Archive

• Argo replaces CEO as SEC investigation continues

  06 November 2019

  US regulator examining Bermudian underwriter on compensation charges

• Credit ratings of three UK insurers under threat with hard Brexit

  04 October 2019

  S&P would examine firms’ sovereign resilience

• IFRS 17 annual cohorts may not reflect nature of insurance, says S&P

  18 September 2019

  Accounting standard also highlights how low interest rates put insurers under pressure

• The reinsurance business: time to bounce back?

  05 September 2019

  Reinsurance pricing has improved but analysts believe headwinds remain. Ahead of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, Cintia Cheong compares the views of credit rating agencies on the global market outlook

• Reinsurers' aggregate loss exposure shrinks

  03 September 2019

  S&P estimates a one-in-10 year loss would cause reinsurers to lose $19.7bn

• Reinsurance pricing turns "decidedly positive" in mid-2019

  20 August 2019

  Fitch expects trend to continue into 2020

• Re/insurers recalibrate California wildfire risk strategy

  19 August 2019

  Insured losses from the 2017-18 California wildfire season hit $33bn

• Property catastrophe reinsurance rates up 15-25% after 2018 losses

  09 August 2019

  Reinsurance sector remains resilient, says S&P

• S&P calls for greater 'silent cyber' focus

  08 August 2019

  Reinsurers could capitalise on the potential of the cyber-insurance market but must be proactive

• Gulf Islamic insurers face consolidation from tighter capital rules

  17 July 2019

  S&P Global Ratings says Saudi Arabian regulator plans to hike capital requirements to SAR 500m