Archive

  • Dutch insurers to cut €500m in costs until 2018 - Fitch

    07 July 2016

    Improving operational efficiency is response to run-offs and intense price competition

  • Fitch and S&P rule out insurer downgrades in the near term

    24 June 2016

    Rating actions dependent on prolonged economic slump and end of group solvency style regulation

  • Investor focus on solvency ratios could shape capital strategies

    10 May 2016

    Rating agency warns industry that investors will compare Q1 ratios

  • Risky investments shrink non-life insurers' capital surplus

    10 March 2016

    Fitch Ratings assesses full-year results of three UK standard formula firms

  • Decline in profits may be permanent for P&C reinsurers

    04 September 2015

    Downward pressure on pricing will continue in 2016, says Fitch

  • Sovereign holdings weigh down Dai-Ichi Life rating

    30 September 2014

    Solvency margin increases to 756.9%

  • "Record storm loss would be needed for P&C insurance outlook to go negative"

    02 June 2014

    Sector well-positioned to withstand big hurricane, says Fitch

  • Reinsurance pricing to drop after quiet hurricane season

    03 December 2013

    Any extra profit from low catastrophe payouts likely to be returned to investors in 2014, says Fitch

  • Russian insurers need underwriting discipline

    12 November 2013

    Failed to generate underwriting profit despite a 25% growth in business last year