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  • Apra urges Australia's property insurers to consider alternative ways to reinsure

    03 August 2023

    Country's reinsurers made A$1.25 for every dollar of claims paid over decade, says S&P Global Ratings

  • Climate change won't deter reinsurers' interest in China, says S&P Global

    21 June 2023

    Non-life ceding ratio has risen from 8.5% to 10% since 2019

  • Major Gulf Cooperation Council markets extend IFRS 17 Q1 financials deadline

    15 May 2023

    Listed firms in Saudi Arabi and the UAE will have more time to publish Q1 financials

  • S&P revises risk-based capital adequacy criteria for re/insurers

    09 May 2023

    New proposals could impact ratings of 10% of insurers globally

  • Catastrophe models lead the charge on climate risk integration

    27 April 2023

    Insurers are putting significant effort into understanding how climate affects their business - none more so than in improving their catastrophe models, as Joshua Geer reports

  • Relocation, relocation, relocation: Australia debates the last resort for property insurability crisis

    25 April 2023

    The property agent's catchcry of "location, location, location" is being reinvented as homeowners face up to the growing threats from natural catastrophes and climate change. David Walker reports

  • Perils pegs cyclone Gabrielle's property damage at NZ$1.5bn

    30 March 2023
  • Asia's insurers scarred but recovering from Covid-19

    30 March 2023

    S&P says some CORs rocketed to 200% during pandemic

  • IFRS 17 metrics unlikely to displace Solvency II, experts say

    30 March 2023

    Participants at InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 conference discussed which metrics would be used to manage insurers

  • S&P to release draft capital model in second shot at reform

    17 March 2023

    Rating agency responds to industry demands regarding model update