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When EVs Take Off: AM Best Reviews Impact on China Motor Insurance
Premiums for policies covering new energy vehicles in China have soared to $13.8 billion—a six-fold jump from the level recorded five years earlier, AM Best said in a special report published ...
Moody’s Global P/C Outlook Now Stable Despite Past-Peak Commercial Pricing
Moody's Ratings changed the sector outlook for the global property/casualty insurance industry to stable from negative last month, pointing to personal lines price hikes in the U.S. and UK as a ...
What’s Not Changing in 2025: Homeowners Outlook, Re Retentions
When analysts at AM Best reviewed outlooks for the property/casualty insurance and reinsurance sectors this week, recent good news of a change in outlook for personal lines—and for the personal ...
Personal Lines Results Drive U.S. P/C Insurance 9-Month Underwriting Profit
Growth in net earned premiums outpaced a slight increase in losses and loss adjustment expenses to result in the U.S. property/casualty industry posting a nine-month 2024 underwriting profit of $4.1 ...
Repeat of 1/1/2023 Reinsurance Hikes Unlikely As Reinsurers Take Milton Hit
Reinsurers will have some meaningful losses from Hurricane Milton but a replay of the shocking price hikes cedents experienced during Jan. 1, 2023 renewals isn't likely to repeat for 2025, Fitch ...
Personal Lines Turnaround Fuels U.S. P/C Industry Underwriting Gain
A turnaround in the personal lines insurance segment results was a key driver of an overall $3.8 billion profit from underwriting for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new ...
Double-Digit U.S. Casualty Reinsurance Price Hikes Forecast
While the property-catastrophe reinsurance market is in the midst of a moderate softening phase, which will continue in 2025, double-digit price hikes for U.S. casualty reinsurance business are ...
Fitch Ratings Shifts Global Re Outlook to Neutral; Pricing Past Peak
Fitch Ratings announced that it shifted its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to neutral yesterday but the downward shift came with an expectation of continued profitability—and a forecasted ...