Regulation & Compliance
Future Profit Projections: Moody’s Analysis of Commercial Combined Ratios
Given the current level of commercial insurance price increases, which are outpacing loss ratio trends, analysts at Moody's Investors Service forecast that underwriting margins will also continue to ...
Commercial Insurance Rate Hikes Continuing; WC Profit Ahead in ’14: Moody’s
Moody's expects property/casualty commercial insurance rate hikes to continue for the balance of the year, making 2013 the third straight full year of rising rates for commercial lines carriers, ...
What’s Wrong With a Solvency II Approach to P/C Solvency Regulation?
Solvency II (SII) is a European initiative intended to bring a more coordinated, consistent and modern approach to solvency regulation of insurance companies. It involves changes in accounting rules ...
How Activist Investors Are Taking Executives’ Scalps at Big Companies
Activist investors from Carl Icahn to Daniel Loeb and Bill Ackman are ratcheting up their campaigns, increasingly targeting America's biggest companies and seeking the ouster of chief executive ...
G20 Leaders Seen Endorsing Shadow Banking Rules
World leaders are expected to take a softly-softly approach to regulating the so-called shadow banking sector when they meet in Russia next month to avoid damaging the flow of finance to the global ...
Islamic Finance Body Develops First Cross Border Market with $490 Million Sukuk
A consortium of central banks from Asia, the Middle East and Africa has taken a first step towards developing a cross-border market in Islamic financial instruments by issuing a $490 million sukuk. ...
Top 10 Non-Life Reinsurers: A.M. Best Ranking
There is only one new name on the latest ranking of the top 10 global non-life reinsurers, with China Reinsurance (Group) Corp. replacing Transatlantic Reinsurance Co. on a list extracted from an ...
Is Third-Party Capital Wave Overshadowing Re Market? A.M. Best Weighs In
Although the true reinsurance appetite of third-party capital may not be as big as recent industry headlines suggest, the likely result of the actual influx, when combined with existing capital, will ...