S&P News
S&P Predicts Reinsurers Will Continue Pricing Momentum During 2023
A hard market in short-tail lines — such as property and property catastrophe — across global geographies is likely to continue throughout 2023, after beginning the ...
Insurance M&A Activity Slowed in 2022: S&P
Berkshire Hathaway's $11.6 billion acquisition of Alleghany Corp. was the largest insurance transaction in 2022, but insurance M&A activity dropped this year, ...
S&P Puts SiriusPoint on CreditWatch Neg. After CEO, COO Exits
SiriusPoint, the Bermuda-based global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has responded to the recent decision by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) to place the company and its core subsidiaries on ...
P/C Industry to Finish 2022 in the Red With Combined Ratio Over 100: S&P
For the first time since 2017, the calendar-year combined ratio for the property/casualty industry will eclipse 100 in 2022 due to inflation, said S&P Global Market Intelligence. "We expect that ...
Insurers Brace for SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Rules
For U.S. property/casualty insurance carriers, the landmark proposal by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) ...
S&P Upgrades Fairfax Operating Subs to ‘A’; Outlook Stable
On Monday, S&P Global Ratings said it raised the financial strength ratings on the core insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. to "A" from "A-" with a stable ...
S&P Global Heeds Warnings, Withdraws Proposal for Insurer-Rating Changes
After receiving a number of concerned comments, S&P Global Ratings said it is withdrawing a proposal to change the way it assesses risk-based capital adequacy for insurers and reinsurers. For the ...
Lemonade’s Metromile M&A Deal Could Presage More InsurTech Acquisitions to Come: S&P
Lemonade's plan to snatch up Metromile isn't necessarily a one-off InsurTech M&A deal. Many more in the sector are likely in the future, particularly with newly-public startups burdened by anemic ...