A new study in Swiss Re’s sigma series concluded that the global insurance industry has returned to a pattern of growth. The study – World insurance in 2010 – reveals growth in global premium volume and capital. Premium volume “grew …
The Willis Re’s 1st View Renewals Report for June/July 2011, entitled – “Mixed Messages“- estimates that “a string of natural catastrophes in the first quarter of 2011 has cost reinsurers in the region of 10 percent of their total shareholders’ …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that the ratings on the U.K.-based Aviva Group (core operating entities rated AA-/Stable) are unchanged by its agreed sale of breakdown recovery firm RAC to The Carlyle Group for £1 billion [$1.597 billion] S&P …
Aon Benfield has launched the latest edition of its Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which analyses the financial position of the world’s leading reinsurers at the end of the first quarter. The report, compiled by Aon Benfield Analytics, estimates that …
Solvency II, the European Union’s imminent imposition of new and more sophisticated risk based regulation of its insurers, may not be the only elephant in the room It is, however the main focus of a great deal of activity within …
Although it has been coming for more than 10 years, the European Union’s Solvency II regulations covering the community’s insurance industry is now virtually around the corner. Over the years there has been a great deal of discussion centering on …
The European insurance industry is becoming increasingly aware that the Solvency II regulations, which are scheduled to take effect as of January 1, 2013, will not only impose a different set of rules for the industry, but could also fundamentally …
A new special report, compiled by A.M. Best, concludes that the string of major catastrophes, a persistent soft market and the near exhaustion of excess reserves have placed global reinsurers at a “critical” point. The rating firm said that the …
The latest edition of the Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which analyses the year end 2010 financial position of the world’s leading reinsurers and examines how 2011 catastrophe losses may affect their capital positions, estimates that “total Global Reinsurer Capital …
New Zealand’s government has agreed to provide financial support for AMI, the country’s second-largest residential insurer, after two major earthquakes threatened to deplete its capital, Finance Minister Bill English said on Thursday. English said the potential cost for the government …
