Best's Market Segment Report: AM Best Maintains Negative Outlook on Italy’s Life Insurance Segment

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best is maintaining its negative outlook on Italy’s life insurance segment.

In its new Best’s Market Segment Report, “Market Segment Outlook: Italy Life Insurance”, AM Best notes that while it expects premium growth momentum to continue in 2025, insurers in Italy are still facing elevated levels of surrenders which failed to scale down as hoped. These surrenders continue to exert pressure on net flows, especially with regards to capital-light products.

The report also states that the Italian life insurance segment continues to exhibit an elevated level of concentration, by players and distribution channels. With roughly half of total life premiums written by three companies and distributed through bancassurance channels, these characteristics act as barriers to entry for new companies and prevent smaller participants from gaining market share.

To access a complimentary copy of this special report, please visit http://www3.ambest.com/bestweek/purchase.asp?record_code=354173.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specialising in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

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Andrea Porta
Financial Analyst
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Jose Berenguer
Associate Director, Analytics
+31 20 808 2276
jose.berenguer@ambest.com

Richard Banks
Director, Industry Research – EMEA
+44 20 7397 0322
richard.banks@ambest.com

Edem Kuenyehia
Director, Market Development & Communications
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edem.kuenyehia@ambest.com

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