Is General Liability Insurance Profitable in 2026? Loss Ratios by State

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General Liability is the single largest commercial line by premium. Its loss ratio and underwriting profitability shape what carriers charge and how aggressively they compete for your business.

Source: NAIC 2023 Report on Profitability by Line by State (public regulator data). Loss ratio = incurred losses ÷ premiums earned; lower is more profitable for carriers.

National loss ratio (2023)
60.2%
Premiums earned (2023)
$94.1B
Underwriting profit
-0.3%

General Liability profitability by state (2023)

State Loss ratio Premiums earned Underwriting profit
NM 104.1% $389.0M -47.7%
DE 103.1% $729.7M -40.7%
RI 86.1% $393.9M -28.3%
TX 77.2% $9.8B -18.4%
SC 75.7% $1.0B -19.5%
AR 74.3% $711.0M -7.0%
NV 71.1% $906.6M -5.8%
CO 69.9% $2.3B -10.1%
LA 68.7% $1.4B -11.4%
NJ 67.9% $4.0B -9.4%
GA 67.7% $3.1B -7.9%
PA 67.6% $4.3B -7.7%
CA 67.0% $15.7B -10.5%
NY 66.3% $13.1B -8.5%
FL 66.2% $7.4B -12.5%
CT 65.8% $1.7B -6.1%
KS 65.8% $721.9M -4.8%
NE 65.5% $557.0M 0.2%
MO 65.2% $1.7B -3.2%
WV 64.0% $277.0M 1.2%
VT 64.0% $158.7M -4.1%
IL 63.2% $5.6B -1.0%
WA 62.8% $2.2B -2.5%
AZ 62.1% $1.8B 0.4%
IA 61.7% $927.9M 1.8%
TN 61.5% $1.8B 1.0%
OR 61.4% $1.0B -2.2%
AL 61.1% $1.1B -2.6%
OK 58.7% $871.7M 4.2%
MS 58.4% $503.5M 3.9%
ND 55.4% $260.6M 9.6%
KY 55.0% $764.6M 7.0%
MN 54.9% $1.8B 9.0%
HI 54.7% $444.9M 3.1%
NH 54.0% $326.3M 1.4%
IN 53.4% $1.5B 10.6%
NC 52.5% $2.3B 11.9%
WI 52.3% $1.6B 13.3%
OH 51.5% $2.6B 13.1%
ID 51.2% $396.3M 12.2%
MD 51.1% $1.7B 12.7%
SD 50.5% $204.3M 11.8%
UT 49.2% $928.3M 12.7%
ME 46.9% $273.8M 15.8%
MA 46.3% $3.4B 16.1%
AK 44.8% $211.4M 15.6%
MI 43.1% $2.1B 9.6%
VA 42.6% $2.3B 24.2%
WY 40.7% $190.6M 15.2%
DC 39.7% $721.0M 19.4%
MT 29.5% $313.0M 31.1%

All 51 states/territories with 2023 NAIC data for this line, sorted by loss ratio (highest first). A high loss ratio means carriers pay out more in claims relative to premium — often a signal that rates are rising.

Who actually files this line

75 carrier groups hold an active filing footprint for this line across 47 states — 249,710 filings observed in the public SERFF record. The most active groups: Hartford, Liberty Mutual, Berkley, Zurich, AmTrust, Nationwide.

Filing breadth measures market participation — not a price or a rate. Comparison sites cannot legally publish this data; it comes from the public regulatory record.

What this means for your business

Loss ratios and underwriting profit shape what carriers charge. Learn how General Liability coverage works in our General Liability guide, then compare real quotes for your business.

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Data: NAIC 2023 Report on Profitability by Line by State (public). See our data methodology. Figures are industry aggregates, not a quote; your rate depends on your class, state, and history.
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