Best's Review Looks Closely at Insurance Expense Efficiency

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a new article, Best’s Review speaks with industry experts about the challenges of reducing the expense ratio. According to Bill Pieroni, president and chief executive officer for ACORD, “What we’ve found and seen over the last several years is that the sustainable value carriers are able to have a lower-than-average loss adjustment expense and a lower-than-average pure loss ratio.”

A new Best’s Special Report notes some improvement, as the industry’s average underwriting expense ratio decreased to 26.3% in 2021 from 28.0% in 2011, and the net general expense ratio declined to 6.5% in 2021 from 7.1% in 2011. Read the full story, “Insurers Find Ways to Decrease the Underwriting Expense Ratio.”

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