Standard & Poor’s News
Hurricane Will Lead to $4B-$6B in Insured Property Losses; Reinsurers Remain Resilient
Hurricane Matthew may have diminished in intensity over the weekend, but wind and flood damage was substantial. Early analysis suggests the storm caused between $4 billion and $6 billion in insured ...
Execs to stay at Endurance After SOMPO Completes Acquisition, Pleasing S&P
Japan's SOMPO Holdings Inc.'s may be snatching up up Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. in a $6.3 billion deal, but executives plan to remain with the acquired company, and Standard & Poor's sees ...
The P/C Insurance Industry and Analysts Scramble for Hurricane Matthew
With news that Hurricane Matthew could hit Florida and nearby states by Friday as a Category 4 storm, the property/casualty insurance industry scrambled on Thursday to assess and prepare for the ...
S&P Boosts Outlook for PartnerRe, Reassured by Its Hands-Off Owner EXOR
PartnerRe gets an outlook upgrade courtesy of Standard & Poor's, due in part to the ratings agency's admission that the reinsurer remains relatively autonomous from its new owner, EXOR. Standard ...
Reinsurers’ Profits Risk Falling Below Cost of Capital: S&P
Reinsurers' profits will soon drop below their cost of capital and could remain there until the underwriting or investment cycle turns, according to Standard & Poor's in a new report. S&P ...
Cat Bond Payments Match Traditional Reinsurers on Reliability Scale: S&P
Some traditional reinsurers have asserted that catastrophe bonds are unreliable in terms of paying claims after major events. A new Standard & Poor's article rebukes that idea. "We have explored ...
Reinsurers Successfully Protect Themselves With Strong Enterprise Risk Management: S&P
The reinsurance sector's focus on strong enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks is helping them weather the many headwinds hitting both the asset and liability sides of their balance sheets, ...
Reinsurers Risk Profits if Normal Catastrophe Levels Return: S&P
Most global reinsurers have been able to maintain underwriting discipline despite the ongoing soft market, but there is a danger that their profits could be hit if the current benign period of ...