Performance
Top 5 Public and Private Regional Carriers: Assured Research
In their latest report on regional insurance carriers, analysts at Assured Research provided a ranking of the top five insurers in each of six regions, using direct premiums written in 2013 to ...
Best and Worst Performing Regional Carriers: Assured Research
Which regional carriers made an underwriting profit in 2013? Analysts at Assured Research listed the Top 5 and Bottom 5 private and public regional insurers based on statutory combined ratios. (Click ...
Winds Blowing West, Southwest for Regional Carrier Growth
The wide open spaces of the West and Southwest are beckoning some U.S. property/casualty insurers looking to grow premium volumes in previously uncharted territories, according to a new analysis of ...
Global Bank Giants Face U.S. Warnings Over Risk Assessment Practices
U.S. regulators are sending some of the biggest global banks verbal warnings as they crack down on the firms' poor grasp of their own weaknesses, and push for rapid improvements in risk assessment, ...
Fitch Upgrades Rating for Hannover Re
Hannover Re has worked to maintain steady earnings and reduce its financial leverage, and Fitch Ratings has recognized the company with a ratings upgrade. Fitch said it has boosted the insurer's ...
Swiss Re’s Improved Financials Earn It a Ratings Upgrade
Swiss Re Group's good fortunes have helped give it a ratings boost. Fitch Ratings now ranks the company's financial strength rating as positive or A+, up from stable. A similar upgrade is in place ...
A.M. Best: Global Reinsurance Outlook Turns to Negative
Citing "weakening operating fundamentals" for reinsurers at large as the market continues to soften, A.M. Best has revised its outlook for the sector to negative. "It remains difficult to stray from ...
QBE Responds to Profit Plunge With Plans to Sell Assets
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. plans to raise about $750 million in a share placement and sell assets including part of its lenders' mortgage insurance business in Australia after reporting an 18 percent ...