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Soft Market Will Continue to Drive Down Reinsurer Profits in 2016: Fitch
Global reinsurance sector profits in 2016 will fall below 2015 levels as soft market rates, low investment income and an over-supply of capital continue to take their toll on the market, according to ...
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 ...
A.M. Best’s 2016 Forecast for Global Reinsurers: Negative
As A.M. Best sees it, the global reinsurance sector will continue to have a negative outlook heading into 2016. The reason, according to its latest briefing: major market challenges "that will hinder ...
Willis Forecast: Cyber Rates Soar But Price Drops Ahead for Other Casualty
Cyber insurance and professional liability were the only clear outliers in a picture of softening primary insurance prices that now includes casualty lines, a broker report revealed last week. In its ...
‘Event’ Needed to Boost International Insurance Pricing: QBE Group CEO
When Australia's QBE Insurance Group reported a 24 percent leap in first-half earnings last week, the leader of the company signaled the ability of the company to weather both natural catastrophes ...
What Analysts Are Saying: Have P/C Prices Peaked?
With the hardening price phase officially over for property/casualty insurers by some accounts, analysts are not yet predicting any severe price declines for the year ahead—and underwriting profits ...
$100B Mega-Loss Could Soften Market Further: Willis
In a market report predicting that property insurance rates will decline further while casualty rates are sliding down too, broker Willis suggests that a mega-loss event won't turn the market, but ...