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Insurance

Australian MGA Agile gets approval to begin underwriting from Lloyd’s

Asta-managed Agile ‘syndicate-in-a-box’ will commence underwriting in May.   1 May 2024

Insurance

Adapt and educate: rapid re/insurance evolution driven by climate threats

Climate change has created challenges that the industry has never had to deal with before. But the mounting threats may be accompanied by opportunities, according to a panel of industry experts.   22 March 2021

Alternative Risk Transfer

Alternative capital keeps growing

Alternative capital keeps growing, and this has many implications for the re/insurance industry, write Graham Coutts, director, insurance and Eduardo Recinos senior director, insurance (LatAm) at Fitch Ratings.   13 November 2017

Insurance

Cost cuts stabilise profitability of Dutch life insurers, non-life improvements expected

Cost cuts have offset low interest rates and declining premium volumes on legacy portfolios, stabilizing profitability of Dutch life insurers, according to Fitch Ratings.   6 July 2017

Insurance

SCOR faces another downgrade as concerns over performance mounts

It’s the fourth downgrade for the global giant following a tone set by S&P, Fitch & Moody’s.   10 March 2023

Insurance

M&A activity in re/insurance on the rise

The combination of continued competitive pressures, the effects of US tax reform and catastrophe losses in 2017 is leading to speculation of more mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among re/insurers in 2018, especially in the Bermuda market, says Fitch Ratings.   12 February 2018

Insurance

Foreign ventures save Japanese insurers from home market woes: Fitch

‘Steady growth’ and underwriting profitability in North America and UK are bulwarks.   20 June 2024

Insurance

Protectionist regimes are a challenge to reinsurers targeting growth in Asia

Asian regulators are continuing to enhance and improve their regimes, and several Asian countries are adopting protectionist measures to expand their domestic reinsurance market, Christopher Han, associate director at Fitch Ratings, told SIRC Today.   30 October 2017

Reinsurance

‘Strong investor demand’ for Resolution Life’s $750m Tier 2 debt issuance

Bermudian insurer looks to capitalise on the opportunities in the ‘attractive’ global life and annuity consolidation market.   3 July 2025

Insurance

Largest German run-off life deal paves way for more

The Generali deal which will see the Italian insurer sell its unit Generali Leben would be the largest run-off deal in Germany to date in what will be a growing theme in the German life insurance market, according to Fitch Ratings.   6 July 2018

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