Archive

  • US health insurers warned about spread of Zika

    16 August 2016

    Regional insurers with concentrated exposure in the south most exposed, says AM Best

  • Governance constraints hinder pace of consolidation in mutual sector

    14 July 2016

    Increased capital and competition is pressuring firms to join forces, says AM Best

  • Multi-billion dollar losses expected from Alberta wildfire

    09 May 2016

    Blaze halts region's oil production; likely to be Canada's costliest disaster, warns AM Best

  • AM Best tussles with tail risk in credit assessment

    06 May 2016

    Rating agency seeks more input to methodology

  • Property cat insurers raise 1-in-100 risk appetites

    19 April 2016

    But 1-in-250 more stable over 2012-2015

  • Cyber security draft model law "impossible to support"

    14 April 2016

    NAIC and industry remain keen to "occupy the field" ahead of Federal legislation

  • "Foolish" for EU and US not to mutually recognise regulatory systems

    08 April 2016

    Florida insurance commissioner Kevin McCarty criticises concept of one-size-fits-all insurance capital standard

  • No model law on the cards for US group capital calculation

    07 April 2016

    Calculation is not intended to become a standard, US state regulator says

  • AM Best demands more information on cyber risk accumulation

    21 January 2016

    Agency adds cyber, ALM and nat cat queries to SRQ

  • UK floods to have 'moderate impact' on insurers' profits

    05 January 2016

    AM Best expects little effect on balance sheet strength and ratings