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Report: California Workers’ Comp Premiums Growing at Double-Digit Rates

Workers’ compensation premiums in California continue to grow at double-digit rates, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The WCIRB recently released its “State of the California Worker’s Compensation Report,” and authors of the report on Wednesday highlighted developing …

Litmus Analysis’ Shipperlee Explains Current Re/Insurance Ratings

As the former head of A.M. Best in London, and a senior executive with Standard & Poor’s, Litmus Analysis Senior Partner Stuart Shipperlee has a very complete knowledge of what re/insurance company ratings are, and, perhaps more importantly, what they …

Why Isn’t Current Pricing Pain Impacting Reinsurers’ Ratings? – Litmus Analysis

Since the disappointing pricing at the 1.1. renewal the bad news on reinsurance pricing has kept on coming. April, June and July renewals were all reported as materially down by the major brokers. S&P adopted a ‘negative trend’ in its …

Aon’s P&I Club Review Highlights Market’s Combined Ratio Deterioration

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has published its 2013 P&I Review, which “predicts P&I clubs’ general increases at the 2014 renewal of between 5 percent and 15 percent.” Aon said much of the increase …

Global Reinsurer Capital Reaches $480 Billion: Aon Benfield Study

The latest edition of the Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which analyzes the financial position of the world’s leading reinsurers for the first half of 2012, concludes that “global reinsurer capital totaled a record $480 billion at June 30, 2012, …

Aon Benfield Report Analyzes Financial Impact of Catastrophes on Reinsurers

The Aon Benfield Analytics’ Market Analysis team has published the latest edition of its Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which assesses the financial performance of 28 of the world’s leading reinsurers in the first nine months of 2011, and examines …