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Better motor and buildings insurance results support German non-life earnings: Fitch
28th August 2024
Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlook for the German non-life insurance market to ‘improving’ from ‘neutral’ in June 2024, as the rating agency predicts better underlying profitability supported by strongly rising premium rates in motor and buildings insurance. According to a recent Fitch report, the sector premium is now forecasted ... Read the full article
Global reinsurers’ earnings to remain favourable through 2025, says Fitch
28th August 2024
Global reinsurers are expected to maintain strong earnings through the rest of 2024 and into 2025, thanks to generally adequate pricing and disciplined underwriting, according to a recent Fitch Ratings report. In the first half of 2024, the 19 non-life reinsurers tracked by Fitch achieved a combined ratio of 84.2%, an ... Read the full article
Non-life insurance premium rate trends differ throughout Europe: Fitch
30th July 2024
As per Fitch Ratings, non-life insurance premium rates are showing different trends across numerous European markets, following the rating agency's mid-year review of insurance sector outlooks. According to Fitch, non-life insurers have been looking to increase prices to offset high claims inflation and reinsurance costs, however their ability to do so ... Read the full article
Fitch appoints new heads for the Global and EMEA insurance divisions
26th July 2024
Fitch Ratings, a global credit ratings agency, has appointed Harish Gohil as the new Global Group Head of Insurance, effective August 1. Gohil will be based in Fitch's London office and will report to Marjan van der Weijden, the company’s Global Group Head for Financial Institutions. He replaces Cynthia Chan, who has ... Read the full article
CrowdStrike outage unlikely to materially impact re/insurer results: Fitch
23rd July 2024
Analysts at ratings agency Fitch Ratings have said that last week's mass global IT outage is not expected to have a material impact on the financial results of insurers and reinsurers, with preliminary market estimates of global insured losses in the mid-to high single digit billion USD range. While Fitch does ... Read the full article
Allianz’s acquisition of Income Insurance unlikely to alter Singapore market, Fitch
22nd July 2024
Global insurer and asset manager Allianz's proposed acquisition of Singapore’s Income Insurance Limited "should not materially change the competitive landscape in Singapore’s insurance market," says Fitch Ratings. If you recall, Allianz Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary Allianz Europe B.V., recently announced its intention to acquire a 51% majority stake ... Read the full article
LRS securitization vehicles could benefit Brazil’s re/insurance market: Fitch
19th July 2024
As per a new Fitch Ratings report, the regulation of Letras de Risco de Seguro (LRS), which are similar to insurance linked-securities (ILS), could benefit Brazil’s re/insurance market. According to Fitch, LRS may provide new access to portfolio diversification and capital management, which would support re/insurer credit ratings. If successful in attracting ... Read the full article
Bermuda re/insurers with strong to very strong ratings and ample capital: Fitch
15th July 2024
Global ratings agency Fitch recently reported strong to very strong Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings for Bermuda and U.S. insurers and reinsurers. Arch received an ‘AA-’, RenaissanceRe an ‘A+’, and both SiriusPoint and Hamilton an ‘A–’, all with Stable Outlooks. These high ratings are attributed to the companies' solid capital positions, which ... Read the full article
US P&C sector to return to profitability: Fitch Ratings
8th July 2024
The US property and casualty (P&C) market is well on its way to returning to underwriting profitability along with a significant return on capital improvement for the full year, driven by lower winter storm losses and a recovery in personal auto results, according to Fitch Ratings. However, the ratings company has ... Read the full article
French insurers’ ratings remain stable amid ongoing political uncertainty: Fitch
2nd July 2024
Fitch Ratings, a financial analysis and credit rating agency, reports that the political uncertainty in France, stemming from President Emmanuel Macron's call for an early parliamentary election, has not impacted the ratings of French insurers. Although a potential increase in sovereign-related risks might challenge certain factors influencing insurers' ratings, most insurers ... Read the full article
Fitch upgrades German non-life insurance sector outlook to ‘improving’
18th June 2024
Fitch Ratings, a financial analysis firm operating out of Frankfurt and London, recently announced a notable change in its evaluation of the German non-life insurance sector. The outlook has been elevated from 'neutral' to 'improving,' driven by expectations of heightened profitability fuelled by robustly increasing premium rates. Despite some European counterparts, recent ... Read the full article
P&C sector reports improved conditions in early 2024: McGriff
28th May 2024
The Property & Casualty (P&C) industry began 2024 in a stronger position compared to 2023, driven by 25 consecutive quarters of premium increases, improved investment returns for insurers, and a relatively mild hurricane season, highlights broker McGriff in a recent report. The broker highlights Fitch Ratings' prediction for modest underwriting improvements ... Read the full article
Large Dutch insurers maintain sound credit profiles in 2023: Fitch
15th May 2024
2023 results have shown that large Dutch insurers maintained a very strong level of regulatory capitalisation, according to Fitch Ratings analysts. Large insurers in the European country demonstrated very strong solvency in the period, with the health sector having the weakest overall solvency levels. This, according to Fitch, reflects health insurers’ practice ... Read the full article
Fitch anticipates surge in UK life insurers’ bulk annuity sales and funded re
22nd April 2024
Fitch Ratings anticipates UK life insurers’ bulk annuity volumes to continue rising in 2024, surpassing £60 billion, with funded reinsurance (funded re) becoming increasingly prevalent. In 2023, bulk annuity sales reached a record high of nearly £50 billion, reflecting a remarkable increase of over £20 billion compared to 2022. Fitch explains, “Demand ... Read the full article
Italian life insurance sector sees negative inflows in 2023: Fitch
16th April 2024
Fitch Ratings' analysis of the 2023 Italian Insurance Dashboard reveals a significant downturn in net inflows for the Italian life insurance sector for both traditional savings and unit-linked products. According to analysts at Fitch, this decline occurred due to “the rise in interest rates, making alternative investments, such as Italian government ... Read the full article
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