Average Price Per Million, Adjusted for Certain Items, decreased 16.3 Percent in the Third Quarter
Average Change for Primary Policies with Same Limit and Same Deductible decreased 9.2 Percent
Third Quarter Key Metrics and Highlights
- Average price per million decreased 19.7 percent compared to the prior-year quarter.
- Price per million for clients that renewed in both Q3 2023 and Q3 2022 decreased 17.0 percent.
- 86 percent of primary policies renewing with the same limit and deductible experienced a price decrease; 3 percent had a price increase.
- Overall price change for primary policies renewing with same limit and deductible was down 9.2 percent.
- 96.0 percent of primary policies renewed with the same limit.
- 84.8 percent of primary policies renewed with the same deductible.
- 83.2 percent of primary policies renewed with the same limit and deductible.
- 100.0 percent of primary policies renewed with the same carrier.
On October 30th, the Financial Services Group at Aon published the Pricing Index for Public D&O insurance for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The pricing index tracks premium changes relative to the base year of 2001.
The Pricing Index decreased to 1.26 from 1.57 in the prior-year quarter, the sixth quarterly decrease since Q4 2017. The average cost of $1 million in limits decreased 19.7 percent compared to the prior-year quarter.
However, as with last quarter, there were several prior-year IPO and DeSPAC (Business Combination) clients that renewed with considerable decreases in Q3 2023 as they move further away from the original transaction. Prior-year IPOs renewing in Q3 2023 decreased, on average, 48.5 percent, while prior-year DeSPAC transactions renewing in Q3 2023 decreased an average of 34.4 percent. Excluding these clients, the Pricing Index decreased 16.3 percent in Q3 2023.
The FSG D&O Pricing Index for Q3 2023 is available here (registration required).
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