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Reinsurers’ Shopping Spree Won’t Slow Down Falling Rates – S&P Report

In a recent report Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it anticipated further mergers and acquisitions in the global reinsurance industry. The report – “Reinsurers’ Shopping Spree Won’t Slow Down Falling Rates” – cited the following facts to bolster its …

A.M. Best: Global Re Stocks Underperform as Catastrophe Prices Drop

Stocks for publicly traded reinsurance companies (including the four large European reinsurers) performed well below the overall market through the third quarter of 2014, driven in part by the increased volatility in the overall equity markets and amplified by continued …

S&P to Publish Annual ‘Global Reinsurance Highlights’ Report

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services will publish its annual “Global Reinsurance Highlights” publication to coincide with the 2014 Reinsurance Rendezvous in September. It will provide a detailed perspective on the market, focusing on the competitive pressures that will impede reinsurers’ …

S&P Report Warns Reinsurers Not to Ignore Global Impact of Climate Change

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced the publication of its annual “Global Reinsurance Highlights” to coincide with the 2014 Reinsurance Rendezvous in September. S&P said the forthcoming report “will provide a detailed perspective on the market, focusing on the …

S&P Report Finds Volume Increases as Prices Drop in the ILS Market

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services will publish its annual “Global Reinsurance Highlights” publication to coincide with the 2014 Reinsurance Rendez-Vous in September. S&P said the report would “provide a detailed perspective on the market, focusing on the competitive pressures that …