Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it will publish its annual “Global Reinsurance Highlights” to coincide with the 2014 Reinsurance Rendezvous in September. The report “will provide a detailed perspective on the market, focusing on the competitive pressures that …
A report from A.M. Best concludes that “global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the property/casualty (P/C) and reinsurance industries continued at a steady pace in the first half of 2014.” Best said that, based on its research “35 P/C …
Hiscox Ltd. Chairman Robert Childs said the Lloyd’s of London insurer is writing less “big ticket” reinsurance as excess capital pushes rates lower. The second-largest Lloyd’s insurer by market value reported a 22 percent drop in gross written premiums at …
“A return to an underwriting profit in 2012 enabled the global reinsurance market to continue its growth trajectory despite significant challenges,” according to a new special report by A.M. Best Co. Best cited “deterioration in investment yields” as appearing to …
