Archive

  • IFRS 17 Conference 2024: early bird ends on Friday

    12 February 2024

    The early bird for InsuranceERM's 'The Future of Financial Reporting for Insurers: IFRS 17 and Beyond' will end this Friday, so register now to save 20%. InsuranceERM subscribers receive a further 40% discount.

  • US property rate debate rages as natcats soar

    08 February 2024

    Demands for higher rates for homeowners coverage are creating tensions among consumer groups, regulators and underwriters. Sarfraz Thind reports on attempts to sustain the market as natural catastrophe losses mount

  • Tighter equity capital rules from 2026 will cull Indonesia's insurers, Fitch expects

    07 February 2024

    Higher requirements are being implemented in 2026 and 2028

  • Solvency UK reforms unlikely to alter credit investors' view on insurers

    26 January 2024

    Phoenix Group's Rakesh Thakrar described the reforms as a "correction" of previous rules

  • Fitch calls peak on reinsurance margins as early signs of softer markets emerge

    25 January 2024

    Rating agency says most price rises are in line with claims inflation

  • Fitch ratings change proposals will ease criteria for hybrid debt

    12 January 2024

    Up to 28 hybrid instruments could see upgrade, agency says

  • Fitch revises financial ratio definitions for IFRS 17 and LDTI

    12 January 2024

    Rating agency clarifies treatment of shareholders' equity, premium revenues and combined ratios

  • KCC estimates Japan earthquake insured losses at $6.4bn

    05 January 2024

    AM Best has said it expects the event to have a limited credit ratings impact for major domestic non-life insurers

  • UK life sector set for boost in 2024 from PRT growth

    04 January 2024

    Elsewhere in Europe, Fitch Ratings says life insurance sector outlooks are neutral

  • First American hit by cyber-attack, but says funds are secure

    29 December 2023

    It comes after the title insurer was previously fined $1m for a separate cyber breach