Ground Shifting for Medical Liability Insurers: Moody’s January 3, 2012 Although it comprises just over two percent of annual direct premiums for the U.S. property and casualty insurance industry, the...
Foreign Insurers Must Decide If China’s Growth Outweighs Disadvantages November 30, 2011 Foreign insurers will have to answer for themselves whether their disadvantaged position relative to domestic insurers in China is outweighed...
Accounting Rules to Hurt Insurers’ Ratios But Not Ratings: Moody’s October 20, 2011 New accounting rules intended to align U.S. insurers’ varied approaches to accounting for deferred acquisition costs (DAC) will negatively affect...
Moody’s: P/C Insurers More Mindful of Inflation Risks October 11, 2011 Until recently, the risk of inflation shocks has not ranked high on the agenda for U.S. property/casualty insurers, Moody’s Investors...
Rating Agencies Win Dismissal of Ohio Funds Lawsuit September 28, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel The three major credit-rating agencies won the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that five Ohio pension funds lost hundreds of...
Moody’s Sees Stable Outlook for Personal Lines Insurers August 30, 2011 The personal lines insurance sector maintains a stable outlook in the face of a highly competitive environment, 2011 catastrophe losses...
When Rating Agencies Judge the World – an Analysis August 3, 2011 By Rachelle Younglai and Ana da Costa The man who holds in his hands the fate of U.S. credit, and with it potentially the global economy, favors...
Moody’s: U.S. P/C Insurers’ Report Meaningful 2010 Reserve Releases July 26, 2011 U.S. property/casualty insurers reported meaningful reserve redundancies in their 2010 earnings, Moody’s Investors Service said, marking the sixth straight year...
EU Slams Rating Agencies after Portugal Downgrade July 7, 2011 By Gilbert Reilhac and Annika Breidthardt European politicians accused credit rating agencies on Wednesday of anti-European bias after Moody’s downgrade of Portugal’s debt to “junk” cast...
P/C Insurers Can Handle Muni Bond Stress: Moody’s July 7, 2011 The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, which has about 60 percent of its equity capital base or — $355 billion– in...