Rating Agencies
Florida Regulators, FAIA Slam Demotech for Reported Plans to Downgrade 17 Carriers
Florida's top insurance regulators and the Florida Association of Insurance Agents on Thursday blasted the Demotech financial rating firm after the organization reportedly notified 17 insurers that ...
Personal Auto Results Slow to Recover; GEICO, Progressive to Pass State Farm
With an overall combined ratio in excess of 100 for the first time since 2017, private passenger auto joined homeowners in unprofitable territory last year, prompting carriers to respond with pricing ...
S&P Puts SiriusPoint on CreditWatch Neg. After CEO, COO Exits
SiriusPoint, the Bermuda-based global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has responded to the recent decision by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) to place the company and its core subsidiaries on ...
Chubb Not Declaring Itself Net Zero, CEO Greenberg Says
In addition to predicting greater geopolitical volatility driven by global food and energy insecurity, Chubb's chief executive warned carriers to brace for greenwashing lawsuits on the ...
Innovating to Control Costs: Carriers Seeking Top-Line Growth Amid Bottom-Line Pressures
Given the highly competitive non-life market, and the depressed pricing that accompanies excess capacity, leaders in the global property/casualty insurance and reinsurance markets have found ...
P/C Insurers Positioned for Underwriting Improvement, But Longer-Term Challenges Await
U.S. property/casualty insurers represent a source of stability amid the recent tumult of socioeconomic disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. The industry strengthened its capital base and ...
S&P Upgrades Fairfax Operating Subs to ‘A’; Outlook Stable
On Monday, S&P Global Ratings said it raised the financial strength ratings on the core insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. to "A" from "A-" with a stable ...
U.S. P/C Q1 2022 Underwriting Income Up 5 Percent: AM Best
AM Best reported Friday that first-quarter net underwriting income for the U.S. property/casualty industry rose 4.6 percent to $3.3 billion. Explaining the result, AM Best said that a 10.5 percent ...