Rating Agencies
New Zealand EQ Insured Losses Could Top $3B: AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide released its initial estimates of industry insured losses from the earthquake that struck New Zealand's South Island early this week, putting a range of $762 ...
Argo Group’s Planned Ariel Re Buy Leaves S&P Long-Term Ratings Unchanged
Argo Group's planned $235 million acquisition of Ariel Re is drawing the market equivalent of a shrug from Standard & Poor's. S&P said that its long-term ratings for Argo and its related ...
Tokio Marine’s Houston Casualty Gets Upgrade to A++ from A.M. Best
A.M. Best announced last week that it upgraded the financial strength ratings of the property/casualty members of Houston Casualty Group and of HCC Life Insurance Company to the rating agency's ...
Munich Re Gets A.M. Best Ratings Affirmation for Resilience in Tough Market
As the global reinsurance market trudges on with heavy competition, consolidation pressures and low interest rates, Munich Re has held its own. For that reason, A.M. Best affirmed its financial ...
Slower-Growth Surplus Lines Still P/C Industry Bright Spot: A.M. Best
It looks like diversification and keeping your balance sheet solid has gone a long way for the surplus lines market. These practices will likely be the sector's saving grace in the months ahead, A.M. ...
P/C Insurers’ Underwriting Losses Worsened in H1: A.M. Best
Catastrophes, lower favorable loss reserve development and challenging market conditions continued to pressure U.S. property/casualty insurers through the first half of the year, leading to an ...
Top 25 Non-Life Reinsurers: Swiss Re Leads, Berkshire Drops in A.M. Best’s 2016 Ranking
Swiss Re landed on top of a ranking of global non-life reinsurers, just edging out Munich Re by a few hundred million dollars in premium on a list extracted from an A.M. Best analysis. The rating ...
S&P Boosts Outlook for PartnerRe, Reassured by Its Hands-Off Owner EXOR
PartnerRe gets an outlook upgrade courtesy of Standard & Poor's, due in part to the ratings agency's admission that the reinsurer remains relatively autonomous from its new owner, EXOR. Standard ...