Archive

  • Hawaii wildfires: 75% of potential $6bn losses insured, says Moody's RMS

    23 August 2023

    Small insures will take the brunt of such losses, says AM Best

  • AM Best: global reinsurers remain well capitalised

    21 August 2023

    It expects reinsurers to generate underwriting profits that had previously been elusive

  • Tropical storm Hilary wreaks havoc in southern California

    21 August 2023

    Hilary made landfall on the coast of Mexico yesterday and around 26m people are now under flood warnings

  • Commercial insurers lost $9.4bn to captives over five years, says AM Best

    07 August 2023

    Underwriting performance of captives has been outstanding, rating agency says

  • AM Best to review collateral arrangements at fronting insurers

    25 July 2023

    Move follows allegations of fraudulent collateral used at Vesttoo

  • Incoming Egyptian Insurance Act bodes well for insurers, says AM Best

    20 July 2023

    The market has held up well in tough economic conditions

  • Workers' compensation defies challenges to remain lucrative for P&C insurers

    18 July 2023

    AM Best says workers' compensation is consistently the most profitable business for P&C insurers

  • NZIA withdrawals not an industry-wide pull-back from ESG, says AM Best

    01 June 2023

    Building consensus can be challenging, says chief rating officer

  • AM Best: Inflation and concentrated investments leave Italian insurance outlook vulnerable

    31 May 2023

    The rating agency is monitoring lapse risks

  • African risk landscape puts risk management capabilities to the test, says AM Best

    10 May 2023

    The continent's re/insurers are facing heightened macroeconomic challenges