Expense Ratio % is the percentage of expenses associated with acquiring, underwriting, and servicing premiums to net premium earned. It indicates the efficiency of the insurance company before considering its claims and investment gains or losses.
The historical rank and industry rank for Atlantic American's Expense Ratio % or its related term are showing as below:
AAME's Expense Ratio % is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: * Ranked among companies with meaningful Expense Ratio % only.
Atlantic American Expense Ratio % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Atlantic American's Expense Ratio % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Atlantic American's Expense Ratio %
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Atlantic American's Expense Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Expense Ratio % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Atlantic American (NAS:AAME) Expense Ratio % Calculation
Expense Ratio % is calculated as:
Expense Ratio %
=
Expenses of Acquiring, Underwriting and Servicing Premiums
/
Net Premium Earned
*
100%
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Atlantic American (NAS:AAME) Expense Ratio % Explanation
Expense Ratio % is the percentage of expenses associated with acquiring, underwriting, and servicing premiums to net premium earned. It can be used to make comparisons between insurance companies as well as measure their performance. An expense ratio below 100% suggests that the premiums an insurance company earned or wrote are more than the expenses it paid to support those premiums.
However, we should keep in mind that the ratio does not indicate an ending profitability. The overall profit is also influenced by the claims, investment gains or losses and other income. The ratio can be combined with Claims Ratio % and Combined Ratio % to get an overall performance of an insurance company.
Atlantic American Expense Ratio % Related Terms
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Atlantic American (Atlantic American) Business Description
Atlantic American Corp operates in specialty markets within the life and health and property and casualty insurance industries. It provides property and casualty insurance including bodily injury and property damage liability coverage, uninsured motorist coverage, and physical damage coverage for commercial accounts. It also provides tailored business automobile insurance coverage, on a multi-year contract basis, to state governments and local municipalities. The company's life and health operations offer a variety of life and supplemental health products including ordinary and term life insurance, Medicare supplement, and other health insurance. It earns revenue from the collection of premiums and investment income.
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