For 2019, AM Best projects the combined ratio to improve slightly to 101.2, based on the expectation of more normalized losses. (Photo: Shutterstock)
In 2017, the property & casualty insurance segment suffered near-record high in U.S. catastrophic losses. mainly from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Hurricane Michael and wildfires in California near the end of 2018 propelled a second year of catastrophic losses above the long-term average.
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