Jennifer Rudden
Research Lead Financial Services & Real estate
Property and casualty insurance in the United States - statistics & facts
Berkshire Hathaway, State Farm, and Progressive Corp are just some of the biggest property and casualty insurance companies in the world - all of which hail from the United States. Property and casualty insurance is a type of insurance which covers risks related to loss or damage of property. This type of insurance has two major areas: protection of physical objects and protection against legal liability. In total, the value of gross premiums written by the U.S. property and casualty insurance sector exceeded 850 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. In the same year, 35 percent of the U.S. P&C premiums were written by private passenger auto insurance companies.
The P&C insurance market leader
State Farm Insurance was the largest property and casualty insurance company by revenue in 2021. It also topped the list of leading P&C insurers with regards to the value of direct premiums written. State Farm is a group of mutual insurance companies with headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois. However, Nationwide overtook State Farm in 2021 to become the most profitable mutual property and casualty insurer in the country.Incurred losses are increasing across all segments
Losses incurred by insurance companies have been increasing in recent years, which means that insurers have paid out more money in claims than they used to. This trend has affected auto insurance and homeowners insurance providers. The U.S. property and casualty sector employed about 686,000 in 2022. This number has fluctuated over the past decade and rose by 42,000 in 2022.
