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Rating agency AM Best has said that the US property catastrophe industry has deteriorated sharply during 2011, suffering its largest underwriting loss since 2002. 6 February 2012
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Rating agency Moody’s has said its outlook for French life insurers remains negative, due to several issues that the industry is facing. 31 January 2012
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Rating agency Fitch has downgraded Mapfre SA’s Issuer Default Rating to 'A-' from 'A', along with its core operating subsidiaries' Insurer Financial Strength rating to 'A' from 'A+'. 31 January 2012
Alternative Risk Transfer
Fifteen years since the first insurance linked securities (ILS) were launched the market is still growing as more and more organisations choose this method as a way of transferring risk, according to a report by Swiss Re. 1 November 2011
Awards
In our latest US survey, we aimed to discover which companies and individuals our readers believe are ahead of the game in the US market. 1 November 2011
Insurance
A tough economic environment, combined with high catastrophe losses and many other uncertainties, has left insurers and reinsurers struggling to come to terms with a complex business environment heading into the January 1 renewals. 1 November 2011
Alternative Risk Transfer
Risk modelling agency RMS’s new US wind model triggered downgrades to many catastrophe bonds. Peter
Nakada of RMS Risk Markets examines the logic behind this and how investors have reacted to the situation. 1 November 2011
Alternative Risk Transfer
The recent downgrades of numerous cat bonds triggered by changes to the risk models underpinning them may be a contributory factor in a sharp reduction in the number of non-specialised investors contributing to this sector. 1 November 2011
Insurance
In the current volatile environment, it is crucial that cedants can trust the promises made by their reinsurers. Intelligent Insurer speaks to Maiden Re about how collateralisation is helping them to stand behind their promises. 1 November 2011
Awards
We asked our readers who they thought were leading the field in the continental market this year. Here we present the results. 1 October 2011
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