All AM Best articles
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NewsAM Best: Cat bond issuance hits record $17.3bn as ILS capacity fuels softening
Abundant capital and record cat bond issuance are contributing to softer reinsurance pricing, with ILS capacity expected to continue growing through 2026, according to ratings agency report
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NewsAM Best’s top 50 reinsurers: Profitability holds firm as softer market gathers pace
Munich Re reclaimed top spot among IFRS 17 reinsurers while Lloyd’s led non-IFRS reporters, as AM Best warned abundant capital is increasing competitive pressure
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NewsRecord capital tests reinsurer discipline as softening goes on: AM Best
Global reinsurance capital is projected to reach $705bn in 2026, and AM Best warned that growing competition and softening property catastrophe rates will test whether the underwriting discipline established since the 2023 market reset can endure
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NewsAM Best keeps stable outlook for GCC insurance markets
Strong capitalisation and 2025 performance should help regional insurers withstand geopolitical pressures, although prolonged conflict and changing reinsurance conditions present material risks
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NewsIran conflict: Prolonged Middle East war could test global re/insurance markets, AM Best warns
Ratings agency warns about the wider economic shock of the US-Israeli war against Iran, which has spread to the Gulf monarchies and the Strait of Hormuz, the effects of which may outweigh direct insured losses
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NewsAM Best shifts global reinsurance outlook to stable after soft 1/1 renewals
Ratings agency points to accelerating softening in property reinsurance, persistent casualty pressures and elevated catastrophe losses, while noting robust capital positions and continued underwriting discipline
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NewsAM Best: Sub-Saharan reinsurers post strong results despite economic headwinds
Report from AM Best says the region’s reinsurers achieved double-digit returns on equity in 2024, supported by disciplined underwriting despite macroeconomic volatility
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News‘Nowhere near’ drawing line under ‘legal system abuse’ – AM Best
US-based litigation funding is impacting social inflation – a key concern for casualty reinsurers, says credit rating agency
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NewsMGAs ‘huge success story’ ‘at the forefront of innovation’ for reinsurance – AM Best
Reinsurers should to be looking for the next growth area to engage in and steer, following the trajectory of the profitable cyber insurance market, AM Best’s RVS briefing suggested
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NewsReinsurers hold firm as market recalibrates, says AM Best
AM Best’s latest reinsurance market report finds global reinsurers maintaining disciplined underwriting, strong capitalisation and enhanced investment returns, as executives jet off to RVS 2025
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NewsAsian reinsurers expanding overseas as global players deepen regional roots – AM Best
Report from the rating agency highlights overseas growth, rising competition, and market shifts across Asia-Pacific
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NewsAM Best: Reinsurers cautiously upbeat despite rate softening ahead of Monte Carlo
Discipline holds firm on attachment points, as the re/insurance industry digests mid-year renewals, including rate softening, recent wildfire losses, and gears up for the usual hurricane season jeopardy and the Monte Carlo rendezvous.
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NewsDWIC 2025: Closing the catastrophe protection gap across MEASA
Panellists from Munich Re Underwriting Agents, Gallagher Re and AM Best discussed the catastrophe reinsurance market in the Middle East and beyond.
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NewsUAE insurers show strength amid storms and structural shifts – AM Best
Insurers in the UAE show signs of resilience following last year’s record rainfall, according to a new report from rating agency AM Best.
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NewsMENA re/insurers’ ratings trending ‘positive’ despite regional challenges – AM Best
Despite country risk and the Middle East and North Africa region’s challenging regional geopolitical conditions, the rating agency says re/insurers’ creditworthiness is net positive.
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NewsRatings maintained after reserve strengthening at Everest
Reserve additions for US casualty business adding up to $1.7bn for Everest Group did not change its credit ratings for AM Best.
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NewsRapid growth of MGAs continues to lead the sector – AM Best
Rating agency maintains is positive view on delegated underwriting authority enterprises segment, as well as for the global reinsurance business.
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News‘Rosy picture’ belies the challenges carriers face, Convex’s Brand warns
Speaking at an AM Best event in London, Convex’s CEO gave a (re)insurance carrier’s perspective to challenges, from claims activity, operating expenses and market cyclicality, to the balance of power between brokers and carriers.
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NewsReinsurer ROEs rise on underwriting, investment results – AM Best
AM Best’s DuPont analysis indicated reserve leverage for the composite dropped, led by non-life reinsurers, other than the ‘big four’, whose reserve leverage was relatively stable.
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NewsPositive pricing dynamics benefit MENA and SSA reinsurers – AM Best
Two reports from rating agency AM Best give an upbeat summary of the market environment for reinsurers in the regions of Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
