Rating Agencies
Personal Auto Insurance Profits Unsustainable, Fitch Says
Highly profitable sub-90 personal auto combined ratios recorded by 10 publicly traded property/casualty insurers in 2020 don't look anything like the 106 recorded in 2016. But they're headed in that ...
U.S. E&S Insurers Win A.M. Best Outlook Upgrade Over Pandemic Resiliency
Resiliency from the U.S. excess & surplus lines market in the face of pandemic challenges has earned it an outlook upgrade from A.M. Best. A.M. Best revised its outlook for U.S. E&S to Stable ...
Repair Your Damaged Reputations, AM Best Tells UK Insurers
While most of the COVID-related problems that plagued U.K. commercial property insurers will abate after the March anniversary of lockdowns, battles with reinsurers and damaged reputations are ...
Kemper Granted A.M. Best Ratings Upgrade
Kemper Corp. was granted an A.M. Best upgrade of its financial strength rating, based on a strong balance sheet and solid operating performance over time. The property/casualty insurer and its ...
Ranking U.S. Insurers: How They Score on ESG Performance
For the past several years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have figured prominently in the investment decisions of institutional investors, pension funds and shareholders. The ...
Combined Ratios Still Better Than Breakeven Through Nine Months
In separate analyses published yesterday, both AM Best and Fitch Ratings reported double-digit drops in operating income for North American property/casualty insurers through nine months but said ...
New Insurance Group Inigo Raises $800M of Capital; Ex-Hiscox Execs Behind Launch
Inigo Ltd., a new London-based insurance group, announced it has completed a capital raise of approximately $800 million from a consortium of global investors. Former Hiscox executives are beyind the ...
AIG’s Decision to Separate L&R Biz Risks Possible Ratings Downgrades
American International Group's plan to downsize by divesting its Life & Retirement business is drawing cautious and wary reactions from rating agencies that follow the property/casualty insurance ...