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RVS 2024: Reinsurers arrive strong, but an uncertain world could test their limits
06 September 2024The annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) event begins this weekend in Monte Carlo and reinsurers sail in with robust financials - but there are uncertain waters on the horizon. Joshua Geer reports
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Reinsurers' structural changes protect them from severe convective storm losses
09 August 2024S&P Global Ratings says insured losses from severe convective storms have surged
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Japan's insurers preparing to accept more cancer-related risks
09 August 2024S&P Global Ratings says market enjoys high and stable profit margins
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S&P Global monitors funded reinsurance risk in Japan
30 July 2024Ratings agency welcomes post-scandal reforms in non-life sector
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Australia's health insurers hit 26-year peak in customer numbers in 2023
25 July 2024But S&P Global Ratings warns about return of higher cost inflation
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IFRS 17 is "two steps forward, one step back" for insurance accounting
03 July 2024Updated standard removes asset-liability mismatch, but impedes comparability, says S&P
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Australian non-life reinsurance costs rise 44% in seven years, S&P Global finds
17 June 2024Premium growth outstripped reinsurance hikes over period
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EU's Solvency II reforms could free up to €80bn of capital, S&P estimates
12 June 2024Insurance sector's solvency ratios to benefit by up to 25 percentage points in aggregate
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Funded reinsurance requires "heightened regulatory scrutiny"
06 June 2024S&P Global Ratings noted measures by UK and Bermudian regulators on Funded Re
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S&P: Iran-Israel conflict unlikely to erupt into full-scale Middle East war
17 April 2024The rating agency says Emea insurers are not currently materially affected by the conflict, but risks remain