Rating Agencies
World’s Largest Reinsurers: AM Best’s Latest Ranking…sort of
Every year around this time, AM Best publishes a single list of the "World's 50 Largest Reinsurers," ranked based on unaffiliated gross premiums recorded in the prior year. The latest installment, ...
Beryl Lands in Texas; Record Storm Spawns ‘Early Warning’ for Insurers
Although Beryl was still a tropical storm on Sunday, late day National Hurricane Center advisories put it on track to make landfall on the middle Texas coast early Monday, possibly regaining strength ...
CEO Viewpoints: On Michigan, California and Litigation ‘Leeches’
"Michigan—not so great." The easy-to-overlook observation about insurance risk, delivered by Elizabeth Heck, chief executive officer of Greater New York Insurance Companies, during a panel ...
Berkshire, Starr in Top Cyber Ranking; Global Outlook Stable: AM Best
According to industry rating agency AM Best, there are enough positive factors to give the cyber insurance market a 'stable' outlook despite a stall in premium growth. Analysts at AM Best issued a ...
AM Best Ups Reinsurance Outlook to Positive
Decelerating reinsurance rate increases aren't a worry for AM Best analysts who have revised the global reinsurance segment outlook to positive from stable, citing "robust profit margins" as a driver ...
Liability Reinsurance Crisis Could Be Looming, CEO Says
"There could be a liability crisis in reinsurance in a couple of years," a reinsurance executive predicted this week. Ken Brandt, chair, president and chief executive officer of TransRe, offered the ...
Surplus Lines Insurers Providing a Much-Needed Safety Valve for P/C Industry
Given the difficult environment for primary property/casualty carriers, the efficient use of excess and surplus (E&S) lines capacity is providing a safety valve for ...
Signals ‘Promising’ for Florida Reforms’ Impact, Reinsurance Still a Drag
Analysts with the AM Best financial rating firm and other stakeholders are cautiously optimistic about the resurrection of the Florida property insurance market, 18 months after state lawmakers ...