Rating Agencies
Carriers Struggle to Transform Innovation Efforts Into Results: AM Best
Although COVID-19 forced many insurers to seek out innovative solutions, most companies still have room for improvement, according to rating agency AM Best. In a recent analysis of innovation ...
One Year In: How Insurers Are Doing on AM Best Innovation Assessments
In early March 2020, AM Best released Scoring and Assessing Innovation, our formalized criteria for measuring a company's innovativeness. Within weeks of its official launch, this methodology was put ...
To A.M. Best, PURE Group Rates an A+
PURE Group, an insurer focused on the high-net-worth market, has seen it's AM Best financial strength rating upgraded to A+. The Superior rating is a change from its previous financial strength ...
Recapping 2020’s Insurance Numbers and What They Mean for 2021
The most recent tallies of financial results by rating agency analysts reveal that the property/casualty insurance industry weathered the storms of catastrophe losses and COVID, with one segment ...
In Ratings Agency First, A.M. Best Joins UN Program for Sustainable Insurance
AM Best became a signatory of the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI). The insurance industry plays an important role in supporting sustainable ...
Assessing Delegated Underwriting Authorities, MGAs: AM Best Explains
Over the last decade, as insurers and reinsurers have sought profitable opportunities for growth, they increasingly have handed the underwriting pen to managing general agents, managing general ...
As MGA Growth Explodes, AM Best Unveils New Assessments Coming Soon
With the volume of premium generated by managing general agents and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) rocketing skyward in recent years, AM Best had decided it's time to ...
S&P Grants Zurich Insurance a Ratings Upgrade Over Improved Performance
Zurich Insurance's improved financial performance has earned it a ratings upgrade from Standard & Poor's. The Swiss insurer and its core operating entities now have an S&P rating of 'AA', up ...