Insurers’ Pause of Dividends Likely Shows Caution, Rather Than Credit Risks: S&P April 17, 2020 Some global regulators are advising insurers to suspend dividend payments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. If insurers do, they...
COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens Gulf Insurers’ Earnings: S&P Report April 2, 2020 The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and tumbling oil prices threaten the earnings of insurers in the Gulf, S&P Global...
Aon to Buy Willis Towers Watson March 9, 2020 Global insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with an...
Swiss Re Will Absorb Poor 2019 Earnings, Says S&P February 21, 2020 S&P Global Ratings said that even though Swiss Re performed materially below expectation for its 2019 earnings, the ratings agency...
S&P Assigns A- Rating to Fidelis Insurance Units; Holding Company at BBB December 19, 2019 Noting the proven track record of its management team and strong top-line growth in a five-year time frame, S&P Global...
S&P Revises Qatar Insurance Outlook on Financial Risks from $308M Markerstudy Loan November 25, 2019 S&P Global Ratings said it revised its outlook on Qatar Insurance Co. S.A.Q. (QIC) to negative from stable, although it...
Reinsurers Maintain Upward Pricing Momentum-But Will It Last? October 24, 2019 By L.S. Howard Positive pricing momentum—it’s the favorite phrase of many reinsurance executives, who are hoping that the momentum they’ve seen in 2019...
Reinsurers Look at Cyber’s Massive Growth Possibilities-With Caution October 22, 2019 By L.S. Howard Reinsurers are aware they must constantly invent new solutions in order to stay relevant for their clients. Yet, they admit...
Many Reinsurers Take Increased Catastrophe Risks as Rates Harden: S&P August 14, 2019 Some global reinsurers have chosen to stop retrenching from catastrophe risks, deciding instead to take advantage of higher premium rates...
Global Reinsurers See Promising Green Shoots in 2019 with ‘Hardening’ Pricing: S&P June 5, 2019 Following disappointing reinsurance pricing increases in 2018 and early 2019, it seemed that no amount of catastrophe losses would be...