Regulation & Compliance
Government Policymakers Will Muck Things Up for Insurers in 2015: S&P
As if a sputtering expansion in developing markets wasn't bad enough, government policymakers in the developed world will make things difficult in 2015 for insurers around the world, Standard & ...
Uber Insurer James River Jumps Into Junk-Rated Loans
The insurer that ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc. uses to protect drivers and passengers is going public, promoting how it's more willing than competitors to invest in junk-rated loans. ...
Behind every commercial or residential property in a regional insurer’s portfolio are people relying on their carrier to remain resilient...
AXIS Capital Holdings’ Board O.K.’s New $750M Share Repurchase
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. plans to repurchase $750 million in its common shares over the next two years, adding to an already sizable buyback of a few billion dollars worth of shares. The ...
Heard at PCI Meeting: Reserve Covers, Capital Relief Deals Are Growing Trend
They may not be the new black, but references to adverse development covers and capital relief solutions and cropped up more than once in conversations with reinsurance market participants during the ...
Want to Play Rating Agency? There’s an App for That
Rating agency Standard & Poor's announced Wednesday that it is introducing an Insurance Credit Scenario Builder, a new credit tool available on the S&P Ratings iPad App and on the web. ...
Persistent Low Interest Rates Would Push One-Quarter of EU Insurers Below Solvency Ratios
One in four European insurers may struggle to meet promises to policyholders in a prolonged period of low interest rates, the European Union's insurance watchdog said following a stress test of the ...
RenRe’s Deal for Platinum Could Spur More Reinsurance M&A: Fitch
The $1.9 billion cash-stock deal by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. for Platinum Underwriters Holdings could spark more merger and acquisition activity among reinsurers, Fitch Ratings said last week, ...
A.M. Best Throws Some Cold Water on RenRe’s M&A Plans
A.M. Best has thrown some cold water on RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.'s $1.9 billion stock and cash bid for fellow Bermuda reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. The insurance rating entity ...