AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#insurance–In a new report, analysts from AM Best predict an improvement in Protection and Indemnity (P&I) clubs’ underwriting performance for the 2022/23 year but warn that a difficult investment environment is likely to continue to weigh on earnings.

The Best’s Market Segment Report, “P&I Clubs in 2023: Improving Underwriting Results but Investment Environment Remains Challenging,” states that the overall credit quality of the International Group of P&I Clubs, which collectively insures approximately 90% of the world’s oceangoing tonnage, has deteriorated due to underwriting and investment losses, leading to a reduction in free reserves.

However, AM Best believes that the clubs have sufficient tools at their disposal to navigate the challenges that the segment is facing and to improve their credit quality once again.

For 2022/23, AM Best expects underwriting performance to improve, returning an overall combined ratio close to 100% (2021/22: 107%). This will have been helped by the absence of reported pool claims during the first half of the 2022/23 year, following years of record highs.

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