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Moody's: AI moving into core insurance operations

Fitch raises Allstate’s ratings following improvements in capital and underwriting performance

Fitch Ratings, a global credit rating agency, has upgraded the credit ratings of The Allstate Corporation, a US insurance provider specialising in property, casualty and personal insurance products. The decision…

Fitch upgrades Beazley’s rating, cites strategic importance to Zurich

After Zurich Insurance Group completed its 100% acquisition of specialist insurer Beazley, Fitch Ratings has upgraded the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Rating of Beazley Insurance DAC to ‘AA’ from ‘A+’, and also…

Cyber reinsurance demand expected to be stable in 2027: Moody’s Ratings survey

Demand for cyber reinsurance in 2027 is projected to be stable, while almost half of respondents to Moody’s Ratings 2027 reinsurance buyers survey expect the business to experience low to mid-single-digit price…

Still early for casualty sidecars, but growing investor appetite pressures reinsurance pricing: Fitch

Reinsurers maintain cautious approach to data centre accumulation risk: Arrivé, Fitch

Manuel Arrivé, Head of EMEA Reinsurance Ratings at Fitch Ratings, said the growth of data centres and digital infrastructure in general presents both an opportunity and significant risk for reinsurers due to potential…

Fitch reports growing governance considerations for US life insurers following Delaware life investment reclassification

Fitch Ratings, the credit ratings agency, has highlighted the potential governance implications for the US life insurance sector following Delaware Life Insurance Company’s recent reclassification of certain investments…

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…

AM Best says MAPFRE’s Safety Insurance acquisition is strategically compelling

Credit rating agency AM Best has described Spain-based multinational insurance group MAPFRE S.A.’s planned acquisition of Safety Insurance Group, Inc. as strategically compelling, saying the transaction brings together…

ILS, cat bonds & parametrics can help re/insurers innovate to expand nat cat coverage: Fitch