http://www.postonline.co.uk/ Insurance POST en Europe’s Top 30 non-life insurers achieved another year of solid top line growth in 2024, with the average rate being 11%. https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7958243/top-30-european-insurers-of-2025-revealed https://www.postonline.co.uk/personal/7958243/top-30-european-insurers-of-2025-revealed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0100 Mathilde Jakobsen Europe’s 30 largest non-life insurers returned to growth in 2021 and – although high inflation, supply chain disruptions and surging energy prices should translate into premium growth – Mathilde Jakobsen of AM Best explains that profitability is expected to decline in 2022. https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7950746/the-top-30-european-insurers-2022-a-return-to-growth https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7950746/the-top-30-european-insurers-2022-a-return-to-growth Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:00:00 +0100 Mathilde Jakobsen Diversification into primary insurance leads to shuffle among the world’s largest reinsurance groups AM Best's Catherine Thomas and Mathilde Jakobsen explain. https://www.postonline.co.uk/reinsurance/7893466/top-50-reinsurers-global-reinsurance-segment-marked-by-stability-and-uncertainty https://www.postonline.co.uk/reinsurance/7893466/top-50-reinsurers-global-reinsurance-segment-marked-by-stability-and-uncertainty Thu, 02 Dec 2021 04:00:00 +0000 Catherine Thomas Mathilde Jakobsen The impact of Covid-19 saw the European non-life insurance market report a decline in gross written premium and profit after tax. Mathilde Jakobsen of AM Best analyses the numbers and reports on the movements in the ranking and the outlooks for the leading markets within the continent https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7862256/the-top-30-european-insurers-2021-a-turbulent-time https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7862256/the-top-30-european-insurers-2021-a-turbulent-time Tue, 31 Aug 2021 04:00:00 +0100 Mathilde Jakobsen The top 30 European insurers saw growth in non-life premiums in 2019 and overall profit after tax was significantly higher than in 2018. Mathilde Jakobsen, director, analytics, AM Best, explains what the market is facing https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7661861/top-30-european-insurers-2020-a-year-of-profit https://www.postonline.co.uk/commercial/7661861/top-30-european-insurers-2020-a-year-of-profit Thu, 03 Sep 2020 06:00:00 +0100 Mathilde Jakobsen Gross written premium reported by the 30 largest European insurers in 2018 was 4.4% higher than the aggregated figure for the previous year but those writing significant business outside of the eurozone have seen foreign exchange rate movements having an impact explains Mathilde Jakobsen, director of analytics in Amsterdam for AM Best https://www.postonline.co.uk/lloydslondon/4293106/top-30-european-insurers-2019-insurers-see-44-growth https://www.postonline.co.uk/lloydslondon/4293106/top-30-european-insurers-2019-insurers-see-44-growth Wed, 04 Sep 2019 06:00:00 +0100 Mathilde Jakobsen