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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
The CEO of Heritage Insurance Holdings has boasted that the insurer cut its catastrophe reinsurance costs by 8.3 percent while improving terms and conditions in the placement of its 2017-2018 reinsurance programmes, which includes a mixture of traditional coverage, collateralised reinsurance and catastrophe bonds. 6 June 2017
Insurance
Syndicate Research Limited (SRL) placed the B+^ (Above Average) Continuity Opinion of Lloyd's syndicate 2007 (Novae Syndicates Limited) under review for possible downgrade. 2 June 2017
Alternative Risk Transfer
Reinsurance broking and consultancy provider JLT Re said that the reinsurance rate decline accelerated in the 1 June 2017 renewal, falling for the sixth consecutive year. 2 June 2017
Insurance
Insurtech investments are targeting the personal lines’ insurance value chain in product development, client acquisition, underwriting, and claims management in the insurance value chain, a new Conning study shows. 31 May 2017
Insurance
S&P Global Ratings said that it has raised aviation and travel insurer LEXGARANT Insurance’s long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings to 'B+' from 'B'. 31 May 2017
Insurance
Analysts have expressed optimism about the outlook for American International Group (AIG) after it implemented steps to improve performance and changed management. 31 May 2017
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S&P Global Ratings placed its 'BBB+' financial strength rating on Brazil-based reinsurer SCOR Brasil Resseguros on CreditWatch with negative implications. 30 May 2017
Insurance
As the soft market stretches on and new capital continues to find ways to compete on the turf of established reinsurers, the bigger, traditional players are being forced to adapt. Most are increasingly willing to shun unprofitable business while exploring new potential revenues streams and keeping one eye on (and often an investment in) technologies with the potential to change their way of working. 24 May 2017
Insurance
Ratings agency AM Best has removed American International Group (AIG) from ‘under review with negative implications’ and affirmed its Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) after analysing recent actions taken by the US insurers. 24 May 2017
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