Cyber Insurers Hike Rates But Worry About Pricing Long-Term As Losses Mount: Fitch May 27, 2021 U.S. insurers offering cyber coverage have been implementing significant pricing and underwriting actions in 2021 in response to a spike...
What 3 Experts Are Saying About Pipeline Attack and Cyber Insurance May 18, 2021 Here is what AM Best, Fitch Ratings and CyberCube think about the recent ransomware attack that shut down Colonial Pipeline:...
Commercial Auto Insurance Business on Road to Break-Even in 2021: Fitch May 13, 2021 The commercial auto insurance segment posted its best underwriting result in a decade in 2020, thanks to continued big rate...
With Claims Rising, Cyber Insurers Need More Than Sizable Rate Increases: Fitch April 20, 2021 Cyber insurance underwriters are reporting substantially higher claims losses in 2020 than in prior years and as a result face...
U.S. P/C Insurers Report 2020 Underwriting Profits Despite Costs of COVID-19: Fitch April 12, 2021 Despite considerable operating challenges in 2020 from the global COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers saw a statutory underwriting profit...
AM Best Maintains Negative Outlook on UK Non-Life Insurance Market April 9, 2021 AM Best is maintaining a negative market segment outlook on the United Kingdom non-life insurance segment, citing economic uncertainty as...
London Market Insurers’ 2020 Profits Canceled by COVID-19 but Rates Are Rising April 1, 2021 Pandemic-related losses in 2020 were substantial for London market insurers and offset most underwriting and investment returns, according to a...
Insurance Unlikely to Cover All Shipowners’ Expenses Incurred in Suez Closure Chaos March 30, 2021 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn The owners and charterers of ships unable to sail through the the Suez Canal for nearly a week face at...
Analysts Affirm CNA Ratings As Insurer Continues Probe of Cyber Attack March 29, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson CNA Financial Corp.’s financial ratings have not been affected by the insurer’s recent cyber attack. AM Best, S&P Global Ratings...
Suez Canal Blockage Likely to Bring Large Losses for Global Reinsurers: Fitch March 29, 2021 The blocking of the Suez Canal and resulting disruption to global shipping is likely to cause a large loss event...