Fitch Ratings News
U.S. P/C Insurers Produced 2020 Underwriting Profit Despite COVID-19 Challenges
Despite considerable operating challenges in 2020 from the global COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. property/casualty insurers saw a statutory underwriting profit for the third consecutive year, with an ...
Personal Auto Insurance Profits Unsustainable, Fitch Says
Highly profitable sub-90 personal auto combined ratios recorded by 10 publicly traded property/casualty insurers in 2020 don't look anything like the 106 recorded in 2016. But they're headed in that ...
Homeowners Insurance Will Book Modest Underwriting Loss for 2020: Fitch
The homeowners insurance industry is poised to shift to a modest underwriting loss for 2020, reports Fitch Ratings, citing losses from natural catastrophes and managing operations amid the global ...
COVID Challenges of Workforce Mgmt., Risk Aggregation Continue for P/C
Given that business-as-usual is unlikely to return soon due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. property/casualty insurers will continue to face challenges related to virus-related insurance losses and ...
Q3 Natural Catastrophe Losses Bearable Even as COVID-19 Hits Keep Growing: Fitch
As the U.S. P/C Industry gears up for 2020 third quarter earnings disclosures, indicators point to an elevated number of natural catastrophe losses, Fitch Ratings said in a new market update. Fitch ...
D&O Underwriting Losses Will Continue, Worsened by Pandemic Claims: Fitch Ratings
For insurers handling U.S. directors and officers liability, Fitch Ratings has bad news and good news, both relating to the coronavirus pandemic. First, the bad: Underwriting losses will likely ...
More Class of 2020 Reinsurers Unlikely
The Class of 2020 already has a new member, but it's not a true startup, the chair of the company said recently. Speaking at the KBW Insurance Conference in early September, Sid Sankaran, chair of ...
Prediction: Coronavirus Will Have Severe Impact on Social Inflation
Claims inflation for the commercial liability business will increase through 2020, although it was accelerating even before the coronavirus pandemic hit. This trend, known as social inflation, has ...