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Insurance
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the rating outlook of QBE Lenders’ Mortgage Insurance following the announcement of a partial initial public offering (IPO) of the company. 20 August 2014
News
AM Best is the final agency to revise its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to negative, citing ongoing market challenges which will hinder the potential for positive rating outlooks or upgrades. 20 August 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
A re-structuring of the business and a narrowing of the gap between traditional and capital markets paved the way for Italian insurer Generali to bring its first catastrophe bond to the market. Franco Urlini and Mirko Sartori tell Intelligent ILS how they expect the first Italian bond to affect the wider market. 19 August 2014
News
An abundance of reinsurance capacity and intense competition led to further rate declines in the Australian market at the mid-year renewals, according to a report by Marsh. 19 August 2014
News
Global reinsurers are increasingly targeting growth in the Asia-Pacific region, attracted by the strong growth in the region and a growing sophistication among cedants in their use of reinsurance. 18 August 2014
Alternative Risk Transfer
Increased competition fuelled by third-party capital is causing premiums to decline, threatening reinsurers’ competitive positions. One consequence of this could be that some players struggle to maintain their financial strength ratings. 15 August 2014
Insurance
Re/insurer Catlin has posted a solid set of results for the first half of 2014, with profit more than doubling as it benefited from resilient rating conditions in North America, Europe and Asia and better investment returns. 8 August 2014
Insurance
Recent high profile aviation and political risk losses are likely to reinforce the critical role that insurance plays, driving an improvement in aviation rates. 8 August 2014
Insurance
Alleghany has posted strong second quarter results driven by what it called solid underwriting in its insurance and reinsurance businesses with Trans Re enjoying a good quarter despite tough market conditions. 5 August 2014
Insurance
Endurance Specialty posted strong growth in the second quarter of 2014 as it benefited from cost savings in the business and a shift in the composition of its portfolio in both insurance and reinsurance. 5 August 2014
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