Environmental, Social and Governance Credit Risks to Rise in 2023: Moody’s January 10, 2023 By Juliette Portala Economic and political turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be likely to heighten environmental,...
Global P/C Insurance Outlook Now Negative: Moody’s December 6, 2022 High claims inflation and rising reinsurance costs are among the factors that prompted analysts at Moody’s Investors Service to change...
Moody’s Cuts Fosun International’s Credit Rating Amid Concerns Over Asset Sales October 26, 2022 By Roxanne Liu and Kane Wu Global credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded Fosun International Ltd. by one notch on Tuesday and revised its outlook to “negative”...
Top U.S. Homeowners Insurers Minimally Exposed to Losses from Ian: Moody’s October 12, 2022 A report from Moody’s Investors Service clearly paints Ian as a loss event for Florida-only home insurers since large, national...
Rising Premiums, Low Catastrophe Losses Boost U.S., Bermuda Reinsurers’ H1 Profits August 24, 2022 U.S. and Bermuda reinsurers reported strong operating performance for the first six months of 2022, supported by continued pricing increases...
Home, Commercial Rate Hikes Not Enough to Offset Construction Costs: Moody’s May 19, 2022 To counteract rising construction material costs that have increased about 26.7% the first four months of 2022, personal and commercial...
Property Catastrophe Reinsurers Show Greater Risk Appetites as Price Hikes Continue April 1, 2022 Reinsurers have boosted their 2022 probable maximum loss (PML) exposures as higher prices continues to attract more capital to property-catastrophe...
Russia’s Seizure of Foreign Jets Triggers Wave of Insurance Claims From Leasing Firms March 24, 2022 By Siddharth Philip and Eliza Ronalds-Hannon Russia’s move to transfer almost 800 foreign-owned jets to its own aircraft register amid foreign sanctions has triggered a wave...
Europe Reinsurers’ H1 Profits Climb on Lower COVID Claims, Hardening Prices: Moody’s August 19, 2021 The four largest European based reinsurers – Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – reported sharply higher profits...
Germany’s Floods Will See ‘Sizable’ Protection Gap. Could Insurance Demand Increase? July 22, 2021 By L.S. Howard With an insured price tag of €4 billion to €5 billion (US$4.7 billion to $5.9 billion), economic losses from Germany’s...