Winners and losers are inevitable from S&P’s capital model proposals 10 December 2021 S&P flagged the impending arrival of an RfC1 on changes to its capital model 9 weeks ago, and the details of those changes hit the desks of rated insurers and reinsurers on Tuesday this
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Report Summary 5 years of Solvency II (“SII”) reporting allows a focussed look at gross, ceded and net underwriting performance by line. Using SII data from A.M. Best*, Litmus Analysis has developed a UK Market Motor cohort of insurers** in order to review carrier specific underwriting performance
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An examination of the P&C treaty renewals of the big four European reinsurance groups Lewis PhillipsConsultant Analyst The four major European reinsurance groups renewed EUR 12bn of P&C treaty premiums at mid-year 2021 Growth in renewed premiums at each of the three principal renewal periods in 2021
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How getting it right is crucial to ratings Comparisons to peers play a fundamental role in how major rating agencies assess insurers and reinsurers Rated carriers are both often unclear as to the analytical basis for this and even how and why a peer group
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How a change in group strategy can trigger individual carrier rating downgrades and how to manage the risk. Unexpected rating downgrades are a concern for policyholders and brokers alike. This is especially true when material downgrades happen even though the rated carrier’s stand-alone profile is unchanged, for
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The story so far and a snapshot from the latest reports Since late 2016 BIBA has made its BIBA Litmus Test Report (the “BLTR”) service available to BIBA members. The service covers unrated carriers that are requested for inclusion by BIBA members. The BLTR provides a set
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