Rating Agencies
Coronavirus Fallout Leads to A.M. Best Outlook Downgrade for U.S. Commercial Insurers
U.S. commercial lines insurers must now carry an outlook downgrade from A.M. Best due to fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The decision by A.M. Best to revise its outlook for the segment to ...
A Longer Coronavirus Crisis Creates Greater Underwriting Loss Uncertainty: Fitch
North American property/casualty insurers will likely face increasing coronavirus-related financial challenges as the pandemic crisis drags on, Fitch Ratings said in a new report. "Claims experience ...
Most P/C Insurers Will Weather Ongoing COVID-19 Storm: Standard & Poor’s
Most P/C insurers will be able to weather any financial market volatility and higher claims relating to COVID-19, S&P Global Ratings predicts in a new report, though it warns some carriers with ...
Fitch Revises Global Re ‘Sector’ Outlook to Negative; Rating Outlook Stable
On Friday, Fitch Ratings announced a dimmer "sector outlook" for global reinsurers—changing it to negative from stable, pointing to increased concerns over COVID-19. Rating agencies like Fitch ...
Providence Mutual Is Dealt an A.M. Best Financial Strength Rating Downgrade
The Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Company has been dealt a financial strength rating downgrade from A.M. Best. A.M. Best said its decision to downgrade the insurer's financial strength rating to ...
AM Best Pandemic Stress Test Announced
Although AM Best believes property/casualty insurers won't be as severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as life and annuity players, the rating agency said yesterday that it will be ...
P/C Innovation Leaders Scarce, AM Best Finds; Reinsurers Reign
In an initial test of its new innovation assessment scores, AM Best found that only 1 percent of rated property/casualty insurers merit scores high enough to categorize them as innovation leaders, ...
Drivers Display Effects of Recreational Pot Even When Not Intoxicated by It: Harvard Study
Recreational cannabis use affects driving ability even when drivers are not intoxicated by marijuana, according to a study from a Harvard Medical School hospital. Published in the Drug and Alcohol ...