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  • Stable outlook for global reinsurers amid strong pricing conditions

    05 September 2023

    S&P Global had viewed the sector as negative since May 2020

  • A new chapter for Solvency II's SFCR

    30 August 2023

    Modifications to the solvency and financial condition report (SFCR) have been mooted in the UK and EU, although insurers and users have urged caution on any potential changes. Paul Walsh reports

  • Apra urges Australia's property insurers to consider alternative ways to reinsure

    03 August 2023

    Country's reinsurers made A$1.25 for every dollar of claims paid over decade, says S&P Global Ratings

  • Climate change won't deter reinsurers' interest in China, says S&P Global

    21 June 2023

    Non-life ceding ratio has risen from 8.5% to 10% since 2019

  • Catastrophe models lead the charge on climate risk integration

    27 April 2023

    Insurers are putting significant effort into understanding how climate affects their business - none more so than in improving their catastrophe models, as Joshua Geer reports

  • Relocation, relocation, relocation: Australia debates the last resort for property insurability crisis

    25 April 2023

    The property agent's catchcry of "location, location, location" is being reinvented as homeowners face up to the growing threats from natural catastrophes and climate change. David Walker reports

  • Asia's insurers scarred but recovering from Covid-19

    30 March 2023

    S&P says some CORs rocketed to 200% during pandemic

  • S&P to release draft capital model in second shot at reform

    17 March 2023

    Rating agency responds to industry demands regarding model update

  • China's industry practitioners praise CBIRC as dissolution flagged

    10 March 2023

    Regulator's duties to be subsumed into larger body