Archive

  • Turkish earthquake intensifies pressure on local reinsurers warns AM Best

    08 February 2023

    Rating agency said the market suffered significant deterioration in 2022

  • Finding a consensus on IFRS 17 leverage ratios

    23 January 2023

    Some signs of agreement on how financial leverage will be presented under the new insurance contracts accounting standard are emerging, but options remain open, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • US life firms biding their time on fresh debt issues

    05 January 2023

    AM Best says life and annuity insurers are curbing their appetite for long-term debt

  • Crypto insurance after the FTX fallout

    28 December 2022

    FTX's collapse capped a bad year for cryptocurrency markets and has prompted serious questions for the burgeoning crypto insurance business, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Governance is top ESG risk for insurers, says AM Best

    15 November 2022

    Climate and regulation are also areas of ESG concern, according to rating agency

  • NFIP suffered biggest ever flood loss from hurricane Ian

    14 November 2022

    Private flood insurance market rose 42% in 2021, AM Best finds

  • Lloyd's CFO would welcome cyber insurance regulatory intervention

    10 November 2022

    Aon and Beazley call for better definition of cyber events

  • AM Best remains negative on German life insurance

    07 November 2022

    Changes to Solvency II, growth challenges and market volatility provide headwinds

  • UK economic volatility increases insurers' liquidity and credit risk

    11 October 2022

    The Bank of England today warned of a material risk to UK financial stability

  • Sub-Saharan African reinsurers face multiple near-term pressures

    30 September 2022

    Civil unrest, limited capacity and volatile inflation pose problems for the region