Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings : uncertainty remains on availability of flood insurance
The end of the government and insurance industry's Statement of Principles (SoP) agreement to provide insurance in high flood risk areas in June 2013...
Fitch Ratings : European insurers face increased lapse rate risk
The risk to insurance companies of consumers demanding their money early on guaranteed savings products is increasing as early surrender penalties reduce and households'...
Fitch Ratings : internal model key to insurers’ infrastructure investment
The future ability of insurance firms to invest in infrastructure projects is likely to depend heavily on whether they use internal models to determine...
More downgraded insurers
Spanish based company Mapfre is the latest insurer to be affected by a surge of ratings downgrades across the sector, as Fitch moves the...
South African insurance industry resilient, says Fitch
New Fitch Ratings reports say that, while the operating environment in South Africa remains generally challenging, both the life and non-life insurance industries have...
Fitch affirms QBE credit ratings
QBE had its Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and its Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings affirmed at 'A' and 'A+' respectively, Fitch Ratings announced today....
Fitch: ratings movements
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Fitch Ratings has affirmed Old Mutual PLC's (Old Mutual) 'A-' Long-term IDR and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) and Skandia...
Fitch : Japanese marger won’t effect ratings
Fitch Ratings has said that there will be “limited immediate impact” on ratings after Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. (Tokio Marine) announced it's plans to...
Fitch places European insurers on negative rating watch
Fitch Ratings has placed a number of European insurers on ratings watch negative (RWN) after doing the same for Belgium, France and Spain last...
Fitch : IAG rating unchanged after buying AMI
Fitch ratings have announced that Insurance Australia Group's (IAG) insurer financial strength rating will be unaffected by today's announcement to buy AMI Insurance Ltd....
Fitch : Asian insurers looking strong
Despite expensive recent natural disasters, Fitch has deemed Thailand's insurance industry 'stable' and said that the impact of the floods is only short term....
Fitch : South Korean industry ‘stable’
While European insurers are being downgraded almost daily, Fitch has given a 'stable' outlook for the South Korean Life Insurance sector.
Fitch credited their decision...
Fitch : Italian insurers latest to get downgrade
Italian insurance giants Generali and Fondiaria-SAI are among the latest insures to be downgraded by Fitch, after 'stress tests' in Italy and Spain, the...
Fitch : stable outlook for Japanese insurers
Fitch ratings has said in a new report that the outlook for the Japanese non-life insurance industry is stable. The ratings company outlines the...
Fitch : Malaysian insurance market ‘stable’
Malaysia's insurance sector is 'stable' because of sound operating profitability, steady market growth, and manageable exposure to investment risks, a new Fitch Ratings report...
Fitch Ratings : Rossiya gets a ‘B-‘ rating
Despite experiencing financial growth for the first time since 2009, Fitch ratings has given Russian bank Rossiya an IFS rating of 'B-' and a...
Fitch Ratings : ‘AA-‘ rating for Legal and General
Legal and General (L&G) have received an 'AA-' rating for Insurer Financial Strength (IFS), Fitch ratings said today.
Other ratings which the company received included...
US : top insurance companies not to be downgraded
Fitch Ratings says it will not change the four 'AAA' rated U.S. insurance companies' Rating Outlooks to Negative from Stable following Monday's revision of...
Fitch Ratings : affirms Prudential ratings, outlook is stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Prudential Plc's (Prudential) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+' and senior unsecured debt at 'A'. The agency has also...
Fitch Ratings : Rolls Royce agrees pension fund longevity swap
Fitch Ratings says Rolls-Royce's longevity swap is an important step in managing one of the key risks facing occupational pension schemes. The deal, announced...
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