Moody’s News
Supply Chain Risk Heightened by Climate Threats
Since acute and chronic climate risks, like floods and droughts, threaten damage and disruption to supply chains across critical industries, including the semiconductor manufacturing sector, it's ...
NAIC Weighs Overriding Credit-Rating Companies
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is gearing up to challenge credit graders by overruling ratings on certain assets bought by insurance ...
Reinsurers Retreat From U.S. Disaster Hotspots on Climate Risks
Reinsurers are increasingly reconsidering their business in natural disaster-prone locations including California and Florida as losses mount, according to Moody's Investors Service. Climate change ...
Global P/C Insurance Outlook Now Negative: Moody’s
High claims inflation and rising reinsurance costs are among the factors that prompted analysts at Moody's Investors Service to change their outlook for the global property/casualty sector from ...
All of the Hurricane Ian Insurance Loss Estimates
Over the course of the last two weeks, Carrier Management and Insurance Journal have been reporting on estimates of insured losses from Hurricane Ian. Below is a summary of estimates announced by ...
Property Catastrophe Reinsurers Show Greater Risk Appetites as Price Hikes Continue
Reinsurers have boosted their 2022 probable maximum loss (PML) exposures as higher prices continues to attract more capital to property-catastrophe risks, according to Moody's Investors Service. ...
Tesla, Other Car Makers Have Edge Over Incumbent Insurers: Moody’s
Tesla and other car makers represent a growing threat to incumbent auto insurers, even though they have little direct impact on the insurance market today, Moody's Investors Services said in a report ...
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine to Spur More Claims Inflation: Moody’s
Although insurance penetration in Ukraine and Russia is low, global insurers will face secondary impacts from greater financial market volatility and higher energy prices, Moody's Investors Services ...