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Fitch Ratings : Scottish Widows and Clerical Medical IFS downgraded
Scottish Widows’ insurer financial strength rating has been downgraded to ‘A’ from ‘AA-‘. Fitch Ratings also downgraded long-term insurer default rating to ‘A’ from...
S&P : German, UK and French motor insurers face an uphill drive for profitability
German, French and UK motor insurers should face an uphill struggle for profitability, and may not reach breakeven on their underwriting results before 2012...
S&P : comments on prospects for ratings on global multiline insurers in face of market turmoil
Standard & Poor’s new report entitled “Sovereign Exposure and Market Volatility Could Pose Heightened Threat To Ratings On Global Multiline Insurers" was released today....
London Market : Gracechurch study shows claims performance improving
A recent study performed by Gracechurch shows the claims service from the London market has improved gradually year-on-year since 2009.
The research also reveals that...
Fitch Ratings : Italian insurance outlook revised to negative from stable
Fitch Ratings has revised the rating outlooks for the Italian life and non-life insurance sectors to negative from stable. This indicates that the majority...
Fitch Ratings : Dexia’s Eurco Re downgraded to ‘BBB’ with an outlook stable
Eurco Re’s insurer financial strength rating has been downgrade to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+’ by Fitch Ratings with a stable outlook.
The downgrade follows Dexia Group's...
Fitch Ratings : Generali outlook downgraded to negative from stable
Fitch Ratings has changed Italian insurer Generali’s outlook to negative from stable. This rating action is related to the downgrade of the Italian sovereign...
Aviva : Health of the Workplace Report shows 26 million extra hours worked each day in the UK
New research from Aviva shows UK workers add up 26 million extra hours at work every day. The latest Health of the Workplace Report...
The London Market is leading the world electronically
London leads the way in the global competitive market place according to a panel of market leaders. The panel discussion sponsored by Xchanging, entitled...
Fitch Ratings : resignation of Brit Insurance CEO closely monitored
Brit Insurance has announced that its CEO Dane Douetil will step down with effect from October 27 2011. Douetil will be succeeded, subject to...
Standard Life : small business offer big investment opportunities
According to Standard Life smaller companies present a divers and an under-researched investment opportunity for investors.
Such companies are likely to outperform relative to their...
Aon Benfield : Monthly Cat Recap Report for September
Aon Benfield’s latest Monthly Cat Recap report reviews September’s worldwide natural disasters. Published by Impact Forecasting, the report reveals that seasonal monsoonal rains triggered...
Aon Risk Solutions : link confirmed between financial performance and risk management maturity
Early findings from the Aon Risk Maturity Index indicate that there is a positive relationship between the maturity of an organisation’s risk management framework...
S&P : analysis of takaful insurers in the Middle East
In a recently published report, Standard & Poor's discusses how Sharia-compliance affects the analysis of the creditworthiness of insurance companies that follow Islamic religious...
S&P : Aviva ‘A-1+’ ratings unchanged, legal structure simplified
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s affirmed short term rating on Aviva International at ‘A-1+’, and then withdrew it. Aviva Insurance also received a ‘A-1+’...
Fitch Ratings : outlook for French non-life insurance sector to stable
The French non-life insurance sector outlook has been revised by Fitch Ratings to stable from negative. A majority of French non-life insurer ratings should...
Fitch Ratings : French life insurance sector outlook negative
The French life insurance sector’s rating has been revised to negative from stable by Fitch Ratings. A negative sector outlook indicates that the agency...
AIR Worldwide : Typhoon Nesat makes landfall in Philippines
Typhoon Nesat or locally known as “Pedring” has made landfall in the eastern Isabela and Aurora provinces on the Pacific coast of the Philippines...
Xchanging : Xchanging Broking Services fully controlled
Xchanging Broking Services is now fully controlled by Xchanging. The business process and technology services provider and integrator has formed an enterprise partnership with...
Fitch Ratings : Brit Insurance’s IFS affirmed at ‘A’ with outlook stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed insurer financial strength rating for Brit insurance, with a stable outlook. The ratings agency has also affirmed Brit Insurance Holding’s...
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