NU Online News Service Sept. 1, 3:22 p.m. EDT

Key challenges facing global reinsurers are unlikely to impede the stability of earnings or the current strong levels of capitalization for the majority of reinsurers over the next 12-24 months, subject to normal catastrophe experience, Fitch Ratings said.

Fitch added that its rating outlook for the global reinsurance industry remains stable.

The current stable rating outlook incorporates an expectation that profitability will decline in the sector over the next couple of years, driven by lower levels of underwriting profit, investment income and prior-year reserve releases, Fitch said.

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