Archive

  • S&P upgrades 22 insurers one notch after rating methodology shake-up

    25 April 2025

    Insurers well positioned to weather macroeconomic risks

  • Australian cyclone pool expects A$1.7bn bill from ex-tropical cyclone Alfred

    25 March 2025
  • Tropical cyclone Alfred could cost Australia's insurers over A$2bn, S&P predicts

    06 March 2025
  • Underinsurance in Australia could hinder premium growth but improve margins

    24 February 2025

    S&P Global Ratings expects government policies to address insurance affordability/availability issues

  • More non-life M&A on the cards for Australia, S&P predicts

    14 February 2025

    Rating agency highlights rate hikes and improving profitability

  • After California's huge wildfire losses come regulatory change and rate hikes

    30 January 2025

    S&P Global's Patricia Kwan discusses prospects for the state's property insurance market

  • LA wildfires set to be record insured loss event, but re/insurers can absorb impact

    10 January 2025

    Some estimates suggest insured losses are at $20bn already

  • Volker Kudszus: motor claims inflation is still a challenge for insurers

    10 January 2025

    Volker Kudszus, managing director and sector lead for insurance ratings EMEA at S&P Global Ratings, says insurers have demonstrated resilience in their modelling, but motor claims inflation is still an issue

  • Strong reinsurer appetite drives loss-free property cat rates down at 1 Jan renewals

    30 December 2024

    But prices rise up to 30% for loss-affected books, says Guy Carpenter

  • Australia's property insurance model caught off-guard by climate change

    17 December 2024

    A series of unprecedented disasters has revealed serious flaws in how the non-life insurance sector operates, but critics are making suggestions on how to improve matters, as David Walker discovers