US Excess & Surplus Lines Boost London Market Re/Insurers’ Topline Growth April 16, 2025 By L.S. Howard The U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market continues to offer profitable growth opportunities for insurers and reinsurers in the...
Viewpoint: Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises Offer Insurers Competitive Edge February 4, 2025 By Dawn Walker The growing adoption of data-driven underwriting and predictive analytics has given delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) a competitive advantage within...
AM Best Revises Outlook for US Personal Lines Insurance Segment to ‘Stable’ December 2, 2024 AM Best has revised its outlook to stable from negative for the U.S. personal lines insurance segment for 2025, citing...
Outlook for US Commercial Insurance Segment ‘Stable’ as Profits Stay Strong: AM Best December 2, 2024 AM Best is maintaining its stable market segment outlook on the U.S. commercial lines insurance sector for 2025, due partly...
Global Reinsurers’ ROE Jumps to 22% in 2023, but Market Softening Unlikely: AM Best November 1, 2024 By L.S. Howard AM Best’s population of global reinsurance companies posted a return on equity (ROE) of 22% in 2023 – a five-year...
Munich Re and Swiss Re Both Top List of 2023’s Largest Reinsurers August 30, 2024 By L.S. Howard Munich Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers that use IFRS 17 reporting standards, while Swiss Re...
Hard Reinsurance Prices Likely to Last Longer Than in Previous Market Cycles: Report August 15, 2024 By L.S. Howard Hard reinsurance pricing conditions are likely to last longer than in previous market cycles mainly due to persistently high claims...
What Happened to Reinsurance ‘Class of 2023’? Hard Market Defies Age-Old Patterns. July 12, 2024 By L.S. Howard Catastrophic events, such as major hurricanes and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, traditionally have led to hard markets that in...
Global Reinsurance Sector Outlook Revised to Positive on Robust Profits, Tighter T&Cs June 10, 2024 The market segment outlook for the global reinsurance segment has been revised to positive from stable after the sector saw...
Strong Prices Support London Market Profits, Prompting Revision in AM Best Outlook April 22, 2024 The strong pricing environment for most business lines written in the London insurance market is expected to support good underwriting...