Listening to Andrew Rear talk about insurers, you wouldn’t think he works for one that’s been around for 136 years....
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While Hurricane Matthew has the potential to erode some of the global reinsurance sector’s excess capital, its overall capital position...

Reinsurance premiums are likely to continue to fall next year, ratings agencies said on Tuesday, following years of weaker prices...
Reinsurers’ profits will soon drop below their cost of capital* and could remain there until the underwriting and/or investment cycles...
Some traditional reinsurers have asserted that catastrophe bonds are unreliable in terms of paying claims after major events. A new...
The reinsurance sector’s focus on strong enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks is helping them weather the many headwinds hitting both...
Most global reinsurers have been able to maintain underwriting discipline despite the ongoing soft market, but there is a danger...
Sports-related brain injuries are one of the top emerging insurance claims in the U.S. and the U.K., according to a...
Fosun Group, one of China’s most acquisitive conglomerates, is preparing to sell as much as 40 billion yuan ($6 billion)...

Fitch Ratings this week warned that users of insurance ratings from four large credit rating agencies (CRAs) fail to understand...