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1st Look 2020: The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace in Massachusetts

February 11, 2020 by Agency Checklists

As with our review of the private passenger auto insurance marketplace, Agency Checklists’ first update of 2020 on the current state of the commercial automobile insurance marketplace takes a look at the penultimate month of 2019, the last date for which complete data is available.

All of the data presented here is provided courtesy of the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers and represents the state of the market as of November 2019. 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 latest official report from the Division of Insurance (2017), total Direct Written Premium totaled $855,021,922 in 2017, with a total of 191 companies writing Commercial Auto Insurance 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:

The largest commercial auto insurers in Massachusetts
  • 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
  • 1st Look 2019 – The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace In Massachusetts
  • 2nd Look 2019 – The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace in Massachusetts
  • 3rd Look 2019 – The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace in Massachusetts
  • 4th Look 2019 – The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace in Massachusetts
  • Last Look 2019 – The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace in Massachusetts

Over the year, Safety and MAPFRE/Commerce have continued to alternate being the leading commercial auto insurer throughout the year. While MAPFRE/Commerce had the higher market share percentage in our 1st Look, Safety took over the top spot in our 2nd Look report for March, as well as our 3rd and continued to do so for the rest of the year.

For those who are interested, the following is a complete list of all the Commercial Auto Insurers in Massachusetts, ranked by premiums as of November 2019:

COMPANYPREMIUMSMARKET SHARE
1. SAFETY 130,991,453 15.35%
2. COMMERCE 128,122,831 15.01%
3. ARBELLA 94,605,578 11.09%
4.TRAVELERS 62,902,656 7.37%
5. PLYMOUTH ROCK 46,410,188 5.44%
6. PROGRESSIVE 39,357,866 4.61%
7. LIBERTY MUTUAL INS 38,991,533 4.57%
8. TOKIO MARINE & NACHIDO 36,417,513 4.27%
9. FIREMAN’S 31,351,146 3.67%
10. HANOVER 30,369,315 3.56%
11. ZURICH 19,708,087 2.31%
12. UTICA 15,183,822 1.78%
13. TWIN CITY FIRE INS 14,774,815 1.73%
14. SELECTIVE INSURANCE 14,574,520 1.71%
15. NATIONAL GRANGE 13,378,332 1.57%
16. GREAT AMERICAN 9,941,451 1.16%
17. FEDERAL 8,571,307 1.00%
18. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL 8,212,085 0.96%
19. AMERICAN CASUALTY 8,089,731 0.95%
20. OLD REPUBLIC 7,894,988 0.93%
21. ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY 7,118,914 0.83%
22. FARM FAMILY 6,987,889 0.82%
23. FEDERATED MUTUAL 6,911,170 0.81%
24. N&D MUTUAL 6,325,629 0.74%
25. US FIRE 5,793,754 0.68%
26. BANKERS 5,531,061 0.65%
27. HARLEYSVILLE INS 4,334,144 0.51%
28. GREEN MOUNTAIN 4,312,569 0.51%
29. QUINCY MUTUAL 3,873,765 0.45%
30. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE 3,610,995 0.42%
31. CENTRAL MUTUAL INS 3,504,810 0.41%
32. NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,244,957 0.38%
33. MERCH MUTUAL 3,170,801 0.37%
34. MIDDLESEX INS CO 2,939,745 0.34%
35. PROTECTIVE INS 2,538,424 0.30%
36. MOTORISTS 2,522,111 0.30%
37. STARR INDEMNITY 2,420,798 0.28%
38. NEW YORK AND GENERAL INS 2,025,401 0.24%
39. PREFERRED MUTUAL 1,995,367 0.23%
40. STATE AUTO 1,821,767 0.21%
41. LANCER INSURANCE CO. 1,720,889 0.20%
42. ARCH INS 1,648,541 0.19%
43. ATLANTIC SPECIALTY 1,096,124 0.13%
44. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE 868,299 0.10%
45. GREENWICH INS 841,103 0.10%
46. SOMPO JAPAN INS 682,585 0.08%
47. PENN MNFCT ASSC INS 644,766 0.08%
48. CHURCH MUTUAL 629,840 0.07%
49. SECURITY NATIONAL 529,538 0.06%
50. EVEREST NATIONAL 516,284 0.06%
51. ALLIED WORLD SPECIALTY 434,999 0.05%
52. QBE 423,664 0.05%
53. STARSTONE NATIONAL 371,843 0.04%
54. AXIS INSURANCE CO 328,862 0.04%
55. MITSUI SUMITOMO 302,262 0.04%
56. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY 261,407 0.03%
57. AMICA MUTUAL 248,800 0.03%
58. THE CINCINNATI INS 228,047 0.03%
59. RLI INS 202,027 0.02%
60. GUIDE ONE MUTUAL 197,836 0.02%
61. HARCO NATIONAL 130,832 0.02%
62. STATE FARM 74,461 0.01%
63. PENN LUMBERMENS 59,742 0.01%
64. MARKEL 59,173 0.01%
65. CUMIS INS SOCIETY 48,106 0.01%
66. T.H.E INSURANCE CO 37,748 0.00%
67. HDI GLOBAL INS 7,424 0.00%
68. AMERICAN FAMILY 597 0.00%

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

NOVEMBER 2019

NOVEMBER 2014

NOVEMBER 2009

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