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AM Best affirms IRB (Re)’s credit ratings with stable outlook
9th September 2024
AM Best has affirmed Brazilian reinsurer IRB (Re)’s Financial Strength Rating of A- and its Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-”, while revising the outlooks from negative to stable. The ratings reflect IRB (Re)’s balance sheet strength, assessed at the strongest level by AM Best, its adequate operating performance, neutral business ... Read the full article
Asia-Pacific reinsurers deliver strong results in strengthened investment climate
6th September 2024
According to a recent report by AM Best, reinsurance companies in the Asia-Pacific region experienced a sharp increase in their return on equity, rising to 9.2% from 0.1% under IFRS 17, which was driven by improved investment conditions and a relatively calm period for catastrophic events. According to the report, reinsurers ... Read the full article
US-Bermuda reinsurers’ poised to sustain strong performance in 2024: AM Best
6th September 2024
AM Best reports that the U.S. and Bermuda reinsurance composite is maintaining its positive momentum and is set to continue its strong performance from 2023 into 2024. The U.S.-Bermuda composite recorded its third consecutive year of improved underwriting profitability in 2023, according to a recent report by AM Best. The firm believes ... Read the full article
AM Best downgrades Farm Bureau P&C Group’s ratings on nat cat losses
6th September 2024
Members of the Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Group have seen a 30% drop in surplus through Q2’24 due to significant catastrophe losses, including a major hailstorm in May and a wildfire in June, leading AM Best to downgrade its Issuer Credit Ratings. As a result, key balance sheet strength metrics ... Read the full article
Active Re credit ratings affirmed by AM Best
3rd September 2024
Global rating agency AM Best has affirmed its “A” (Excellent) Financial Strength Rating (FSR) and its “a” (Excellent) Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (ICR), both with a stable outlook, for Active Capital Reinsurance, Ltd. (Active Re). The rationale behind these ratings is the firm's balance sheet strength, which is assessed as strongest ... Read the full article
Munich Re & Swiss Re remain the world’s largest reinsurers
3rd September 2024
Reinsurance giant's Munich Re and Swiss Re remain the two largest global reinsurers across the globe according to data from ratings agency AM Best. In prior years, the agency ranked the top 50 global reinsurers in a single list, but now, with the adoption of IFRS 17, the ... Read the full article
Munich Re using less retrocession compared with others in Big Four: AM Best
2nd September 2024
According to a new report from AM Best, Munich Re reportedly makes "relatively little use" of retrocession compared with Swiss Re, SCOR and Hannover Re. AM Best's report observed that Swiss Re has shifted in recent years to increase its use of retrocession protection, while significant use has long been ... Read the full article
Big Four European reinsurer’s discipline to remain, says AM Best
2nd September 2024
Europe's four largest reinsurers, Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re, and SCOR, benefited from the hard reinsurance market in 2023, with better pricing and terms and conditions, and with strong results reported for the first half of 2024, discipline is expected to persist, according to AM Best. All four of the ... Read the full article
AM Best downgrades Seguros SURA’s ratings with stable outlook
30th August 2024
AM Best has downgraded Seguros Suramericana S.A. (Sura)'s Financial Strength Rating from A to A- and its Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating from "a" to “a-”, the outlook for these ratings has been revised from negative to stable. These downgrades were prompted by changes in Sura’s underwriting performance, which have challenged the ... Read the full article
AM Best revises Peak Re’s outlook to stable
29th August 2024
Hong Kong-domiciled reinsurer, Peak Reinsurance Company Limited’s outlook has been revised to stable from negative by ratings agency AM Best. The revision is driven by the agency’s view of Peak Re’s ultimate parent, Fosun’s stabilised credit condition and the subdued likelihood of a potential adverse credit event at the company, which ... Read the full article
Credit ratings of Core Specialty subsidiaries upgraded by AM Best
28th August 2024
As specialty insurer Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc.'s product and geographical diversification continues to improve on the back of acquisitions and organic growth initiatives, AM Best has upgraded the credit ratings of its subsidiaries. The global credit rating agency has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- ... Read the full article
AM Best assigns A- ratings to Mainsail with stable outlook
28th August 2024
Global ratings agency AM Best has assigned Mainsail Insurance Company with a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent), with a stable outlook. Mainsail, a property and casualty insurer, offers 17 different lines of coverage, including auto, property, and commercial insurance. The ... Read the full article
IFRS 17 adds complexity to reinsurers’ financial reporting: AM Best
28th August 2024
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17 is undergoing a significant accounting shift that necessitates changes in performance analysis within the reinsurance market, according to a recent AM Best report. Implemented at the end of 2023, the IFRS 17 arrived during the hardest reinsurance markets in decades. The new standard has ... Read the full article
Life/Annuity reinsurers see growing competition amidst improving conditions, AM Best
27th August 2024
While the combination of higher interest rates and more favourable mortality trends have led to improved conditions for life/annuity (L/A) reinsurers, it has also created more competition, with some backed by alternative investment managers or large private equity firms, according to global ratings agency AM Best. In a new report, the ... Read the full article
LatAm reinsurers benefit from GDP growth, but additional capacity will be necessary: AM Best
27th August 2024
Reinsurers operating in Latin America are continuing to benefit from the region's GDP growth, however, according to ratings agency AM Best, the impact of 2023's Hurricane Otis "highlights the need for additional capacity." In October, Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico as a category-5 hurricane, and went on to become the ... Read the full article
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