Ward Group Names 2006 Ward’s 50 Top Performing Insurance Companies

The list of Ward’s 50 top performing insurance companies was released July 18 by Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and leading provider of benchmarking and best practices services to the insurance industry. Annually, Ward Group analyzes the financial performance of more than 3,000 property/casualty insurance companies domiciled in the United States and identifies the top performers. The Ward’s 50 property/casualty insurance companies produced a 14.1 percent return on average equity from 2001 to 2005 compared to 6.3 percent for the property/casualty industry overall.