Rating Agencies
Graphic Insight: Stronger Results for Regionals in 2015
Although operating earnings for a group of 31 property/casualty commercial insurers analyzed by Fitch Ratings decreased more than 7 percent in 2015, some of the smallest—a group of five regional ...
ACP Re’s Late Financials Lead to A.M. Best Review with Negative Implications
ACP Re Ltd., a Bermuda reinsurance company with multiple property/casualty subsidiaries, is finding its A.M. Best ratings under review with negative implications. A.M. Best said the "under review ...
Low Catastrophes, High Reserve Releases Mask Reinsurance Industry Weakness
Weak business conditions in the reinsurance industry are being masked by a low level of catastrophes and a high level of reserve releases, said Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Fitch ...
PartnerRe’s $6.9B Sale to EXOR Closes; Fitch Responds with Ratings Downgrade
PartnerRe's new owner EXOR has closed its $6.9 billion acquisition of the Bermuda-based reinsurer, and Fitch Ratings quickly responded with a ratings downgrade that reflects some pessimism over the ...
Efforts to Shake G-SII Tags May be Futile: S&P
Global insurers that have been tagged as systemically important by the Financial Stability Board may not help their cause by breaking up lines of business in efforts to de-designate themselves, ...
A.M. Best Unveils Drafts of New BCAR, Methodology; Q1 2017 Target for Final
On Thursday, A.M. Best published proposed revisions to its core credit rating methodology and to its U.S. property/casualty capital adequacy ratio, targeting a first-quarter 2017 date for the actual ...
AIG Scores a Fitch Ratings Affirmation and Swiss Re Deal
Fitch Ratings gave American International Group a small bit of good news, even as the property/casualty insurance giant struggles to reorganize, respond to profitability declines and deal with ...
Fitch: More M&A in 2016 Won’t Take the Market Blues Away
While more M&A deals are likely among Bermuda insurers and reinsurers in 2016, they won't do much to reduce pressures created by a limp and heavily competitive market, Fitch Ratings said in a new ...