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Moody’s turns positive on Klapton Re
3rd July 2026
Zambia-based international reinsurer Klapton Reinsurance has been assigned an upgraded positive outlook by credit ratings agency Moody's Ratings, while the firm has also affirmed Klapton Re’s insurance financial strength ratings (IFSR) of Caa1. Moody’s explained that these changes reflect Klapton Re's increasing premium volumes and growing market presence as a smaller ... Read the full article
Moody’s upgrades Munich Re’s IFSR to Aa2
30th June 2026
Credit ratings agency Moody's Ratings has upgraded the insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) to Aa2 from Aa3 and the subordinated debt ratings to A1(hyb) from A2(hyb) for Munich Re, one of the world's largest reinsurance companies. Simultaneously, the IFSR of Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (Munich Re America) has been upgraded to ... Read the full article
Moody’s upgrades Generali’s IFSR rating to A1 with stable outlook
2nd June 2026
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded the insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) of Italian insurer Generali Group and its core European subsidiaries from A2 to A1. The outlook for the ratings remains stable. The rating upgrade, four notches above the Italian sovereign rating (Baa2 stable), reflects a very strong business and financial profile, ... Read the full article
US flood exposure points to large potential uninsured losses and credit pressure for local govs: Moody’s Ratings
27th May 2026
An assessment by Moody’s Ratings, authored by Jennifer Chang, Senior Vice-President for Sustainable Finance Credit, and Firas Saleh, Director of North American Flood Models, evaluates residential flood exposure across the United States and finds substantial gaps between insured and uninsured losses at county level under different flooding scenarios. Moody’s Ratings indicates ... Read the full article
Moody’s maintains stable outlook for European insurers amid economic and geopolitical pressures
11th May 2026
Moody's Ratings, the international credit ratings, research and risk analysis company, has reaffirmed its stable outlook for Europe’s property and casualty (P&C) and life insurance sectors, while highlighting growing pressure from competition, slower economic growth and geopolitical uncertainty. Moody’s said profitability among P&C insurers has recovered to levels recorded before the ... Read the full article
Managing and pricing data centre risk remains a key challenge: Holmes, Moody’s
8th May 2026
Brandan Holmes, Senior Credit Officer at Moody's, said one of the main challenges for the insurance and reinsurance industry is managing, assessing, and pricing data centre risks, noting that there is limited historical data and that modelling is complex due to various unique engineering and risk elements. During Moody’s Ratings’ virtual ... Read the full article
Momentum to moderate for leading European insurers amid economic uncertainty: Moody’s
2nd April 2026
Despite strong 2025 results from Europe’s four largest primary insurers, Allianz, AXA, Generali and Zurich, Moody’s Ratings has warned that their momentum may slow as key growth drivers fade and geopolitical and economic risks begin to weigh on earnings. The peer group reported combined net profits of €32 billion for 2025, ... Read the full article
Reinsurance prices came in lower than expected at 1.1 renewals, says Moody’s Ratings
28th January 2026
California wildfire losses at the start of last year failed to drive sufficient support for reinsurance pricing at the recent January 1st, 2026, renewals, while a benign Atlantic hurricane season in 2025 also contributed to property catastrophe prices coming in "a bit lower" than expected, according to Moody's Ratings. Globally, insured ... Read the full article
Moody’s Ratings maintains stable outlook on global P&C insurance for 2026
6th January 2026
Moody's Ratings has maintained its stable outlook on the global property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector for 2026, with the rating agency expecting carriers to continue to generate good profitability and strong capitalisation against a backdrop of subdued global economic growth. The ratings agency revised its outlook on the sector ... Read the full article
Generali’s financial strength lifted to A2 following Italy rating upgrade
26th November 2025
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Generali's insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) to A2 from A3, following the one-notch upgrade of the Italian government’s rating. "Generali's ratings are partly constrained by the Italian sovereign rating, driven by the group's operating income and asset exposure to Italy, along with the domicile and debt issuance ... Read the full article
Moody’s upgrades The Hartford ratings and assigns stable outlook
16th October 2025
Moody's Ratings has upgraded The Hartford Insurance Group’s senior unsecured debt rating to A3 from Baa1, and changed the Group’s and its subsidiaries’ outlook to stable from positive. Additionally, the credit rating agency upgraded the insurance financial strength (IFS) ratings of Hartford's primary property & casualty (P&C) insurance subsidiaries to Aa3 ... Read the full article
Marco Re gets A3 insurance financial strength rating from Moody’s
19th September 2025
Moody’s Ratings has assigned an A3 Insurance Financial Strength Rating (IFSR) to Marco Re Limited, a Guernsey domiciled reinsurer focused on non-life run-off insurance portfolios, reflecting its core status within the broader Marco Capital group. The outlook for the rating is stable, reflecting Moody’s expectation that the group will maintain its ... Read the full article
Buyers expect property reinsurance pricing to fall as demand rises & attachment points hold: Moody’s
3rd September 2025
The 2025 reinsurance buyers survey from Moody's Ratings reveals a "decisive shift towards rate reductions" for property reinsurance risks when compared to prior years, while demand for coverage is expected to rise as attachment points hold for another year. This annual survey conducted by Moody's, released ahead of RVS 2025 in ... Read the full article
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