Finance News
Fitch downgrades Bermuda’s sovereign rating
‘Excessive reliance on mature industries’ is limiting Bermuda’s growth prospects, says rating agency
Generali chief hails progress as Q1 profit rises 6.3%Subscription
Property/casualty combined ratio improves 1.8 points to 93.6%
Tax and acquisition costs eat into Enstar’s Q1 profitSubscription
Run-off buyer’s profit before non-controlling interests drops 16%
Kuwait Re off negative outlookSubscription
Reflects the reinsurer’s improved technical performance – AM Best
SCOR P&C premiums up 6% at 1 April Subscription
The premiums up for renewal represented about 10% of the total annual volume of treaty premiums
Montpelier Re boasts combined ratio of 62% in Q1Subscription
Share buybacks demonstrate active capital management
Everest Re enjoys 'record quarter'Subscription
Credits benign cat environment and rising (re)insurance rates
Hannover Re buys $1.5bn of UK longevity riskSubscription
Reinsurer took on $3bn of longevity risk from Legal & General in February
South Africa postpones solvency regimeSubscription
Delay to January 2016 provides ‘breathing space’ - AM Best
India moves one step closer to insurance reforms Subscription
Increasing insurance FDI at the top of the agenda says finance minister
Moody’s downgrades QBE debt ratingsSubscription
Follows losses from Superstorm Sandy and the US drought in 2012
Reinsurance growth defies tough conditionsSubscription
Capacity increasing despite low yield and competition, says AM Best
Investors double cat bond returnsSubscription
Capital is flowing into ILS as prices decrease – Aon Benfield Securities
Trust Re reports solid 2012 resultsSubscription
Net underwriting profit rises 75% for Bahrain-based reinsurer
Rate hikes boost London market results – AM BestSubscription
Insurers opting to return capital to shareholders rather than deploy it, rating agency finds
China GDP growth slows in Q1 Subscription
China expected to become world’s largest insurance market in the next decade
Willis Re says changing reinsurance market conditions favour mutual insurersSubscription
‘Loyal’ mutuals are reinsurers’ preferred customers in a soft market
