Rating Agencies
DOJ Antitrust Chief Warns S&P Global Over Insurer Ratings Tweak
The Justice Department's antitrust division said in a letter dated last Friday that a proposed methodology change by S&P -- the world's largest credit ratings company -- could raise barriers for ...
Innovation Boosts Carrier Top Lines: AM Best
Insurers with well-developed innovation initiatives have much higher levels of top-line growth than those who lag behind on the innovation curve, AM Best reported last month. In a special report ...
AM Best and S&P Ratings Suspend All Commercial Operations in Russia
AM Best announced it has suspended all commercial activities to clients in Russia and has withdrawn all credit ratings on Russia-based re/insurance companies, subject to sanctions imposed by the ...
$10B Worst Case Insurance Aviation Loss for Planes Grounded in Russia
A realistic estimate of aviation insurance and reinsurance losses for the grounding of planes in Russia falls in the $5-$6 billion range, but a worst-case estimate of $10 billion would be the biggest ...
Marsh Launches Risk Rating Tool to Assess Companies’ ESG Performance
Insurance broker Marsh announced the launch of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Risk Rating, an assessment tool that can measure an organization's ESG performance, enabling it to ...
Financial Market Volatility of Russia-Ukraine War Likely to Impact European Insurers
According to Fitch Ratings, the Russia-Ukraine war is more likely to affect the European insurance sector through second-order financial market volatility than through direct effects from sanctions. ...
AM Best Raises Country Risk Level for Russia
The insurance rating firm AM Best said it has moved its country risk tier for Russia to a CRT-5 from a CRT-4 to reflect the "significantly heightened geopolitical, economic and financial system risk" ...
Tesla, Other Car Makers Have Edge Over Incumbent Insurers: Moody’s
Tesla and other car makers represent a growing threat to incumbent auto insurers, even though they have little direct impact on the insurance market today, Moody's Investors Services said in a report ...