Rating Agencies
M&A, Despite Market Risks, Will Continue at Slower Pace: S&P Prediction
Property/casualty insurers and reinsurers continue in 2017 to seek scale in a tough market through mergers and acquisitions. The pace has slowed considerably, however, and Standard & Poor's sees ...
Markel’s Fitch, A.M. Best Ratings Hold Steady After State National Acquisition News
Markel Corp.'s plan to acquire State National Companies for $919 million drew steady, neutral reaction from both Fitch Ratings and A.M. Best. Fitch Ratings responded to the July 26 acquisition ...
Nonstandard Auto Loss Ratios Worst in Decade: A.M. Best
Loss ratios and operating ratios for the U.S. nonstandard auto insurance market fell to their worst levels in a decade, according to a new report from A.M. Best. Escalating repair and medical costs, ...
Trump Talks Drones, Internet of Things With Tech Executives
President Donald Trump met with two dozen executives from technology companies and venture capital firms on Thursday for advice on how the government can promote emerging technologies such as drones ...
Brokers vs. Carriers: ‘A Classic Sign of a Soft Market’
Chief executive officers of property/casualty insurance brokers and P/C insurance carriers called each other out last week for engaging in activities they said were "classic signs of a soft market." ...
CEO Sees Google-like Player Taking Excess D&O to Nontraditional Capital Pools
Dinos Iordanou, the chief executive officer of Arch Capital, may not be working in the insurance industry when it happens, but disruption is coming for excess directors and officers liability and ...
S&P Bumps AIG’s Rating Outlook Down to Negative, Despite New Leadership
American International Group made a big move recently in hiring Brian Duperreault to lead the struggling insurance giant, but Standard & Poor's was not impressed. The ratings agency revised its ...
Duperreault’s AIG Arrival Helped Free It From A.M. Best Review With Negative Implications
A.M. Best released American International Group from "under review" special scrutiny, in part because the struggling insurance giant brought in industry veteran Brian Duperreault to help right the ...