A.M. Best News
$2.2B Sirius Sale Leaves S&P, A.M. Best and Fitch Both Wary & Cautious
Plans for White Mountains Insurance Group to sell Sirius International Insurance Group for $2.2 billion to a Chinese investment firm drew negative or cautious reactions from Standard & Poor's, ...
Small Market Players Poised to Lose From Insurance M&A Surge: A.M. Best
As insurers and reinsurers continue their merger activity in the coming months, small market players and policyholders alike risk losing out, A.M. Best said in a new report. "The losers from this ...
Eurozone Insurers Can Withstand Greece’s Instability: A.M. Best
The impact of Greece exiting the eurozone is likely to hit market confidence in the region, although insurers and reinsurers operating in the economic bloc are well positioned to withstand a ...
A.M. Best Clarifies Stance on AXIS-PartnerRe Deal
While characterizing their opinion as neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of the proposed merger of AXIS Capital and PartnerRe, rating analysts from A.M. Best clarified that their stance on ...
A.M. Best: Gross Written Reinsurance Premium Drops in London Market
Lloyd's gross written reinsurance premium dropped more than 5 percent from 2013 to 2014, underscoring the competitive threat to the London market posed by local and regional reinsurance hubs, A.M. ...
Executives On The Move at SCOR, Aspen and A.M. Best
French reinsurer SCOR SE made two new executive appointments. Spencer Aldridge will become the new group chief compliance officer, effective June 1 and be based in Charlotte, N.C. He's a veteran of ...
A.M. Best Updates Capital Model Progress
With the rollout of a new capital model set for second-quarter 2016, A.M. Best analysts have made a key decision concerning a statistical metric they will use to calculate risk charges—a decision ...
U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Reached Record Surplus in 2014: A.M. Best
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry posted its second consecutive year of profitable underwriting results in 2014, according to A.M. Best. Surplus for this sector increased by $21.9 billion ...