,355 4.60% 65.02%
8. Nationwide 7,341,475,622 7,459,214,011 3.26% 68.26%
9. Travelers 4,396,704,753 4,176,761,675 1.95% 70.24%
10. American Family 4,381,962,369 4,249,169,623 1.95% 72.18%
11. Auto Club Enterprises 3,111,846,106 2,931,451,437 1.38% 73.57%
12. Erie Insurance 2,977,421,229 2,852,670,085 1.32% 74.89%
13. Amtrust 2,905,540,433 2,716,339,687 1.29% 76.18%
14. CSAA 2,806,072,200 2,668,016,447 1.25% 77.43%
15.  Auto-Owners  2,517,760,950  2,326,280,443  1.12%  78.54%
16.  Mercury Gen  2,453,385,796  2,448,233,888  1.09% 79.63%
17.  Metropolitan 2,404,561,431  2,363,602,189  1.07% 80.70%
18.  The Hartford  2,309,961,296 2,386,136,556 1.03% 81.73%
19.  Auto Club MI  1,771,554,444  1,745,541,280 0.79  82.51%
20.  Mapfre  1,681,853,561  1,674,442,449  0.75%  83.26%
21.  Kemper  1,399,814,856 1,361,472,020  0.62% 83.88%
22.  Amica 1,319,591,324  1,269,641,387 0.59%  84.47%
23.  Infinity P&C  1,233,886,708  1,230,532,899  0.55%  85.02%
24.  Country Ins. & Fin Serv.  1,109,436,992  1,091,501,800  0.49%  85.51
25.  The Hanover 1,106,998,708  1,054,327,689  0.49%  86.00%

The Top 25 Commercial Auto Insurance Companies

Total Direct Premiums written for this line of insurance was $35,545,869,970 dollars last year, whereas Total Direct Premiums earned was $34,271,779,922 dollars. The following is the NAIC’s list of the top 25 insurers:

Rank

Company Name

Direct Premium Written

Direct Premium Earned

Market Share

Cumulative Market Share

1. Progressive 3,178,656,261 2,852,682,569 8.94% 8.94%
2. Travelers 2,263,886,142 2,198,083,872 6.37% 15.31%
3. Liberty Mutual 1,733,726,274 1,682,568,716 4.88% 20.19%
4. Zurich 1,689,999,611 1,656,217,588 4.75% 24.94%
5. Nationwide 1,678,785,320 1,715,586,626 4.72% 29.67%
6. Old Republic  1,278,020,057 1,221,536,937  3.60% 33.26%
7. Berkshire Hathaway  1,184,554,326  1,067,617,356 3.33%  36.59%
8. Amtrust  1,033,617,610  971,980,701  2.91% 39.50%
9. Auto-Owners  858,647,078  801,823,543 2.42%  41.92%
10. Chubb 826,406,023  802,842,294  2.32% 44.24%
11. Tokio Marine  718,761,730 718,761,730 2.02%  46.26%
12. AIG  662,051,893  749,701,130  1.86% 48.13%
13. Cincinnati Fin 654,011,982 636,541,860 1.84%  49.97%
14. American Fin 600,254,946  569,545,527  1.69%  51.66%
15. State Farm  589,105,174 565,902,428 1.66 53.31
16. The Hartford 562,272,617 582,049,232  1.58% 54.89%
17. WR Berkley  548,698,692  529,668,851 1.54%  56.44%
18. Erie Insurance 514,731,811 497,187,841  1.45%  57.89%
19. Markel  496,501,793  475,961,252  1.40% 59.28%
20. Selective 486,963,172 462,248,554 1.37% 60.65%
21. Sentry 438,095,837 424,620,066 1.23% 61.89%
22. Fairfax Fin 432,119,979 385,011,811 1.22% 63.10%
23. EMC Ins. 420,512,853 401,404,006 1.18% 64.28%
24. Allstate 373,142,792 376,298,639 1.05% 65.33%
25. CNA 372,198,470 354,212,012 1.05% 66.38%

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