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Michael will not meaningfully impact reinsurance pricing: J.P. Morgan
16th October 2018
Analysts at J.P. Morgan have claimed that even a loss towards the upper end of the range of initial insured loss estimates for Hurricane Michael would be manageable for the property and casualty (P&C) industry and unlikely to meaningfully affect reinsurance prices. Catastrophe modellers currently put the range of insured losses ... Read the full article
Higher reinvestment yields net positive for European re/insurers: J.P. Morgan
10th October 2018
J.P. Morgan has updated its forecasts for European re/insurers to reflect higher reinvestment yields, which it considers to be a net positive despite offsetting factors such as higher inflation, higher claims and higher combined ratios linked to rising interest rates. The firm’s forecasts leave earnings largely unchanged for now, as it ... Read the full article
SCOR shares rise 19% as deal anticipation builds: J.P. Morgan
9th October 2018
SCOR shares have risen 19% since French insurance group Covéa first revealed its interest in acquiring the reinsurer, and are now approaching the €43 share price offered by Covéa’s initial €8.2 billion (US $9.6 billion) bid, according to J.P. Morgan. Analysts at the firm believe this continued strong price action ... Read the full article
Reinsurance pricing to decline at 1/1 renewals, says J.P. Morgan
3rd October 2018
Reinsurance pricing is set to decline at 1 January 2019 renewals in light of manageable catastrophe losses over the third quarter of 2018, as well as ongoing overcapitalisation and the robust appetite of alternative capital markets, according to analysts at J.P. Morgan. Commercial re/insurers and personal lines are likely to have ... Read the full article
Life reinsurance underappreciated by market: J.P. Morgan
5th September 2018
Analysts at J.P. Morgan believe that the life reinsurance business is underappreciated by the market and, due partly to restriction of competition by high entry barriers, consider its long-term growth outlook to be strong. The majority of premium and profit in life reinsurance is generated by in-force portfolios, resulting in a ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon & JP Morgan partner to address U.S. employee healthcare
30th January 2018
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have announced a new partnership to address healthcare for their U.S. employees, designed to improve employee satisfaction and to lower costs. The partnership, which combines the knowledge and expertise of the three companies, will focus on its objective via an independent company ... Read the full article
Zurich, Allianz & Munich to gain from U.S. corporate tax cut: JP Morgan
16th January 2018
Zurich, Allianz, and Munich could see significant increases to net profit from the U.S. corporate tax rate cut from 35% to 20%, according to JP Morgan. Analysts estimate the potential uplift to net profit at 6-8% for Zurich - which has the largest U.S. exposure from U.S. subsidiaries - 5% for ... Read the full article
JP Morgan says pricing turn “inevitable”
15th November 2017
JP Morgan analysts expect upcoming price rises to be most acute in loss-hit contracts and capital-intensive businesses, but rate increases could also filter down to other specialty and commercial insurance markets after one of the most costly periods for natural catastrophes on record became a capital event for the global reinsurance industry. JP ... Read the full article
Earnings outlook to improve for Lloyd’s companies
15th November 2017
After Lloyd's companies were hit with incurring material losses in 2017, the earnings outlook for coming years has turned optimistic with price increases expected to benefit existing books of business and new opportunities arising from increased exposure. This will come as encouraging news to Lloyd's firms' after earnings have been hard hit ... Read the full article
Motor re/insurers set for disruption as autonomous vehicles gain popularity
23rd October 2017
Autonomous vehicles are likely to be a major disruptive force to motor re/insurers, bringing an expected reduction in the risk pool which would decrease motor premiums and downsize the motor insurance market over the long-term, according to J.P. Morgan analysts. In an assessment of the long-term implications of autonomous vehicles for ... Read the full article
Analysts’ thoughts on EU reinsurers’ use of cat budgets in Q4 vary
30th January 2017
JP Morgan analysts say European reinsurers' catastrophe budgets are unlikely to be fully used in the fourth-quarter of 2016, contradicting predictions from other analysts who believe big firms will use up or exceed their major catastrophe loss budgets for the period. JP Morgan said budgets would likely be unaffected because many of ... Read the full article
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