MAPFRE/Commerce continues to outpace every insurer in Massachusetts claiming a 27% share of the private passenger marketplace.
In 2013, MAPFRE/Commerce continued to dominate the private passenger automobile insurance marketplace with its 27% market share. However, this number is three percentage points lower than the position it held in 2008.
According to the following graph from Commonwealth of Automobile Reinsurers, only two direct writers, Liberty Mutual and GEICO, made the Top Ten List this year, taking the second and seventh spots respectively. GEICO first appeared in the Top Ten List in 2012 with a 3.1% market share. It has again increased its position this year by a percentage point, now claiming the seventh spot on the list. Liberty Mutual which in 2008 held the fourth spot on the list with a 8.8% market share has increased its market share percentage by 3.3% points over the last four years. It now claims the second spot on the list behind MAPFRE/Commerce.
Top Ten List Of Private Passenger Automobile Insurance Writers in Massachusetts |
1. MAPFRE/Commerce Insurance Co. |
2. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. |
3. Safety Insurance Co. |
4. Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. |
5. Plymouth Rock Assurance Co. |
6. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Co. |
7. Government Employees Insurance Co. |
8. Amica Mutual Insurance Co. |
9. The Hanover Insurance Co. |
10. The Premier Insurance Company of MA |
See each insurer’s market share on the top ten on the following graph from the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers:
A look at the market share for the private passenger automobile insurance marketplace in Massachusetts as of December 2013
Overall though for 2013 the Mass. private passenger automobile insurance marketplace had some 4,295,204 exposures with a total of 31 different insurers writing this line of insurance in the Commonwealth. The following is a list of those companies including the market share they had as of December 2013.
Company |
Exposures |
Market Share |
MAPFRE/COMMERCE | 1,188,696 | 27.05% |
LIBERTY MUTUAL | 530,865 | 12.08% |
SAFETY | 471,755 | 10.73% |
ARBELLA | 409,246 | 9.31% |
PLYMOUTH ROCK | 253,235 | 5.76% |
METROPOLITAN | 195,585 | 4.45% |
GEICO | 192,665 | 4.38% |
AMICA MUTUAL | 149,989 | 3.41% |
HANOVER | 142,953 | 3.25% |
THE PREMIER | 135,552 | 3.08% |
U S A A | 131,966 | 3.00% |
PROGRESSIVE | 114,624 | 2.61% |
QUINCY MUTUAL | 85,453 | 1.94% |
ALLSTATE | 56,037 | 1.27% |
NORFOLK & DEDHAM | 54,451 | 1.24% |
NATIONAL GRANGE | 49,253 | 1.12% |
VERMONT MUTUAL | 46,542 | 1.06% |
MASS HOMELAND | 39,433 | 0.90% |
ENCOMPASS | 35,847 | 0.82% |
STATE FARM | 20,958 | 0.48% |
PREFERRED MUTUAL | 17,428 | 0.40% |
OCCIDENTAL INS | 16,430 | 0.37% |
ELECTRIC | 13,994 | 0.32% |
IDS | 12,722 | 0.29% |
GREEN MOUNTAIN | 8,525 | 0.19% |
FARM FAMLY | 7,159 | 0.16% |
HARLEYSVILLE WORCESTER | 5,514 | 0.13% |
AMERICAN AUTO | 4,186 | 0.10% |
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL | 2,722 | 0.06% |
ESURANCE | 1,279 | 0.03% |
BANKERS STANDARD | 140 |
0.00% |