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Competition In UK Private Motor Insurance 2007 Provides Performance Data Of The Top Insurers In The UK Motor Insurance Market.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86437) has announced the addition of "Competition in UK Private Motor Insurance 2007" to their offering.

The brief analyzes the competitive developments in the UK private motor insurance market, discussing market concentration and competitor performance and providing analysis of the top insurers market share, GWP GWP Global Warming Potential
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 and underwriting Underwriting

1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt).

2. The process of issuing insurance policies.
 performance over the last five years.

Scope

- Analysis of the top private motor insurers growth or decline in market share and the trends driving these changes

- Performance data of the top insurers in the UK motor insurance market.

Highlights of this title

The market dominance Market dominance is a measure of the strength of a brand, product, service, or firm, relative to competitive offerings. There is often a geographic element to the competitive landscape.  of the largest players is expected to confer a greater control over the setting of premium rates and a greater ability to steer the market. This has been evident in the fact that the current underwriting cycle has turned before the market reached the level of losses seen in previous cycles.

Key reasons to purchase this title

- Benchmark your company against your competitors based on current and past performance in the market

- Gain knowledge of competitive developments among private motor insurance providers.

Contents:

OUR VIEW

CATALYST

SUMMARY

ANALYSIS

Introduction

Two insurers exited the private motor market in 2006 and 2007

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 in May 2007

Legal & General ceased underwriting new private motor policies in 2006

The top 10 private motor insurers lost market share in 2006, although the market remained highly consolidated

Market leader RBSI RBSI Royal Bank of Scotland International  maintained its grip on the private motor market in 2006

The top 10 private motor insurers lost market share in 2006

A number of the largest private motor insurers grew market share in 2006, despite competitive conditions

Direct Lines GWP remained stable in 2006

Royal & SunAlliance raised its market share and increased premium income in 2006

Fortis grew its private motor insurance market share in 2006 due to an increase in policy numbers

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NIG National Insurance Guarantee Corporation Ltd. (UK insurance company)
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 grew its presence in the motor insurance market, gaining market share and GWP in 2006

Competitive conditions resulted in some top 10 players losing market share in 2006

The market leader, Norwich Union Norwich Union is an insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance. It is part of the Aviva group, itself created by a merger of Norwich Union and CGU plc in 2000. , lost the most market share of the top 10 in 2006

Churchill lost market share in 2006 as its non-comprehensive book contracted severely

Zurichs private motor GWP declined in 2006, leading to a contraction in market share

CISs market share contracted in 2006 due to lower premium income

Two players, UKI UKI United Kingdom & Ireland  and esure, saw no change in market share between 2005 and 2006

esure joined the top 10 private motor insurers despite decreasing private motor premium income

UKI saw its market share increase in 2006, though premium income declined

Mid-tier private motor insurers retained market share overall in 2006

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AXAs private motor book rebounded in 2006 increasing by a substantial 43.5% in GWP terms

The NFU Mutual The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited, better known as NFU Mutual, is an insurance company in the UK. It is a mutual company, owned by its policyholders rather than by shareholders, and deals in both life and general insurance.  experienced modest premium income growth in 2006

Aioi Motor & General increased market share and premium income in 2006

Five mid-tier insurers lost market share in 2006

LVs market share declined by 0.3 percentage points in 2006 as it allowed premium income to contract

Providents book continued to contract in 2006 as it sought to exit the UK private motor market

Groupamas private motor insurance book declined in 2006

HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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 experienced a decline in its private motor account in 2006

Allianzs GWP declined by more than 10% in 2006

Two mid-tier insurers saw minor declines in premium income but maintained market share in 2006

Highways private motor book experienced a contraction in 2006, but maintained market share

MMAs market share remained stable although GWP reduced by 3.3% in 2006

Most of the top 10 insurers write some non-comprehensive and commercial business

Comprehensive premium income dominated the books of the largest private motor insurers

Six of the top 10 private motor insurers also write commercial motor insurance

The largest private motor insurers also tend to be the largest total motor insurers

The average loss ratio among the top 10 UK motor insurance providers declined in 2006 with AXA AXA Anguilla, Anguilla (Airport Code)
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, Norwich Union and Churchill recording the biggest improvements

APPENDIX

List of Tables

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86437

Source: Datamonitor
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