NU Online News Service, May 25, 3:01 p.m. EDT

Moody’s Investors Service has changed PartnerRe Ltd.’s outlook to negative from stable due to the company’s “outsized” first-quarter catastrophe losses relative to its peers.

The rating agency notes that the first-quarter losses reduce available capital to deal with any shock losses resulting from the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season.

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