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Last, But Not Least: Ward’s Top 50 & CNA

July 24, 2018 by AC Editor


Agency Checklists, MA Insurance News, Mass. Insurance News, CNA, Workers Compensation PortalCNA’s Agent Portal Now Offers Quick Quotes for Workers’ Compensation


Independent agents are incredibly busy servicing their clients, which is why CNA continues to enhance our quick quote capabilities on CNA Central,” said Wes Sprinkle, Senior Vice President, Small Business, CNA. “We identified a simple way to generate a quick quote for this additional line of business without requiring a lot of additional information from the agent — part of our ongoing commitment to making our processes faster and easier for customers.”

The newley streamlined portal now offers agents a quick way to quote Workers’ Compensation insurance for their small business clients when quoting a CNA Connect policy on the insurer’s quoting and agent portal CNA Central. In addition, the newly enhanced portal now offers the ability to simultaneously quote multiple coverages — including the CNA Connect® business owners’ policy and Umbrella Liability — to provide clients with a comprehensive insurance solution. Agents can access these new features through “Get a Quote” or “Quote Advantage,” the one-page quoting application.


Ward’s Top 50 List Out


Courtesy of Aon-Ward 

Ward has published its annual Top 50 Property-Casualty Insurers. Each year, the benchmarking report analyzes the financial performance of nearly 3,000 property-casualty insurance companies domiciled in the United States in order to identify the nation’s “top performers.”

“In selecting the Ward’s 50, we identified companies that pass financial stability requirements and measure their ability to grow while maintaining strong capital positions and underwriting results,” said Jeff Rieder, partner and head of Ward benchmarking at Aon.

The Ward’s 50 property-casualty group of insurance companies produced an 11.4 percent statutory return on average equity from 2013 to 2017, compared to 8.1 percent for the property-casualty industry overall. The Ward’s 50 life-health group of insurance companies produced a 17.2 percent statutory return on average equity from 2013 to 2017, compared to 9.5 percent for the life-health industry overall.

Unfortunately, while no Massachusetts-based insurers made the list, two of our neighbors to the north, Vermont Mutual, and Union Mutual of Vermont, did, as well as a neighbor to the south, Travelers.

2018 Property-Casualty Ward’s 50® Companies

ACUITY
Alaska National Insurance Company
Allstate Insurance Company
AMERISAFE
Argonaut Insurance Company

Assurant, Inc.
Auto-Owners Insurance Group
Central Insurance Companies
Chubb Group
Church Mutual Insurance Company

Cincinnati Insurance Group
Erie Insurance Group
Farm Bureau of Michigan Group
Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Federated Mutual Group

Frankenmuth Insurance
Franklin Mutual Insurance Group
GEICO*
Goodville Mutual Casualty Company
Great American Insurance Group

Grinnell Mutual Group
HCC Insurance Holdings Group
ICW Group
Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Island Insurance Companies

Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation
Markel Corporation Group
Nodak Insurance Company
North Star Mutual Insurance Company

Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Pinnacol Assurance
Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company
ProAssurance

Progressive Insurance Group
RLI Insurance Company*
Rural Mutual Insurance Company
SECURA Insurance Companies
Selective Insurance Company of America

Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Texas Mutual Insurance Company
Travelers Insurance Group
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies
Vermont Mutual Insurance Company

Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual
W.R. Berkley Corporation
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company
Western Mutual Insurance Group
Western National Insurance Group

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