Moody’s News
Beryl Lands in Texas; Record Storm Spawns ‘Early Warning’ for Insurers
Although Beryl was still a tropical storm on Sunday, late day National Hurricane Center advisories put it on track to make landfall on the middle Texas coast early Monday, possibly regaining strength ...
Insurers Plan to Invest More in the Private Credit Market
Global insurers plan to invest further in the coming years in the growing but opaque private credit market, according to a new report by Moody's Ratings. In a survey this week of the world's largest ...
Reserve Strengthening for Casualty Lines Not Over: Moody’s
If personal auto insurance loss reserves are developing adversely, can commercial general liability be far behind? That's the gist of one of the questions that analysts from Moody's Investors Service ...
Moody’s Creates Private Credit Rating, Research Group
Ratings agency Moody's is creating a unit to research and rate private credit, the firm said on Monday. The unit will be headed by Ana Arsov, who will coordinate research and rating initiatives in ...
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 ...