How to Win Reinsurance Negotiations in a ‘Show Don’t Tell’ Hard Market
We need to talk about the cost of reinsurance.
Primary property/casualty insurance carriers and MGAs are still squeamish following the ...
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AM Best Downgrades SCOR Ratings
AM Best announced Thursday that it has downgraded the financial strength rating to "A" (excellent) from "A+" (superior) and the long-term issuer credit ratings to "a+" (Excellent) from "aa-" ...
Lloyd’s 2022 Underwriting Results ‘Strong’ Despite Bottom-Line Red Ink
Lloyd's reported an interim full-year 2022 loss before tax of $947.6 million (£800 million ) as a result of investment losses of approximately $3.6 billion (£3 billion). This compares to a profit ...
Swiss Re Closes $700M Alternative Capital Deal, Enabling Growth in Favorable Market
Swiss Re has closed a $700 million multi-year stop-loss transaction with funding led by J.P. Morgan.
The financing builds upon an ...
Reinsurance Recap: 2022 Results Mixed as Market Improves
Full-year 2022 financial results, reported by a handful of international groups that write reinsurance, show mixed results in a market full of challenges—ranging from inflation to the Ukraine war ...
Moody’s RMS Estimates $5B Insured Losses From Turkey Quake
The economic and insured losses from the earthquakes that hit southern Turkey on Monday, Feb. 6 continue to escalate as damage information and data keep pouring in. The catastrophe risk modeling firm ...
Global Reinsurers to Bear Bulk of Losses From Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Fitch
Most insurance payouts due to the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria ultimately will be borne by global reinsurers, according to Fitch Ratings. "The vast majority of insured losses will be covered ...
Moody’s Downgrades SCOR’s Rating to A1 From Aa3 on Weakening Profits
Moody's Investors Service downgraded the Insurance Financial Strength Rating (IFSR) of SCOR SE and its key operating entities to A1 from Aa3 while at the same time ...
Insurance Groundhogs Have Their Day: Some Primary Prices Need to Go Higher
Sure, it's nice to know whether Spring is around the corner or more than a month away, but what about insurance market conditions? How long will a hard market last in many lines? Are insurance prices ...