Rating Agencies: Outlook Still NegativeInternational EditorMonte Carlo The global reinsurance industry continues to be buffeted by a variety of pressures that have led ratings agencies ...
Who Blinks First? Reinsurers, Cedents?International EditorMonte Carlo Who will blink first during the coming January renewals? The reinsurers want to maintain hard market rates while ...
U.S. Reinsurers 6 Month Results ImproveInternational Editor U.S. reinsurance results improved for the six-month period ended June 30, with a group of 30 U.S. reinsurers ...
Western Firms Seek Indian Branches; GIC Exploring Asia Block To Counter ThreatIndia CorrespondentNew Delhi Indias insurance regulator is reviewing the law governing foreign investment as ...
S&P Downgrades Munich ReStandard & Poors, in the latest bleak assessment to hit a string of reinsurers, downgraded Munich Re to "A-plus" from "double A-minus."The ...
Re Recoverables: Climate Of UncertaintyInternational Editor The increasing importance of reinsurance recoverables is highlighted by the fact that at year-end 2002, U.S. insurers expected to ...
Slow Turnaround For Europeans International Editor A ratings analyst in London equated the situation in the European insurance and reinsurance sector to supertankers that are ...
Shake Up Continues In U.S. Reinsurance Market: S&PFollowing an array of large underwriting losses in recent years and yet another disappointing year in 2002, the ...
EU Debates Reinsurer Single Passport International EditorLondon The move by the European Union to create a directive to set minimum standards for reinsurers in all ...
Swiss Re Claims Man Responds To Tougher Business Climate International EditorLondon Swiss Re has become the focus of the age-old market rumor mill.It has been ...