Rating Agencies
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 ...
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine to Spur More Claims Inflation: Moody’s
Although insurance penetration in Ukraine and Russia is low, global insurers will face secondary impacts from greater financial market volatility and higher energy prices, Moody's Investors Services ...
James River Reserve Charge, ‘Strategic Actions’ Won’t Damage AM Best Rating
AM Best announced on Tuesday that the rating agency won't change the A- (Excellent) financial strength ratings for the operating subsidiaries of James River Group Holdings, Ltd., a day after the ...
D&O Loss Ratios Unchanged by Rate Hikes: Supply Disruption to Fuel Suits
Directors and officers liability insurance premium rate hikes have not had the anticipated impacts on loss ratios that carriers had hoped for, AM Best reported Monday, citing the impact of social ...
Ukraine Invasion Analysis: AM Best Sees ‘Significant Implications’ for Insurers
AM Best believes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine could have a "substantial impact" on the world's insurance industry in the near to midterm, the rating agency said in a report published on Friday. ...
Upgrades Back Up in 2021; Higher Capital, Better P/C Operating Results
Rating upgrades in the U.S. property/casualty insurance segment bounced back to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, increasing to 7.7 percent of all rating actions compared with 5.3 percent in 2020, ...
AM Best Answers Questions as DUAE; MGA Assessments Go Live
It is not a credit rating. It will not impact an insurer's financial strength rating. Those were two of the answers that AM Best analysts delivered yesterday in various presentations about the rating ...