Moody's

• China Insurance Market Share Quadruples in Decade

  By Reuters  |  December 5, 2011

  China's share of the world insurance market has quadrupled in the last 10 years and is set for further growth, helped by a strong economy and better regulation, reinsurance broker Aon Benfield said.

• Insurers to Make Customers Pay if Italy Defaults

  By Myles Neligan and Victoria Howley, Reuters  |  November 11, 2011

  European insurers, on the front line of the region's sovereign debt crisis because of their big exposure to distressed Italian bonds, will be forced to share losses with customers and rely on regulators to be lenient if Italy reneges on its debt.

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  Moody’s: AIG, MetLife, Prudential Cross SiFi Threshold

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 8, 2011

  American International Group, MetLife and Prudential are the three most likely U.S. insurers to be deemed as systemically important enough to be subject to federal as well as state regulation, says Moody’s Investors Service in a report.

• Insurers Can Weather More Euro Turmoil, Moody’s Says

  By Reuters  |  October 20, 2011

  European insurers can withstand more losses on their Greek sovereign debt, as well as potential defaults by Ireland and Portugal, credit rating agency Moody's said on Thursday.

• Solvency II Capital Rules Create Debt Opportunity

  By Myles Neligan, Reuters  |  October 18, 2011

  Insurers are seldom fazed by technical complexity or heavy expenditure, yet even they have flinched when confronted with the intricacy and high implementation costs of Solvency II, a set of new capital rules for the European insurance industry.

• Higher Insurance Premiums Likely After Irene

  By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press, Daniel Wagner, Associated Press  |  August 30, 2011

  The damage from Irene and other disasters means that property insurance premiums will likely rise across the board into 2012, says one research analyst.

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  Damage from Hurricane Irene Appears Less than Feared

  By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer, Daniel Wagner, Associated Press  |  August 29, 2011

  Tropical Storm Irene's trek up the East Coast caused less damage than many had feared, a bit of reassuring news for a fragile economy.

• Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Workers' Comp and More- PC360_Claims Tweet Suite Digest

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 24, 2011

  PropertyCasualty360.com’s Claims Channel Editor Christina Bramlet is twittering every day about breaking news and timely topics. Check out the latest claim-related tweets.

• Rating Agencies Take Action on PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 23, 2011

  Rating agencies downgraded PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., part of the PMI Group, after the company announced that the Arizona insurance department placed it under regulatory supervision.

• A.M. Best Comments On AXA Canada-Intact Deal

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 7, 2011

  A.M. Best Co. has placed the ratings of Intact Insurance Group and AXA Assurances Inc.--the Quebec-based subsidiary of Paris-based AXA Group--under review following the announcement that Intact will acquire AXA Canada Inc.