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Tianjin explosions could cost Chinese insurers $1.5 billion
The recent explosions at a chemical warehouse in Tianjin could cost Chinese insurance companies $1.5 billion, according to Fitch Ratings.   18 August 2015
Insurance
Reinsurance pricing could reach a new equilibrium: Fitch
Pricing in the reinsurance market could be approaching a new equilibrium, according to rating agency Fitch.   25 August 2015
News
Reinsurance pricing faces increased sensitivity: Fitch
Future underwriting profitability and reinsurance pricing face increased sensitivity, according to a new report from Fitch.   22 March 2016
Alternative Risk Transfer
Re/insurers brace themselves for $20bn hit from Florence
The re/insurance industry should brace itself for losses of between $15 billion and $20 billion, according to the guidance of risk modelling agencies and analysts.   13 September 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Education is needed for ILS to thrive in Asia
A great deal of education needs to take place across Asia before the used of insurance-linked securities (ILS) truly gains traction in the region, Siew Wai Wan, senior director, insurance, Fitch Ratings, told SIRC Today.   1 November 2015
Insurance
Kenya remains attractive to foreign insurers: Fitch
Foreign investors are increasingly interested in targeting Kenyan insurers encouraged by the growing sophistication of that market and the access it offers to the greater East African region, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.   8 September 2015
Insurance
M&A deals may not yield value investors expect
Headline-grabbing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the reinsurance sector may do little in themselves to help firms cope with the harsh reality of falling prices and low investment returns, increasing the risk that acquisitions will not generate the value investors anticipate long term, Fitch Ratings has warned.   13 September 2015
Insurance
Rating agencies react to $788m Third Point Re-Sirius merger deal
AM Best has removed Sirius Group from negative outlook after Third Point Re deal announcement.   10 August 2020
Alternative Risk Transfer
Fitch: Solvency II charges ignore rating differences
The lack of capital charges on securitisations does not account for the variation in risk in these assets under Solvency II.   17 October 2014
Insurance
Renewals show Solvency II driving reinsurance demand
January renewals evidence that Solvency II will increase demand for reinsurance products as European insurers attempt to strengthen their capital position through risk transfers, Fitch Ratings said.   16 February 2017

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