Archive

  • LDTI warning as insurers prepare to report next year

    03 December 2021

    Analysts expect big LDTI numbers after Aflac's $20bn reveal last month

  • US senator warns of "massive risk" from fossil fuel underwriting

    29 October 2021

    AM Best research shows few US insurers are fully implementing ESG into underwriting

  • Climate factors can positively impact insurers' credit ratings

    21 October 2021

    AM Best's Jessica Botelho-Young described how climate factors affect the ratings process

  • Moody's warns of 65% loss ratio for cyber insurers

    20 October 2021

    Insurers are also making progress on eliminating silent cyber insurance coverage, says Moody's

  • AM Best: market adaptation key in future ratings process

    13 September 2021

    How re/insurers respond to market trends will be vital, rating agency says

  • Risks are becoming harder to model, price and re/insure

    01 September 2021

    AM Best warns modelling may lose relevance for pricing

  • US P&C insurers' underwriting income grew 28% in H1

    23 August 2021

    Increase in premium earnings highlights industry rebound in 2021, AM Best finds

  • Storm Henri hits north-eastern US

    23 August 2021

    The storm knocked out power to 140,000 homes and caused deluges

  • California wildfires could cost insurers even more this year

    12 July 2021

    AM Best says this year's wildfire season is about a month ahead of schedule

  • Rising interest rates hit South Korean insurers' capital ratios

    18 June 2021

    The sector was also affected by higher capital requirements