US Insurance Market Research Report, Insurance Industry in US, General Insurance Companies In US : Ken Research

General Insurance to Act as a Mainstay
for All Services and Products : Ken
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• According to study, “Strategic Market Intelligence: General Insurance in the US –
2017” some of the major companies that are currently working in the general
insurance in the U.S. are State Farm Grp, Berkshire Hathaway Grp, Liberty MutGrp,
Allstate Ins Grp, Progressive Grp, Travelers Grp, Chubb Ltd Grp, Nationwide Corp
Grp, Farmers Ins Grp, United Serv Automobile.
• General insurance or non-life insurance policies, including automobile and
homeowners policies, provide payments depending on the loss from a particular
financial event. General insurance is typically defined as any insurance that is not
determined to be life insurance. It is called property and casualty insurance in the
U.S.
• The U.S. has the world's largest and most mature general insurance segment. It
enables to minimize the effect of unexpected and often unwelcome future events
and helps to organize personal and business life with greater confidence. It covers
properly against fire, burglary, theft, flood storm and earthquake. It also covers
machinery against breakdown, motor vehicles against damages and hull of ships
etc. It is important for many reasons: to get financial security, to get peace of mind
against risk, to avoid burden of loss and to avoid accidents etc.

• General insurance is classified in two types: commercial lines and personal lines. Commercial lines
products are usually designed for relatively small legal entities: it includes public liability, product
liability, commercial fleet and other general insurance products, which are sold in a relatively
standard fashion to many organizations.
• Some types of general insurance are included car or auto insurance, liability insurance, marine
insurance, fire insurance, engineering insurance and burglary insurance. Car or auto insurance is a
contract between user and the insurance company that protects against financial loss in the event
of an accident or theft: it provides protection against third party liability and physical damages from
fire, riots, flood, cyclones, burglary and theft etc. Liability insurance is purchased to protect an
individual or a business: it covers legal pay-outs and costs for which the person insured is
responsible. Marine insurance refers to coverage provided for the loss or even damage that has
been caused to cargo, ships, terminals between their points of origin and final destination. Fire
insurance covers any damage to property as a result of a fire: it goes beyond property insurance
and covers the cost of reconstruction, the cost of replacement and the cost of repair etc. Health
insurance offers a way to reduce such costs to more reasonable, affordable amounts. Engineering
insurance provides coverage for damage to machinery, business interruption, stock deterioration,
stock deterioration and computers & electronic equipment etc. additionally, burglary insurance
provides financial compensation against loss or damage to property contained in premises by acts
of burglary.

• Some characteristics of general insurance are involved payment of
fortuitous losses, risk transfer, pooling of losses and indemnification
etc. Some latest trends of general insurance such as digital, blockchain,
customer focus, new accounting standards, conduct & misselling,
data analytics, cyber insurance, artificial intelligence and
insurtech etc.
• In 2017, in U.S., the percentage of people with health insurance
coverage was 91.2 %. As well as private health insurance coverage
continued to be more prevalent than government coverage, at 67.2
% and 37.7 %, respectively. Health insurance reduces costs to more
reasonable, affordable amounts. It provide many benefits such as
emergency services hospitalization, laboratory tests, maternity and
newborn care, mental health and substance-abuse treatment,
outpatient care, pediatric services, prescription drugs, preventive
services & management of chronic diseases and rehabilitation
services etc.

• In 2017, private health insurance coverage
continued to be more prevalent than
government coverage, at 67.2 % and 37.7 %,
respectively. Of the subtypes of health
insurance coverage, employer-based
insurance was the most common, covering
56.0 % of the population for some or all of the
calendar year, followed by Medicaid,
Medicare, direct-purchase coverage, and
military coverage.

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