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US and Bermuda reinsurers maintain profitability as premium growth slows: AM Best

AM Best, the credit rating agency and provider of insurance industry data and analysis, has reported that a group of leading US and Bermuda reinsurers remained underwriting profitable for a fifth consecutive year in…

Reinsurers to absorb significant chunk of modest insured losses from Nepal floods: AM Best

Victoria Ohorodnyk, Senior Director, Head of Analytics, AM Best, explains that international reinsurers are expected to absorb a significant share of the overall modest insured losses from the devastating flash floods…

AM Best places At-Bay under review with positive implications amid Munich Re acquisition

Credit ratings agency AM Best has placed At-Bay Specialty Insurance Company (ABSIC) under review with positive implications following the recently announced acquisition of its parent company, At-Bay, Inc., by Munich Re…

AI adoption in reinsurance likely to remain gradual despite growing enthusiasm: AM Best

While artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in reinsurance will likely remain gradual due to key challenges, it is becoming a major differentiator for companies that successfully incorporate it into underwriting…

Maturing alternative capital partnerships help reinsurers exceed cost of capital: AM Best

Dedicated reinsurance capital expected to hit record $705bn in 2026: AM Best & Guy Carpenter

Dedicated reinsurance capital is expected to increase further in 2026, as reinsurers continue to benefit from underwriting profits, investment returns and growing participation from third-party capital, according to AM…

Ledgebrook secures A-minus AM Best ratings as insurtech completes full-stack build

AM Best Calls $1.54 Billion Mapfre-Safety Marriage ‘Strategically Compelling’

Ratings analysts at AM Best see the pending acquisition of Safety Insurance Group by Mapfre as “strategically compelling” as the carriers have complementary geographic and product profiles. Last week Safety, a…