November 16, 2018
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.’s (TMHD) sale of two European reinsurance subsidiaries is likely to streamline its holdings and boost operational efficiency in the group’s underwriting businesses, Fitch Ratings said. RenaissanceRe Holdings is buying Tokio Millennium Re AG (TMR) and Tokio …
September 10, 2018
As global reinsurance executives gathered in Monte Carlo for their annual Reinsurance Rendezvous, Fitch Ratings said it expects consolidation of the industry will continue. The firm said intense market competition and capital levels will continue to drive merger and acquisition …
May 14, 2015
Fitch Ratings has upgraded the rating on the following senior secured bonds of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp., FL, PLA/CLA to ‘AA-‘ from ‘A+’: –$1.1 billion series 2012A-1; –$200 million series 2012A-3 (SIFMA floating rate notes). The Rating Outlook is …
March 18, 2013
“Property/casualty insurers’ operating profits improved in 2012, driven by reduced incurred losses from natural catastrophes and core loss ratio improvements from recent underwriting and pricing actions,” concludes a report from Fitch Ratings. The survey is a “compilation of full-year GAAP …
February 20, 2013
Fitch Ratings said it does not expect insured losses from the recent flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia in January to trigger widespread solvency problems or excessive financial strain on the balance sheet of non-life insurers in the country. “This is mainly …