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Arch Capital Acquisition Draws Downgrades From Moody’s and Fitch
Arch Capital Group's recently concluded $3.4 billion purchase of American International Group's mortgage guaranty unit spurred both cautious and negative reactions from Moody's Investors Service and ...
Healthy Growth in U.S. Personal Auto Premiums Faces Future Risk: A.M. Best
The U.S. personal auto insurance industry saw net premiums written grow 5.1 percent in 2015 — a rate of growth that may not be repeated as rising loss ratios weaken both underwriting and operating ...
Progressive Tops A.M. Best’s Premium Ranking of U.S. Commercial Auto Insurers
Progressive Insurance Group is the top U.S. commercial automobile insurer by 2015 premium volume, an accomplishment that comes as the broader sector's overall performance continues to deteriorate, ...
Dwindling Investment Returns, Heavy Competition Erode Insurance Industry Fundamentals
The ongoing pressures of diminishing investment returns, dwindling loss reserves and intense competition are beginning to erode industry fundamentals, cautioned A.M. Best in a special report titled ...
Reinsurance Sector Can’t Shake A.M. Best Negative Outlook, Despite Market Bottoming
The outlook for the reinsurance sector is being held at negative by A.M. Best, which cited continuing market challenges that will hinder the potential for positive rating actions and may eventually ...Heading into 2017, Commercial Lines Keeps its A.M. Best ‘Negative Outlook’
The commercial lines segment won't be able to shake the negative outlook A.M. Best assigned it anytime soon. The ratings agency said it will keep that assessment the same heading into 2017, because ...
Liberty Mutual’s Deal to Buy Ironshore Gets Favorable Rating Agency Responses
Liberty Mutual's recently-announced plans to buy Ironshore Inc. from Fosun International for $3 billion earned generally positive responses from A.M. Best, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings. ...
U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Net Asbestos Losses Reach $100B Mark and Rising
Net ultimate asbestos losses for the U.S. property/casualty industry have risen once again. They're now at $100 billion, and that's $15 billion higher than the previous estimate. according to a new ...