Canada Property and Casualty Insurance Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 - 2026)

The Canadian property and casualty insurance market is expected to register a CAGR of approximately 2% during the forecast period.

• In 2018, private Canadian insurers registered a revenue of CAD 59.6 billion in direct written premiums (CAD 54.1 billion in net written premiums) for insurance on consumers’ homes, cars, and businesses. Out of the CAD 54.1 billion in net written premiums, 44.1% was for one line of business: automobile, including commercial vehicle insurance, personal property, commercial property, and liability. Specialized lines of insurance, such as boiler and machinery, marine and aircraft, and surety and fidelity, make up about 7.1% of the business. Additionally, 42.0% of direct written premiums were for car insurance in 2018. In 2018, Canadian P&C (property and casualty) insurers paid out CAD 39.1 billion as claims.
• In 2018, auto insurance, which is required by law in every Canadian province and territory, accounted for approximately half the insurance business written by P&C (Property and casualty) insurers. There are about 111 private P&C insurance companies competing in auto insurance business in Canada. In addition to these private insurers, government-owned insurers in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec generally provide the mandatory component of auto insurance in those provinces, in addition to some optional coverages.
• Private insurers wrote auto insurance policies for a total of CAD 25 billion in direct written premiums in 2018. In 2018, Canadian private P&C insurers paid out CAD 18.2 billion as direct claims to policyholders for all types of auto insurance coverage: third-party liability, accident benefits, collision and comprehensive, and other coverages. Third-party liability claims payouts accounted for 46.6% of all direct claims incurred. Most claims (83.8%) were for incidents involving private passenger vehicles.
• Home insurance is the second-largest line of P&C business after auto insurance and home or personal property insurance, includes home, condominium, cottage, mobile home, and tenant’s insurance. It covers the property, personal belongings, and personal liability of the policyholder and the policyholder’s spouse or partner, children (with age limits), and dependents (with age and other limits). In 2018, private P&C insurers wrote CAD 13.2 billion in direct written premiums for personal property insurance and paid out CAD 7.8 billion for direct claims incurred.