Fitch Ratings News
U.S. Commercial Lines Has Plenty of Room for Improvement: Fitch
With an industry overall combined ratio for 2019 hovering just below 100, and individual lines like long-tail liability moving 10 points over breakeven, the U.S. commercial lines market has "plenty ...
U.S. Commercial Insurers Can Handle COVID-19 in the Short Term: Fitch Ratings
For U.S. commercial insurers, 2020 was once projected to be an improved, even booming year. Then COVID-19 happened, with the ongoing pandemic increasingly making heavy losses all but certain. Still, ...
Fitch Ratings Issues Negative Outlook for PartnerRe
PartnerRe now has a negative outlook from Fitch Ratings, largely over concerns about potentially expanding coronavirus-related reinsurance claims. Fitch's decision comes less than a week after French ...
Analysts: Auto Insurance Coronavirus Rebates a Solid Move in the Short Term
Auto insurers have seen something new with the coronavirus pandemic: an historic reduction in driving due to millions of customers staying home and sheltering in place. That change led to carriers ...
Lloyd’s Placed on Rating Watch Negative by Fitch Due to COVID-19 Uncertainty
Fitch Ratings has placed Lloyd's of London's 'AA-' Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings on rating watch negative, on the uncertainty and increased risk to Lloyd's earnings and underwriting ...
Fitch Changes Allstate’s Rating Outlook Due to Life Insurance/Coronavirus Concerns
Allstate has been hit with a downgraded rating outlook from Fitch Ratings, driven by the global coronavirus pandemic and the uncertainty it creates in the life insurance business. Fitch said it ...
Robust Personal Auto Insurance Market Will Slow in 2020: Fitch Prediction
Don't expect the U.S. personal auto insurance market to continue in 2020 with the strong results seen in 2018 and likely for 2019, Fitch Ratings said in a new report. Fitch said that "shifting market ...
North American Commercial Insurance 2020 Rate Hikes Likely; Overall Market Hardening Unlikely
Rate increases are likely for North American commercial insurance buyers in 2020, but the trend won't likely lead to an overall hardening market, according to reports from Willis Towers Watson and ...