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  • Worst days over for Europe's life insurers, says Fitch

    08 March 2022

    Allianz has become self-sustaining for capital on new life and health insuring

  • S&P Global warns of doubling in Australian flood bill - and hikes at reinsurance renewals

    02 March 2022

    Sector's ceding ratios already rose above five-year average in 2021

  • Russian insurers gain relief for regulatory capital calculations

    01 March 2022

    But S&P still cut ratings of various insurers

  • Apac reinsurers push for more underwriting risk in new lines

    02 December 2021

    Next April's renewals could be "tough" for Japan's reinsurers, S&P Global Ratings says

  • Omicron could inject further volatility into life reinsurers' returns, says S&P

    01 December 2021

    Ratings agency foresees possible doubling of cyber reinsurance rates by 2023

  • Future pandemic risk pools will be shallow, not deep

    18 November 2021

    The concept of an all-encompassing government-backed risk pool to deal with the threat of future pandemics is all but dead. However, public support remains available for smaller schemes, as Paul Walsh reports

  • Apac reinsurers pricing risk on scenarios with limited history

    05 November 2021

    S&P Global says credit outlook is stable third loss-making year

  • Skuld flags 10% rate hike at February renewals as capital erodes

    05 November 2021

    Inflation, ratings agencies and choppy investment markets spur action

  • Life reinsurance "discovered its potential" through Covid, says Scor chief

    04 November 2021

    CEO Laurent Rousseau says cedents must provide more detail on climate risk exposures

  • No change in reinsurers' reserving despite inflation risk

    03 November 2021

    S&P said inflation remains a hot topic, particularly in the US