1st Update 2021: The Commonwealth’s Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace

Our first update of the year features the latest CAR data as of November 2020

As with our recent review of the Private Passenger Auto Insurance Marketplace, the following is Agency Checklists’ last bi-monthly update of 2020. Every two months, Agency Checklists checks in on the latest data to give a snapshot of the current state of the commercial automobile insurance marketplace in Massachusetts.

All of the data presented here is provided courtesy of the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers and represents the state of the market as of September 2020. For those unfamiliar with the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurer, “CAR” is the official statistical agent for motor vehicle insurance in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Agency Checklists lists of top commercial auto insurers in the us

An overview of the U.S. commercial auto insurance marketplace as a whole

According to the latest data from The National Association of Insurance Commissioners and outlined in our 2020 report, the Direct Written Premium for the top 25 commercial auto insurers in the U.S. was approximately $45,141,569,289 in 2019.

Of this group of the nation’s largest commercial auto insurers, Liberty Mutual was the only company based in Massachusetts who made the list. The Boston-based insurer is ranked as the third-largest commercial auto insurer with $1,888,125,510 in Direct Premiums Written and a 4.18% share of the national marketplace.

Top Commercial Auto Insurers In Massachusetts — <a href="https://agencychecklists.com/2020/08/18/ma-market-share-2020-top-commercial-auto-insurers-45668/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">View the latest MA Market Share 2020 | Top Commercial Auto Insurers here</span></a>

An overview of the Commercial Auto insurance marketplace

According to the latest data on the Commercial Auto Insurance marketplace in the Commonwealth, there are currently 193 companies that are licensed to write commercial auto insurance here.

The latest figures from the Division of Insurance state that the Total Direct Written premium for the entire marketplace was $916,026,84 in 2019, an increased from 2018 when it was $855,021,922.

A majority of the top Commercial Auto Insurers are Massachusetts-based

Three of the other top 10 commercial auto carriers operating in the Commonwealth that are also based here remained unchanged: Plymouth Rock (6^th), Liberty Mutual (8^th), and The Hanover (10^th). The following three graphs show the evolution of this marketplace over the past decade with looks at the makeup in NOVEMBER 2010, NOVEMBER 2015, and NOVEMBER 2020.

Similar to other years, the top three commercial auto insurers in the Commonwealth continue to be Massachusetts-based, Commerce (MAPFRE), Safety, and Arbella, with a combined market share of 38.96%.

A Breakdown of the Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace by Premiums and Market Share

Below is a list of all of the insurance companies that currently write commercial auto in Massachusetts, along with how much they have written and how big their market share is as of May 2020. Some interesting things to note:

MAPFRE/Commerce’s market share has increased as of November 2020 with it now representing a 15.28% share of the market as opposed to Safety’s 12.80% share.
After MAPFRE and Safety, Arbella continues to be the third-largest commercial auto insurer with an 10.88% market share.
In a decade, Travelers has moved from the top spot in this marketplace down to the 4th position with a 7.78% market share.
Progressive and Plymouth Rock round out the top six insurers and are separated by just a difference of 0.34%.

COMPANY	PREMIUMS	MA MARKET SHARE
1. COMMERCE	130,724,077	15.28%
2. SAFETY	109,513,236	12.80%
3. ARBELLA	93,113,841	10.88%
4. TRAVELERS	66,581,495	7.78%
5. PROGRESSIVE	50,551,371	5.91%
6. PLYMOUTH ROCK	47,625,514	5.57%
7. TOKIO MARINE & NACHIDO	34,548,133	4.04%
8. LIBERTY MUTUAL INS	33,203,491	3.88%
9. FIREMAN’S	31,774,438	3.71%
10. HANOVER	28,613,553	3.34%
11. ZURICH	22,129,531	2.59%
12. SELECTIVE INSURANCE	18,383,128	2.15%
13. UTICA	17,023,677	1.99%
14. TWIN CITY FIRE INS	14,512,649	1.70%
15. NATIONAL GRANGE	13,646,842	1.59%
16. OLD REPUBLIC	9,353,093	1.09%
17. NEW HAMPSHIRE	8,930,116	1.04%
18. GREAT AMERICAN	8,870,878	1.04%
19. AMERICAN CASUALTY	8,634,743	1.01%
20. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL	8,422,772	0.98%
21. FEDERATED MUTUAL	8,018,710	0.94%
22. ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY	7,555,065	0.88%
23. FARM FAMILY	7,126,763	0.83%
24. N&D MUTUAL	6,672,995	0.78%
25. GREEN MOUNTAIN	6,657,034	0.78%
26. US FIRE	6,040,992	0.71%
27. BANKERS	5,872,585	0.69%
28. MERCH MUTUAL	4,865,138	0.57%
29. CENTRAL MUTUAL INS	4,427,398	0.52%
30. HARLEYSVILLE INS	4,198,974	0.49%
31. MIDDLESEX INS CO	4,067,495	0.48%
32. QUINCY MUTUAL	3,984,865	0.47%
33. ARCH	3,018,104	0.35%
34. STARR INDEMNITY	2,625,912	0.31%
35. MOTORISTS	2,466,721	0.29%
36. NEW YORK AND GENERAL INS	2,429,076	0.28%
37. PREFERRED MUTUAL	2,188,132	0.26%
38. STATE AUTO	2,032,387	0.24%
39. IMPERIUM	1,395,852	0.16%
40. GREENWICH	1,358,746	0.16%
41. FEDERAL	1,263,510	0.15%
42. ATLANTIC SPECIALTY	1,227,189	0.14%
43. CINCINNATI	1,079,574	0.13%
44. LANCER INSURANCE CO.	920,100	0.11%
45. PENN LUMBERMENS	846,396	0.10%
46. PENN MNFCT ASSC INS	822,129	0.10%
47. SOMPO AMERICA	701,232	0.08%
48. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE	685,959	0.08%
49. STARSTONE NATIONAL	648,300	0.08%
50. CHURCH MUTUAL	621,204	0.07%
51. SECURITY NATIONAL	586,095	0.07%
52. EVEREST NATIONAL	571,433	0.07%
53. ALLIED WORLD SPECIALTY	466,784	0.05%
54. QBE	463,332	0.05%
55. AXIS REINSURANCE	362,758	0.04%
56. MITSUI SUMITOMO	323,415	0.04%
57. AMICA MUTUAL	223,948	0.03%
58. RLI	151,893	0.02%
59. GUIDEONE MUTUAL	146,851	0.02%
60. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY	97,494	0.01%
61. STATE FARM	77,771	0.01%
62. HARCO NATIONAL	65,232	0.01%
63. MARKEL	52,663	0.01%
64. CUMIS	44,200	0.01%
65. PROTECTIVE	40,337	0.00%
66. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE	30,843	0.00%
67. NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY	27,849	0.00%
68. T.H.E. INS CO	22,497	0.00%
69. HDI GLOBAL	8,029	0.00%
70. AMERICAN FAMILY	781	0.00%
TOTAL	855,739,320	100.00%

November 2020

November 2015

November 2010

Compare all of our 2020 Market Share Update Reports

For those interested in reviewing all of our bi-monthly updates throughout 2020 to get a sense of how the Commercial Auto Insurance marketplace has evolved over the past year, please find links to Agency Checklists’ five other updates below: