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Insurance

Generali welcomes S&P rating affirmation

Generali has welcomed the decision by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) to affirm its financial strength rating of A- after the Italian insurer passed a new stress test that had been introduced by the rating agency. The outlook on the rating is negative, however.   26 March 2014

Insurance

End of an era as Markel’s US wholesale and specialty chairman retires

Leader steps down after senior roles across Markel Assurance, US insurance, and wholesale.   22 October 2025

Reinsurance

SCOR suffers Q4 margin decline on cats, salvages full year profit

SCOR puts California wildfire losses at €140m Q1; Milton marred Q4 tally.   5 March 2025

Insurance

Lloyd’s on course to achieve sub-90% combined ratio

Lloyd’s of London target 2025 CoR within reach: ICMR.   23 February 2026

Insurance

Westfield Specialty grows premium by nearly a quarter

Combined ratio for 2025 improves to 93.1% year on year.   19 February 2026

Insurance

State Farm General stares at $7.6bn losses from CA wildfires

Sets out fiscal black hole it finds itself in ahead of crunch meeting with California insurance commissioner.   26 February 2025

Alternative Risk Transfer

Pure-play cat bond funds keep pace, add 0.5% to rally in April

Plenum’s performance index goes more than a year since showing a weekly decline.   12 May 2026

Insurance

Skyward Specialty expands executive remit to fuel US growth

US P&C leader joined in 2021 after QBE and 21 years at Chubb.   20 November 2025

Reinsurance

Climate change: is there a moral obligation for the re/insurance industry?

Climate change is here, and it is here to stay, but what are the responsibilities of the re/insurance industry and what role will it play in partnership with other stakeholders? Intelligent Insurer reports.   22 March 2021

Insurance

Robust capitalisation helps global reinsurers weather the storms

The recent catastrophe losses have changed the market dynamics: rates will increase, benefiting a sector that S&P Global Ratings views as robustly capitalised overall, as David Masters of S&P Global Ratings explains to SIRC Today.   1 November 2017

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