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News featuring rating agency Moody’s, including the latest reports, rating actions and analysis from the company, as well as news on Moody’s analysis of the reinsurance sector.
Property cat pricing to drift lower at Jan renewals but still attractive for reinsurers: Moody’s Ratings
17th December 2025
Moody's Ratings expects reinsurance supply and demand to favour buyers at the key January 1st, 2026, renewals, with pricing for property catastrophe reinsurance likely to fall in the range of 15%, with variations by both region and peril. After reaching highs in 2023 after the so-called reset, property catastrophe reinsurance pricing ... Read the full article
Moody’s RMS launches new North America severe convective storm models
11th December 2025
Moody’s RMS has launched its new North America Severe Convective Storm HD Models at a time when recent industry events have highlighted the pressing need for more robust and reliable risk modelling. According to the firm, in the last three years, U.S. insured losses from severe convective storms (SCS) have exceeded ... Read the full article
Two-thirds of modelled US flood losses go uninsured: Moody’s
9th December 2025
Two-thirds of modelled U.S. residential flood losses go uninsured, leaving millions of homeowners and the broader economy financially exposed, according to Moody’s RMS modelling. Moody’s highlighted that flooding remains the most underinsured physical risk in the U.S., with only a small share of residential properties carrying flood insurance despite the growing ... Read the full article
Moody’s notes steadier growth in US life insurers’ CLO Holdings
24th November 2025
The credit analysis and research firm Moody’s Ratings reports that US life insurers continue to expand their investments in collateralised loan obligations, though the pace of increase has become more measured compared with previous years. The agency attributes this to insurers distributing new funds across a broader suite of private assets, ... Read the full article
US SCS losses reach $42bn, establishing a “new normal”: Moody’s
21st November 2025
Insured losses related to US severe convective storms (SCS) reached $42 billion in the first nine months of 2025, with average per-event costs 31% higher than the previous decade’s average, establishing a “new normal” for extreme weather, according to a recent Moody’s analysis. SCS, characterised by winds exceeding 58 MPH, hail ... Read the full article
French insurance sector stabilises, but political uncertainty looms: Moody’s
18th November 2025
Moody’s, the credit rating agency, has revised its outlook on France’s insurance industry, signalling a shift to stability in the property and casualty (P&C) segment while maintaining a stable view on the life insurance sector. The agency notes that profitability across the P&C market is beginning to recover as premium increases ... Read the full article
Apollo licenses Moody’s HD catastrophe models to strengthen risk understanding
27th October 2025
Apollo, the specialist Lloyd’s re/insurance group, has licensed six of Moody’s high-definition catastrophe models to strengthen its understanding of risk across multiple global perils. Delivered via the cloud-native Moody’s Intelligent Risk Platform™, the models will support Apollo’s data-driven underwriting and portfolio management strategies through advanced analytics and high-resolution hazard data. The HD ... Read the full article
Moody’s revises outlook for Germany’s P&C insurance sector to stable from negative
24th October 2025
Moody’s Ratings has revised its outlook for Germany’s property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector to stable from negative, citing an expected improvement in underwriting profitability and a return to more balanced market conditions. The change reflects Moody’s assessment that the sector’s combined ratio, which measures claims and expenses as a percentage ... Read the full article
Moody’s: UK life and P&C insurers maintain stability amid economic pressures
15th October 2025
According to Moody’s Ratings, the outlook for the UK life insurance and property and casualty (P&C) sectors remains stable, even as economic challenges continue to weigh on the broader market. Moody’s notes that while slower economic growth may dampen demand for discretionary life protection and savings products, strong pension activity and ... Read the full article
Insurers and asset managers strengthen cybersecurity oversight and expand budgets: Moody’s
9th October 2025
A survey conducted by Moody’s, the credit rating, research, and risk analysis firm, finds that cybersecurity remains a high priority for insurers and asset managers worldwide. The survey, which included responses from 102 companies across both sectors, indicates that organisations are adopting a multi-layered approach to cyber defence, with boards of ... Read the full article
Moody’s estimates $6tn in US GDP losses from climate and natural disaster risks by 2050
1st October 2025
Moody’s has released a detailed assessment of the potential economic and financial consequences of natural catastrophes and physical risk by 2050. Their findings indicate that, without additional policy interventions, the global economy could incur $41.4 trillion in losses, representing 14.5% of projected global GDP. According to Moody’s, around two-thirds of these losses ... Read the full article
Cyber premium growth slows, though long-term outlook still promising: Moody’s
30th September 2025
Increased competition and stagnating demand, especially in the US, are decelerating the pace of premium growth in the global cyber insurance market for the second year in a row, Moody’s said in a new report. Citing Munich Re data, Moody's said that gross premiums written in the global cyber insurance market ... Read the full article
US P&C insurers boost profitability in H1’25 despite cat losses: Moody’s
23rd September 2025
Moody’s Ratings, the credit rating agency and research firm, reported that US property and casualty insurers delivered stronger profitability in the first half of 2025, even as California wildfires in the first quarter drove substantial catastrophe losses. According to Moody’s, a representative sample of 20 rated insurers posted net income of ... Read the full article
Moody’s raises AXA’s insurance financial strength rating to Aa2 with stable outlook
17th September 2025
Moody’s Ratings, a provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, announced that it has upgraded the insurance financial strength rating of AXA SA to Aa2 from Aa3. AXA, an insurance and asset management group, now carries a stable outlook following the change, reflecting Moody’s view of the company’s reinforced business ... Read the full article
Moody’s: European reinsurers post record earnings in first half of 2025
17th September 2025
Moody’s Ratings, a provider of credit ratings, research and risk analysis, reported that the four biggest European reinsurers — Munich Re (insurance financial strength rating Aa3, positive outlook), Swiss Re (Aa3 stable), Hannover Re, and SCOR (A1 stable) — achieved record combined earnings of €7.3 billion in the first half ... Read the full article
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