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Reinsurance

Munich Re looks internally for new Africa CEO

African leader brings continental expertise to dual role.   16 September 2025

Insurance

Competition and concentration key for European non-life: ratings agency

Primary focus of Europe’s largest non-life insurers is their local markets.   6 November 2019

News

AM Best rates Allianz Brazil; warns on regulatory changes

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Resseguros Brasil (AGCS Brazil), the business formed earlier this year by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty to operate as a local reinsurer in Brazil, has secured a financial strength rating of A from AM Best.   28 March 2014

Reinsurance

S&P upgrades SiriusPoint’s outlook to positive

Three major rating agencies now recognise its robust underwriting and sharpened financial focus.   3 October 2025

Insurance

Beazley secures rating on march to build-out stand-alone US carrier

The newly established US surplus lines carrier will begin taking book from Lloyd’s in 2024.   17 October 2023

Insurance

Hot Asia M&A insurance market drives prices

Asia’s mergers & acquisitions (M&A) market is a “very hotly contested area” and this is driving prices up, Aviva Asia chief strategy officer Alex Kimura, told AM Best.   13 March 2018

Insurance

How London insurance has reinvented itself over 25 years

London writes less business in-house than ever before. Simon Barder, from AM Specialty, explains why that’s a strength, not a weakness.   19 January 2026

Insurance

Growth opportunity in long-tail business

Primary insurance writers in Asia are exploring growth opportunities in new, longer tail business segments—but a shortage of experienced actuaries in the region may open up opportunities for reinsurers that have the relevant technical experience and can partner with insurers on writing such business.   31 October 2017

Insurance

VAT introduction could cause cash-flow issues for Gulf insurers

Given the fiscal pressures in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the introduction of value added tax (VAT) seems inevitable and could cause short-term cash-flow issues for insurers, according to AM Best.   6 June 2017

Insurance

Emirates Retakaful faces uncertainty after CEO, CFO resignations

Emirates Retakaful Limited (ERL) faces uncertainty regarding the future shareholding structure, management team and strategy after both the CEO and the chief financial officer resigned, according to AM Best.   24 November 2017

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