Archive

  • 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

  • US insurer paid $40m in cyber ransom after malware attack

    21 May 2021

    CNA's is biggest ever disclosed cyber payment, says Bloomberg

  • Aviva looks to use current metrics for IFRS 17 CSM disclosure

    28 April 2021

    Panellists at AM Best webinar discuss how disclosures will be presented

  • Chinese executives will have pay cut for solvency breaches

    02 February 2021

    New rules outlined by CBIRC for under-capitalised underwriters

  • ESG factors impacting insurers' credit ratings revealed

    23 December 2020

    AM Best explains how it considers insurers' ESG risks as part of credit rating analysis

  • Only half of insurers "actively engaged" on ESG risk management

    17 November 2020

    AM Best finds high awareness of environmental, social and governance factors, but less mitigation