Best's Review Spotlights Auditors and Actuaries
The December issue of Best’s Review presents coverage of the top auditors and actuaries, as well as industry trends:
- “Top Audit and Actuarial Firms” presents exclusive rankings of independent accountants and third-party actuaries.
- “New Actuarial Guideline To Affect Offshoring Life Reinsurance Disclosure” explores how auditors and actuaries are preparing for 2026’s challenges including new guidelines, health care inflation, cryptocurrency and cybersecurity.
Also included:
- “Canadian Life/Annuity: Steady Growth Brings Steady Results” reports how Canada’s life/annuity insurance industry has the prudent regulatory capital levels and financial flexibility to support steady growth and favorable earnings and underwriting.
- “AM Best: Managing Risk Is Critical as Private Credit Holdings Increase” discusses a report about how life/annuity insurers’ private credit more than doubled while publicly traded investments remained mostly flat during the past decade.
- “AI, Parametric Policies on Commissioners’ Agendas for 2026” looks at these hot topics for insurance regulators going into 2026, along with risk-based capital, tort reform and governance of tech’s “black box” problems.
- “Stuck in Reverse: Commercial Auto Losses Keep Mounting” reports how the US commercial auto insurance line’s loss trend appears to be correlated with inflation, particularly escalating litigation costs.
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