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With the pressures on reinsurers unlikely to change over the next 12 months due to alternative capital providers putting ever more pressure on their underwriting performance, Fitch believes more mergers & acquisitions could be triggered in 2018. 10 September 2017
Insurance
Fitch views the sale as ‘opportunistic’. 24 July 2024
Insurance
The Swiss insurance market remains resilient, despite the challenge of consistently low interest rates and shrinking margins in the Swiss life insurance market, according to Fitch Ratings. 18 January 2017
Insurance
Will the flexibility of funding agreement-backed notes be the answer for illiquid liabilities and capital? 16 October 2025
Insurance
While the industry has enough capital to handle the losses from the recent hurricanes, even at the higher end of estimates, it will be the psychology of the market that will determine potential changes in rates, with the fear factor having an important role to play, Brian Schneider, Fitch Ratings’ global head of reinsurance, told PCI Today. 16 October 2017
Insurance
Fitch Ratings has changed its sector outlook for the Italian life insurance market to negative from stable, noting that wider spreads on Italian sovereign debt may weaken insurers' capitalisation and business retention. 14 March 2017
Insurance
Fitch Ratings has released a report which details the differences and lack of comparability between its own insurance financial strength (IFS) ratings and those of AM Best – in particular at the 'A-' level. 18 July 2016
Insurance
Re/insurers in Bermuda and the US that cover bodily injury claims in the UK will adapt quickly to the higher costs stemming from a change in how settlements are calculated, with just a short-term knock to their earnings, according to a report by Fitch Ratings. 26 April 2017
Insurance
Abolishing regulatory requirements that mean EU and US reinsurers must post collateral for their transatlantic business will provide an important boost to reinsurers' liquidity and investment freedom, according to Fitch Ratings. 18 January 2017
Insurance
Fitch Ratings' has said its rating outlook for the Australian and New Zealand insurance sector remains stable. 14 December 2015
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