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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>💰 '''Net revenue''' in the insurance industry refers to the total income an insurer or intermediary retains after deducting amounts passed through to other parties — most critically, [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]] premiums ceded to [[Definition:Reinsurer | reinsurers]], [[Definition:Commission | commissions]] paid to distribution partners, and, for intermediaries, premiums forwarded to [[Definition:Insurance carrier | carriers]]. While the concept parallels net revenue in other industries (gross income minus direct cost-of-sales deductions), its specific composition varies depending on where the entity sits in the insurance value chain: for a primary [[Definition:Insurance carrier | insurer]], net revenue typically means [[Definition:Net written premium (NWP) | net written premiums]] plus net investment income; for a [[Definition:Broker | broker]] or [[Definition:Managing general agent (MGA) | MGA]], it usually equates to retained [[Definition:Commission | commission]] and fee income after any revenue-sharing arrangements.<br />
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📊 Calculating net revenue requires careful attention to the accounting framework in use, which varies by jurisdiction and entity type. Under [[Definition:US GAAP | US GAAP]], insurers recognize [[Definition:Net earned premium | net earned premiums]] — gross premiums written, minus ceded reinsurance premiums, adjusted for the change in [[Definition:Unearned premium reserve | unearned premium reserves]] — as the primary revenue line. [[Definition:IFRS 17 | IFRS 17]], now effective in most markets outside the United States, fundamentally restructures how insurance revenue is presented, recognizing it as services are provided rather than when premiums are written, and excluding any investment component. For intermediaries, net revenue calculations hinge on whether the entity records gross premium flow through its books (as some [[Definition:Program administrator | program administrators]] do) or books only the commission slice. Analysts and investors scrutinize net revenue closely because it strips away pass-through economics and reveals what the entity actually retains to cover operating expenses and generate profit.<br />
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📈 Understanding net revenue is essential for comparing companies across the insurance ecosystem, where gross figures can be profoundly misleading. A [[Definition:Managing general agent (MGA) | managing general agent]] processing $500 million in [[Definition:Gross written premium (GWP) | gross written premium]] but retaining a 15% commission earns net revenue of roughly $75 million — a fundamentally different business than a carrier retaining the same gross premium on its own balance sheet. Similarly, a carrier that cedes 60% of its premium to reinsurers has a very different net revenue profile than one retaining 90%. For [[Definition:Insurtech | insurtech]] companies seeking to demonstrate sustainable unit economics to investors, the transition from gross premium volume to net revenue — and ultimately to positive [[Definition:Underwriting profit | underwriting margin]] on that net revenue — often marks the critical inflection point in their maturation story.<br />
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'''Related concepts:'''<br />
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* [[Definition:Net written premium (NWP)]]<br />
* [[Definition:Net earned premium]]<br />
* [[Definition:Gross written premium (GWP)]]<br />
* [[Definition:Commission]]<br />
* [[Definition:Ceded premium]]<br />
* [[Definition:IFRS 17]]<br />
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