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Conning Releases 2026 Fronting Study: Fronting Sector Confronts a Softening Market

08/27/2026

Conning's study, Fronting Sector Confronts a Softening Market, examines more than $22 billion in 2025 gross premiums using company-level comparisons, proprietary MGA data, statutory analysis, and reinsurance mapping.


GEMS® Economic Scenario Generator Category Winner in Chartis 2026 Quantitative Analytics50

08/26/2026

Conning is pleased to announce that its GEMS® Economic Scenario Generator has been named the category winner in the Chartis 2026 Quantitative Analytics50.


Conning and MPL Association Study Finds MPL Reinsurance Market Stabilizing as Underwriting Scrutiny Intensifies

08/04/2026

Developed jointly by Conning and the MPL Association, Medical Professional Liability Reinsurance Market - From Crisis to Stability: Reinsurance Markets in Transition examines the evolution of the MPL reinsurance market and the longstanding relationship between the medical professional liability and reinsurance industries.


U.S. MGA Premiums Reach $128 Billion as Market Evolution Continues

07/28/2026

The study, “Managing General Agents: Reconfiguring the Insurance Value Chain?," explores how increasing specialization across underwriting, distribution, technology, and capital may reshape how insurance products are developed and brought to market.


GEMS® Economic Scenario Generator wins Stress Scenarios Software of the Year

06/25/2026

Conning is pleased to announce that its GEMS® Economic Scenario Generator has been named Stress Scenarios Software of the Year in the 2026 InsuranceERM Americas Awards.


GEMS® Economic Scenario Generator wins ESG of the Year

06/16/2026

Conning is pleased to announce that its GEMS® Economic Scenario Generator has been named ESG of the Year in the 2026 InsuranceERM Americas Awards.


Despite Cost Pressures and Decelerating Growth, Conning Maintains a Stable Outlook in its State of the States Report

06/02/2026

Conning’s 2026 State of the States report reinstates our “stable” outlook to the credit quality of all 50 states. Our highly interactive format offers a close look at the 13 metrics shaping our analysis as well as a downloadable pdf of the report.


Conning Releases New Research on How VM-22 Is Reshaping Competition in the U.S. Pension Risk Transfer Market

05/12/2026

As one of the annuity industry’s most important growth areas enters a more competitive and segmented phase, the report examines how the new principles-based reserving framework is influencing pricing, asset-liability management (ALM), capital volatility, and insurers’ relative positioning in PRT bidding.


Conning Examines the Next Phase of Growth in Property Casualty Alternative Capital

05/05/2026

Conning has released its latest research study, "Property-Casualty Alternative Capital and the Next Wave of Growth", examining how alternative capital has evolved from a niche supplement into a core, scalable source of capacity across property casualty insurance and reinsurance markets.