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FCA fair pricing report will ‘reduce profitability’ for insurers – Fitch Ratings
Furthermore, the home insurance market will be more affected than motor insurance as around ‘80% of premiums comes from renewal business’
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Fitch: Bermudian re/insurers raise $7.7bn of new capital
Fitch added that there had been some disappointment among carriers at the extent of reinsurance rate rises during the January 1 renewal season.
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The Next Phase: North American Insurance (Pandemic Accelerates Change in the Insurance Landscape)
As the “longest year” enters its final weeks, Fitch provides its view of the possible longer term implications of the coronavirus pandemic for the North American insurance industry.
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Fitch: New Supervisory Framework to Enhance HK Insurance Groups’ Risk Management
The proposed new group-wide supervisory (GWS) framework in Hong Kong will strengthen the ability of the regulator to oversee Hong Kong-based internationally active insurance groups (IAIGs), which will push insurance groups to strengthen the sophistication of their risk management and improve the management of their group-wide capital adequacy, Fitch Ratings ...
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Fitch Special Report: APAC Insurance Regulators’ Response During Coronavirus Crisis
Fitch Ratings believes the prompt response by most insurance regulators across the APAC region will help insurers weather some of their key business risks during the coronavirus crisis. Some insurers’ capitalisation, earnings and liquidity positions could come under pressure from the financial-market disruption and economic strain caused by the pandemic. ...
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Fitch Ratings Revises London Market InsuranceSector Outlook to Negative on COVID-19 Concerns
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the underlying fundamentals of the London market insurance sector to negative from stable (the sector outlook)
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Fitch Ratings: Global Reinsurance Sector Outlook Negative On Coronavirus Concerns
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the underlying fundamentals (sector outlook) of the global reinsurance sector to negative from stable. The sector outlook revision is due to increased concerns over COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and related impacts on the credit quality of reinsurers. Fitch’s outlook for ...
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Fitch Ratings: Markets, Not Coronavirus Mortality, Is the Risk to European Reinsurers
Financial market disruption stemming from the spread of the coronavirus is the main threat to the credit profiles of European reinsurers, Fitch Ratings says.