All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 4 2021 // The $2.2 trillion global Islamic finance industry is expected to grow 10%-12% over 2021-2022 due to increased Islamic bond issuance and a modest economic recovery in the main Islamic finance markets, S&P Global Ratings...
Apr 19 2021 // Insurance carrier mergers and acquisitions could reach historic levels in 2021 based on early indications from a robust first quarter, according to a new Standard & Poor’s report.U.S. and/or Bermuda based...
Apr 6 2021 // Insurance carrier mergers and acquisitions could reach historic levels in 2021 based on early indications from a robust first quarter, according to a new Standard & Poor’s report.U.S. and/or Bermuda based...
Mar 2 2021 // Global property and casualty reinsurers saw “good” rate increases during the January 2021 renewals but they came up short of a hard market, dashing reinsurers’ hope of a strong start for 2021, according...
Nov 18 2020 // The U.S. insurance industry has achieved only modest gains in increasing diversity over the last 10 years, according to government data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence.S&P found that the percentage of...
Nov 2 2020 // American International Group’s plan to downsize by divesting its Life & Retirement (L&R) business is drawing cautious and wary reactions from rating agencies that follow the property/casualty insurance...
Oct 30 2020 // A decade of low interest rates and tough underwriting conditions has led reinsurers to cautiously invest in riskier and more illiquid assets to generate additional return. The good news is that this strategy also has...
Oct 1 2020 // Specialty insurer Ascot announced the appointment of Steve Guijarro as U.S. chief risk officer and group head of Exposure Management.Guijarro will have primary responsibilty for Ascot’s enterprise risk management...
Sep 9 2020 // Despite the global reinsurance sector’s “robust capital position” and “very high rate rises,” which are expected to “carry on for the remainder of year, and continue for major renewals...
Sep 7 2020 // The Lloyd’s market looks unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in 2020 given the pandemic and hurricane season. However, there are signs of improvement, according to analysts at S&P Global Ratings.S&P notes...
Aug 21 2020 // The Lloyd’s market looks unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in 2020 given the pandemic and hurricane season. However, there a signs of improvement, according to analysts at S&P Global Ratings.S&P notes...
Jul 14 2020 // Global insurers have proven resilient during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as their capital strength has helped stave off widespread downgrades; however, insurers’ capital buffers will erode through the...
Jun 18 2020 // S&P Global Ratings has revised its outlook on Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) to negative from stable, while at the same time affirmed the insurer’s “AA” financial strength and...
Jun 9 2020 // Analysts for Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings shared a view that U.S. underwriting losses from COVID-19 would fall in the $15-$30 billion range.However, risk officers speaking at a rating agency conference last...
May 29 2020 // S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its “AA-” long-term issuer credit and financial strength ratings for Munich Re and its subsidiaries, with a stable outlook.The stable outlook reflects S&P’s view...
May 18 2020 // Standard & Poor’s said it does not expect state legislators to succeed in their efforts to retroactively expand business interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19-related losses.The reason: An expectations of...
May 4 2020 // Standard & Poor’s said it does not expect state legislators to succeed in their efforts to retroactively expand business interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19-related losses.The reason: An expectations of...
Apr 20 2020 // Compared to others, the property/casualty insurance industry is weathering the coronavirus crisis rather well.Property/casualty insurance is the least-impacted industry by the coronavirus pandemic, at least so far,...
Apr 17 2020 // Some global regulators are advising insurers to suspend dividend payments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. If insurers do, they won’t have to worry about their credit quality, S&P Global Ratings said in a...
Apr 13 2020 // Compared to others, the property/casualty insurance industry is weathering the coronavirus crisis rather well.The property/casualty insurance is the least-impacted industry by the coronavirus pandemic, at least so far,...