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Best Comments on Insurance Implications of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 Crash

A.M. Best has released a preliminary report, which indicates that the “total insurance loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17, which crashed over the Ukraine-Russia border on July 17, 2014, is not expected to result in any ratings actions.” Best’s Briefing …

Falling Reinsurance Rates Presage Sector Shake-out

A slump in reinsurance prices is playing to the strengths of the biggest global reinsurers, while piling pressure on smaller competitors to diversify or consolidate. Reinsurers, which help insurers shoulder risk in exchange for part of the profit, this month …