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2nd Look 2019: The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace in Massachusetts

June 18, 2019 by Agency Checklists

The latest numbers on the state of the 2019 Commercial Automobile insurance marketplace in Massachusetts are in…

As with our review of the private passenger auto insurance marketplace, here is Agency Checklists’ second update of the year on the current state of the commercial automobile insurance marketplace in 2019.

All of the data presented here is provided courtesy of the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers and represents the state of the market as of March 2019, the latest date for which there is complete data available. For those unfamiliar with the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurer, “CAR” is the official statistical agent for motor vehicle insurance in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A look at the market as a whole

Official data on the Commercial Auto Marketplace is now available from the Division of Insurance. According to the 2017 Report from the Division of Insurance, total Direct Written Premium totaled $855,021,922 in 2017, with a total of 191 companies writing commercial auto in the Commonwealth.

Of that number, the top 20 companies wrote approximately $578,620,204 in Direct Written Premium, equaling a 67.7% share of the market place.

The remaining 171 companies wrote $276,401,718 in Direct Written Premium which translated into a 32.3% market share.

For those interested in comparing this latest update with other information Agency Checklists has published on the Commercial Auto Insurance marketplace, please refer to the following reports:

  • NAIC 2019 Market Share Report: The Top 25 Commercial Auto Insurance Companies In The U.S.
  • 2019 MA Market Share Report: The Top Commercial Auto Insurance Companies in Massachusetts

Safety claims the largest market share as of March 2019…

Similar to past reports, Safety and Commerce continue to alternate being the leading commercial auto insurer during the year. While MAPFRE/Commerce had the higher market share percentage in our 1st Look, Safety has the number one spot as of March with a 16% market share.

This mirrors the pattern seen over the past couple of years. If our readers may remember, in December 2016, Safety briefly had risen to the number one spot to overtake Commerce in the commercial auto insurance sphere. This was reversed by the end of 2017, however, with MAPFRE coming in at number one on this list. All in all, however, the first and second largest insurers’ difference in this marketplace continues to be almost negligible in 2019.

Progressive also is increasing its market share in this line of business in Massachusetts. If you notice it did not appear on the top 10 list below as of 2009. By 2014, it had a 2.4% market share in 2014 which it has increased to a 4.43% market share as of March 2019.

The following is a list of the top 20 Commercial Auto Insurers in Massachusetts ranked by Premiums as of March 2019:

COMPANY

PREMIUMS

MARKET SHARE
1. SAFETY 35,695,401 16.00%
2. COMMERCE 34,602,942 15.51%
3. ARBELLA 24,183,002 10.84%
4. TRAVELERS 18,378,038 8.24%
5. PLYMOUTH ROCK 11,324,399 5.07%
6. TOKIO MARINE & NACHIDO 10,269,371 4.60%
7. PROGRESSIVE 9,889,621 4.43%
8. FIREMAN’S 9,870,185 4.42%
9. LIBERTY MUTUAL INS 9,520,212 4.27%
10. HANOVER 8,161,742 3.66%
11. TWIN CITY FIRE INS 4,905,384 2.20%
12. SELECTIVE INSURANCE 4,089,406 1.83%
13. NATIONAL GRANGE 3,805,130 1.71%
14. ZURICH 3,541,713 1.59%
15. UTICA 3,458,987 1.55%
16. GREAT AMERICAN 3,170,657 1.42%
17. FARM FAMILY 2,351,713 1.05%
18. AMERICAN CASUALTY 2,223,105 1.00%
19. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL 2,036,329 0.91%
20. FEDERAL 1,982,099 0.89%

Graphs from March 2019, March 2014, and march 2009 depicting the evolution of this marketplace over the past decade

The following charts list the market share for the top ten commercial auto insurance writers in Massachusetts as of March 2019, followed by the top ten writers by market share five years ago as of March 2014, and then finally, as of March 2009.

These graphs are provided for those interested in seeing how the Massachusetts commercial automobile insurance market has evolved over the past decade.

MARCH 2019

Largest commercial auto insurance writers in Massachusetts

 

And how the market share distribution looked just five years ago:

MARCH 2014

Largest commercial auto insurance writers in Massachusetts

 

Now compare the above graphs with the top ten commercial auto insurance companies in Massachusetts from a decade ago:

MARCH 2009

Largest commercial auto insurance writers in Massachusetts 2009

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