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Insurance

Airline softening has liability wildcards crossing the runway

Airlines haven’t updated standard liability limits in ages; AA5342 could change that.   27 October 2025

Reinsurance

Florida cat pool FHCF builds power in 2025 as storm history weakens

Reinsurer can now handle a 1-in-25 without new debt or assessments.   27 October 2025

Insurance

Amlin ratings unaffected after MS&AD offer: S&P

Ratings on Amlin and its operating subsidiaries will be unaffected following its acquisition offer from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group (MS&AD), according to rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P).   9 September 2015

Insurance

2019 rate increases fading

While year-to-date global reinsurance pricing is up slightly between 0 and 5 percent in 2018, in aggregate, momentum is fading as the sector heads towards the January 2019 renewals, according to S&P Global Ratings.   9 September 2018

Insurance

Blenheim expands contingency offering with new underwriting hire

Appointee joins Syndicate 5886 to diversify non-appearance lines.   20 April 2026

Insurance

Strong underwriting controls are paramount: S&P

Maintaining underwriting and pricing controls will be vital for re/insurers going forward if they wish to improve their enterprise risk management (ERM) scores, according to two analysts at Standard & Poor’s (S&P) rating services, who spoke to PCI Today.   28 October 2014

Insurance

S&P revises Lloyd’s to stable

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has revised the outlook of Lloyd’s of London to stable from positive as conditions in the reinsurance sector deteriorate.   14 October 2014

Insurance

Exor’s debt irrelevant in PartnerRe battle: S&P

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has affirmed Exor’s argument that its debt will not impact its operating subsidiaries as the struggle for PartnerRe rages on.   17 June 2015

Insurance

ILS to push boundaries but scrutiny may diminish warns S&P

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market will continue to grow but this growth must be tempered with underwriting discipline and due diligence.   20 August 2015

News

Reinsurers barely cover capital costs

Global reinsurers’ returns are expected to barely cover capital costs in 2018 and 2019 and the current stable outlook on the global property/casualty reinsurance sector would likely change to negative if the industry's profitability sustainably fell below its cost of capital, S&P Global Ratings warned in a report.   4 September 2018

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