Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings : hedge funds face challenge balancing reinsurance returns
Several well-known hedge fund managers have backed new reinsurance vehicles, with the aim of using stable premium flows in lower-risk underwriting business to support...
Fitch Ratings : capital markets a sustainable alternative to traditional reinsurance
Fitch Ratings indicates in a new report that capital market alternatives to reinsurance from sources such as catastrophe bonds (cat bonds), collateralized quota-share reinsurance...
Fitch Ratings: UK Life insurers to increase corporate pensions exposure
UK life insurers are expected to increase pension exposure from corporates looking to offload risks in their existing defined benefit schemes as well as...
Fitch Ratings : affirms Lloyd’s of London’s IFS rating at ‘A+’ with a stable outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lloyd's of London's (Lloyd's) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating at 'A+'. Fitch has also affirmed the Society of Lloyd's Long-term...
Fitch Ratings : Generali’s EUR750 million Hybrids Notes rated ‘BBB-‘
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB-' rating to Assicurazioni Generali SpA's EUR750m senior dated subordinated notes.
The notes will be issued by Generali under a...
Fitch Ratings : ECJ gender ruling will have no serious impact on life insurers
Fitch Ratings expects UK life insurers to face no serious impacts to their business when they adapt their pricing to comply with the European...
Fitch Ratings : affirms Provinzial NordWest’s insurance entities IFS at ‘AA-‘ with a stable outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed non-life insurer Westfaelische Provinzial Versicherung AG's (WPV) and life insurer Provinzial NordWest Lebensversicherung AG's (PNWL) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings...
Fitch Ratings : insurers less exposed than banks to a Greek exit
Insurance companies are less exposed than banks to contagion risk triggered by a Greek exit from the eurozone, because of insurers' ability to share...
Fitch Ratings : insurers capable of withstanding orderly Greek exit
Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that the European insurance sector should be able to absorb shocks arising from a hypothetical Greek exit...
Fitch Ratings : affirms OJSC Rossiya Insurance Company with a negative outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed OJSC Rossiya Insurance Company's (Rossiya) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) at 'B-' and National IFS ratings at 'BB-(rus)' and removed them...
Fitch Ratings : Generali Espana & Reale Seguros’ ratings -unaffected by Spanish sovereign downgrade
Fitch Ratings says that Generali Espana, S.A. de Seguros Y Reaseguros (Generali Espana) and Reale Seguros Generales' (Reale Seguros) ratings are not affected by...
Fitch Ratings : ATLANTICLUX IFS at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Luxemburg-based ATLANTICLUX Lebensversicherung S.A.'s (ATL) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating at 'BBB', Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-' and...
Fitch Ratings : publishes Amlin’s IFS rating at ‘A+’ with a stable outlook
Fitch Ratings has published Amlin AG's Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating of 'A+'. Fitch has also published Amlin plc's Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR)...
Fitch Ratings : ERGO’s ratings affirmed with a stable outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Germany-based insurers ERGO Lebensversicherung AG's (ERGO Life) and DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG's (DKV) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings at 'AA-'....
Fitch Ratings : rating actions on Japanese insurers on sovereign downgrade
Fitch Ratings has revised Nippon Life’s outlook to stable from Positive and affirmed its insurer financial strength (IFS) rating. The ratings for Daido Life...
Fitch Ratings : Dexia Bank Belgium’s Eurco Re affirmed at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Eurco Re Limited's Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Rating at 'BBB' with a stable outlook.
The rating rationale is based on Fitch's...
Fitch Ratings : Italian, Spanish insurers are the most exposed to a Greek exit from the Eurozone
Italian and Spanish insurers are most exposed to a Greek exit from the Eurozone - through the contagion effect it could have on Italian...
Fitch Ratings : Lloyd’s of London EM expansion positive, but brings risk
The Lloyd's insurance market's planned expansion into emerging markets is a net positive, even though writing insurance outside of established markets carries additional risks,...
Fitch Ratings : Solvency II may erode corporate pensions progress
Even in a watered-down form the potential application of Solvency II to European occupational pensions could have a significant negative impact on corporate cash...
Fitch Ratings : July reinsurance price rises will be limited
According to Fitch Ratings, price increases in the July reinsurance renewal period are likely to be restricted to loss-affected sectors unless there is a...
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