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Insured losses from Spanish floods to exceed €1bn
31 October 2024Morningstar DBRS says large claims from the event will undermine the underwriting profitability of Spanish insurance companies
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Rome unveils tax plans on Italy's banks and insurers to help fund its budget
18 October 2024Giorgia Meloni wants taxes on sectors to contribute about €3.5bn to government's €30bn budget for 2025
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Strong earnings spur positivity for reinsurers
29 August 2024Firms are prospering from prolonged positive market conditions, according to Fitch Ratings and Morningstar DBRS
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Insured losses from UK riots to be below £250m
13 August 2024Single claims below £1m will be assumed by local police authorities, Morningstar DBRS said
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NAIC spells out private letter definitions as insurer volumes boom
31 July 2024New ratings rules could lead to higher RBC charges for US life insurers
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PE and insurance: perception versus reality
21 June 2024Private equity and alternative asset manager-owned life insurers have been accused of making risky investments and running opaque businesses intent on making a fast buck. The facts may not bear this out, as Sarfraz Thind reports in the first of a two-part article
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Insurers facing increased exposure to liquidity risk
30 May 2024Supervisory frameworks on liquidity risk in the insurance sector lagging those in other sectors, Morningstar DBRS finds
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Asset-intensive reinsurance intensively assessed
09 April 2024The NAIC is drawing up proposals to tackle asset-intensive reinsurance as regulators worry about the vast volumes of risk being ceded outside the US. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Baltimore Bridge insured losses could hit $4bn, says Morningstar DBRS
28 March 2024The incident could amount to one of the largest marine insurance losses in history, says Lloyd's chief