The Top 20 Cyber Insurers | 2022 NAIC Market Share Report

Premiums Grew by 61%

CyberSecurity Premiums Skyrocketed Over Past Year

In honor of CyberSecurity month, The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its annual list of the top 20 Cyber Insurance companies in the country. Utilizing data from Cyber Supplement, as well as alien surplus lines data collected through the NAIC’s International Insurance Department, the Association has tallied the top 20 largest insurers based upon Direct Written Premiums .

Premium & Market Share

The Cyber Insurance marketplace continues to explode with the latest data showing premiums in the cybersecurity marketplace growing to $6.5 billion, representing an an increase of 61% from the prior year. Of that amount, standalone cybersecurity insurance products reported approximately $4.5 billion in direct written premiums, while cybersecurity products written as part of a package policy brought in about $2 billion in direct written premiums.

U.S. domiciled insurers wrote $4.8 billion in direct written premiums, while alien surplus lines insurers wrote $1.7 billion in direct written premiums.

Growth of the U.S. Cyber Insurance Market Since 2015

The following is a simple chart outlining the growth in Direct Written Premiums in this sector since 2015. The total Direct Written Premiums number for each year reflects all Standalone and Premium Package premium from both U.S. Domiciled Insurers as well as Alien Surplus Lines.

YearTotal Direct Written Premium2015$1,415,843,7072016$2,383,337,5752017$3,087,235,6012018$3,156,551,5632019$3,356,872,4182020$4,056,128,8052021$6,543,176,810

The Top 20 Cyber Insurance Companies in the U.S.

The following is a ranking of both the top individual insurers for Standalone Cyber as well as Packaged Cyber Insurance Products. The top 20 wrote approximately 83% of the cyber insurance marketplace in 2021, almost the same percentage as in 2020. According to the NAIC, six insurer groups moved into the top 20 for the first time in 2021.

2021 Rank2020 RankGroup NumberGroup NameDirect Written PremiumLoss Ratio w/DCCMarket Share11626Chubb Ltd Grp473,073,30876.9%9.8%28158Fairfax Fin Grp436,447,80151.9%9.0%32968AXA Ins Grp421,013,72986.5%8.7%4113098Tokio Marine Holdings Inc Grp249,785,21843.8%5.2%5312American Intl Grp240,613,748130.6%5.0%6*3548Travelers Grp232,276,83172.7%4.8%754942Beazley Grp200,877,55538.7%4.2%87218CNA Ins Grp181,382,78587.5%3.8%9*1279Arch Ins Grp171,944,9959.2%3.6%1063416AXIS Capital Grp159,059,212105.2%3.3%1113212Zurich Ins Grp151,865,00476.9%3.1%1214111Liberty Mut Grp138,216,72395.2%2.9%13123219Sompo Grp133,519,57754.3%2.8%141023BCS Ins Grp132,043,11980.1%2.7%15*91Hartford Fire & Cas Grp123,163,16616.3%2.6%16*361Munich Re Grp119,989,10669.0%2.5%1720181Swiss Re Grp103,827,83732.7%2.2%18*501Alleghany Grp88,554,22220.5%1.8%19*98WR Berkley Corp Grp81,249,26036.9%1.7%201631Berkshire Hathaway Grp71,365,401-0.5%1.5%