Fitch Ratings News
Chubb Ranks Best in D&O Loss Ratio But Still Trails AIG in Premiums
The Chubb Corporation continued to report the best direct loss ratio for U.S. directors and officers liability insurance last year, according to a report released by Fitch Ratings last week. But ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fitch Recommends Slower P/C Insurance Embrace of Cyber Risks
Cyber risk may be the fastest growing segment in property/casualty insurance, but carriers should be measured about boosting their presence in the space, Fitch Ratings warned in a new report. Why go ...
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 ...
North American Specialty Insurer Operating Earnings Soared in 2015: Fitch
North American specialty insurers saw their aggregate operating earnings jump to $3.4 billion in 2015, up almost 11 percent versus the previous year. The data, from a new Fitch Ratings special ...
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 ...