Regulation & Compliance
Great SPAC Crash of 2022 Deepens as Investors Cash Out in Droves
The great SPAC crash is closing out the year in dramatic fashion as more shareholders prepare to cash out of the speculative-investing industry for good. At least 80 special-purpose acquisition ...
Without Reforms, More Florida Insurers Will Go Kaput: AM Best
Late last week, AM Best published a commentary ahead of this week's special legislative session in Florida predicting that "without immediate and substantive long-term legislative reforms," further ...
Collapse of FTX Provides Governance Lessons for Insurers: AM Best
The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX demonstrates the dangers of failures of corporate governance, according to a commentary published by AM Best. While FTX is not an insurance company, ...
AM Best Assigns Positive Segment Outlook to MGAs, Other DUAEs
Technology, talent and diverse sources of capital continue driving growth for managing general agencies and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises globally, according to AM Best, which ...
Global P/C Insurance Outlook Now Negative: Moody’s
High claims inflation and rising reinsurance costs are among the factors that prompted analysts at Moody's Investors Service to change their outlook for the global property/casualty sector from ...
‘Droves’ of Global Re Market Entrants Unlikely; Outlook Stable: AM Best
Will 2023 reinsurance renewals mark a turning point to a "true hard market" that attracts "new capital in droves" and expands supply? Analysts from AM Best raised the question in a new Best's Market ...
Florida’s Homeowners Crisis Requires Insurance Stability, Legislative Reform and Smart Technology
Even before Hurricane Ian, Florida's home insurance market was hobbled by fraudulent claims, pricey lawsuits and financial mismanagement by some insurance firms. Floridians pay the highest annual ...
Report From California Insurers Calls for More Freedom to Use Wildfire Catastrophe Models
Associations representing insurers operating in California on Tuesday released an analysis from Milliman showing wildfire catastrophe models would improve homeowners' access to insurance in the face ...