Latest Moodys Headlines
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Moody’s Analytics Launches Asset-Liability Management Tool for Insurance Investment
Nov 29 2021 // Moody’s Analytics has launched an asset-liability management (ALM) solution for insurance companies called of RiskIntegrity™ Investment Insight. The new tool combines data and modeling capabilities from across...
Moody’s Closes on Acquisition of Risk Modeler RMS for $2 Billion
Sep 16 2021 // Moody’s Corp. reported that it has completed its acquisition of RMS, the climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics firm. In the transaction, originally announced on August 5, 2021. Moody’s paid...
Moody’s: Ida’s Impact Likely to Be Greater on Regional Insurers, State’s LA Citizens
Aug 31 2021 // While large, national property/casualty insurers with leading market shares in both the residential and commercial property markets in Louisiana will be exposed to losses resulting from Hurricane Ida, which hit the state...
Europe Reinsurers’ H1 Profits Climb on Lower COVID Claims, Hardening Prices: Moody’s
Aug 19 2021 // The four largest European based reinsurers – Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – reported sharply higher profits in the first half of 2021, compared with the same period in 2020 — as a result of lower...
Ratings Firm Moody’s to Acquire Catastrophe Modeler, Analytics Firm RMS for $2 Billion
Aug 5 2021 // Moody’s Corp. has agreed to acquire RMS, a global provider of climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics, for approximately $2.0 billion (1.425 billion pounds) from Britain’s Daily Mail and...
Europe’s Insurers Expect Robust M&A Activity and Strong Earnings in 2021: Moody’s
Jun 22 2021 // Europe’s insurance industry is emerging from the coronavirus crisis with a stronger appetite for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), along with expectations for strong earnings growth in 2021, according to...
Winter Storm Uri to Generate Billions in Insured Losses: Moody’s
Feb 18 2021 // The massive winter storm that barreled through the mid-section of the United States and across the South in mid-February, hitting Texas particularly hard, will generate billions in insured losses, according to commentary...
Personal Lines Insurance Market Outlook as Stable: AM Best, Moody’s
Jan 25 2021 // AM Best kept its stable market segment outlook on the U.S. personal lines insurance segment for 2021, citing the segment’s strong risk-adjusted capitalization and profitable underwriting performance in private...
AM Best, Moody’s Rate Personal Lines Insurance Market Outlook as Stable
Jan 19 2021 // AM Best kept its stable market segment outlook on the U.S. personal lines insurance segment for 2021, citing the segment’s strong risk-adjusted capitalization and profitable underwriting performance in private...
Pace of Broker Acquisitions Picks Up in 2nd Half, After COVID-Linked Lull in Q2
Nov 19 2020 // Insurance brokers have stepped up their acquisition pace in the second half of 2020 after a pause in the second quarter related to the coronavirus and the steep economic decline, according to a report published by...
AIG’s Plan to Divest Life & Retirement Business Could Prompt Ratings Downgrades
Nov 2 2020 // American International Group’s plan to downsize by divesting its Life & Retirement (L&R) business is drawing cautious and wary reactions from rating agencies that follow the property/casualty insurance...
Insurer Impact from Sally Expected to be Moderate; Losses Estimated at $1B to $3B
Oct 5 2020 // Insured losses from Hurricane Sally could reach as much as $3 billion, according to catastrophe modelers, but ratings agency Moody’s expects a moderate impact on property and casualty insurers and...
Insurer Impact from Sally Expected to be Moderate; Losses Estimated at $1B to $3B
Sep 23 2020 // Insured losses from Hurricane Sally could reach as much as $3 billion, according to catastrophe modelers, but ratings agency Moody’s expects a moderate impact on property & casualty insurers and...
Moody’s Says Property/Casualty Insurers Face Significant Losses from Western Wildfires
Sep 17 2020 // Dozens of wildfires raging in California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states have resulted in loss of life, damaged or destroyed about 9,657 homes and commercial structures and burned more than 5 million acres,...
Pricing Is Only Bright Spot in ‘Anemic’ Earnings Picture for Reinsurers: Moody’s
Aug 27 2020 // Even though investment returns rebounded from first-quarter levels during the second quarter of 2020, claims from COVID-19 created an “anemic earnings” picture for global reinsurers, Moody’s Investor...
Analysts Warn of Effects of Hurricane Laura Losses on P/C Insurers
Aug 27 2020 // Ratings analysts A.M. Best and Moody’s are expecting property/casualty insurers and reinsurers to suffer meaningful losses from Hurricane Laura. A.M. Best expects losses from Hurricane Laura to place added stress on...
Coronavirus Claims of Estimated €80B Are ‘Manageable’ for Europe’s Insurers: Moody’s
Jul 17 2020 // The coronavirus outbreak has had an adverse, but manageable, impact on the European insurance sector, leading to a drop in company earnings rather than capital erosion, says Moody’s Investors Service in a...
Moody’s Assigns First-Time A3 Rating to Fosun-Backed Peak Re
Jun 16 2020 // Moody’s Investors Service has assigned an A3 insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) to Hong Kong-based Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. with a stable rating outlook. Peak Re’s A3 IFSR reflects its good franchise...
European Insurers’ Coronavirus BI Claims Likely to Be Limited: Moody’s, ABI
Mar 20 2020 // Insurers in the UK, France and Germany are likely to face only moderate business interruption (BI) claims as a result of the coronavirus outbreak because pandemic-related claims are excluded from most business interruption...
Insurance Unlikely to Cushion Coronavirus Losses – But There Are Exceptions
Mar 4 2020 // Don’t look for much relief from insurers to cushion losses from canceled events, travel disruptions and potential medical claims from the deadly Covid-19 virus that’s sweeping across the globe. The...
