Research
Captive Insurers Have a Strong Place in the U.S. Market: A.M. Best
Captive insurance companies rated by A.M. Best ended 2015 in strong form, recording pretax operating income of $1.4 billion, a 13.5 percent increase over 2014, according to a new A.M. Best special ...
Mutual Insurers Rebound (Slightly), Though Threats Remain: Swiss Re
Mutual insurance companies have gained back some of the global market share they lost due to demutualizations in recent years. Those gains are threatened, however, by new financial regulations, ...
Hedge Fund Reinsurers: Still Taking Heat From S&P, Lawmakers
Even as new waves of hedge fund reinsurers launch, one rating agency continues to question the basic business model—a model that also has critics among U.S. lawmakers who have tried unsuccessfully ...
JLT Re: Buyers Should Put Resilient Reinsurance Cycle to Good Use
Despite proclamations by some observers that the reinsurance cycle is dead, JLT Re says, reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated – and now is the time for buyers to use the cycle, and ...
P/C Industry Profit Erosion Accelerating in 2016 as Multiple Factors Converge: S&P
Property/casualty insurers could be sliding into trouble in the second half of 2016. Blame a number of factors, including higher catastrophe losses, negative results in private passenger auto and ...
Lloyd’s Possibly Vulnerable to Catastrophic Cyber Attack
A review of almost 400 reinsurance contracts underwritten at Lloyd's of London has revealed potentially significant vulnerabilities and exposures if a catastrophic cyber attack should occur. Analysis ...
Best Revises Lloyd’s Outlook to Stable from Positive on Difficult Business Conditions
A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to stable from positive of Lloyd's and Lloyd's Insurance Co. (China) Ltd., while at the same time affirming their financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) ...
The U.S. Accounted for Nearly Half of H1’s Global Insured Losses
Preliminary global economic losses reached US$98 billion during the first half of 2016, while global insured losses hit US$30 billion – their highest levels since 2011, according to Impact ...