2008 Special Report: Bermuda – 2007 Financial Review. Bermuda Insurers Carry Strength into a Softening Market: Bermuda-based property/casualty insurers bounced back from two years of unprecedented hurricane losses to post strong results in 2006 and 2007.
Date: 4/21/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 6
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2008 Special Report: U.K. Protection & Indemnity Clubs – 2007/2008 Market Review. P&I Clubs Watch Claims Trends, Hone Underwriting, Boost Capital: Protection and indemnity clubs face a challenging underwriting environment: the International Group of P&I Clubs collectively has not made a technical profit in any financial year since 1999.
Date: 4/14/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 7
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2008 Special Report: European Solvency II – Issue Review. Solvency II May Raise Most EU Insurers’ Regulatory Capital Requirements: The European Commission’s Solvency II Directive is expected to substantially increase regulatory capital requirements for most European issuers, although no extra capital is likely to be required for the market as a whole. This view is based on A.M. Best’s analysis of consolidated results from the third impact study conducted by European insurance regulators.
Date: 4/7/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2008 Special Report: Earthquake – Catastrophe Review. Awareness Grows That Moderate Quakes Could Devastate Europe: This study provides historical perspective on European earthquakes and the insurance industry, as well as an examination of the ability of the insurance industry and the public to absorb losses from a “major” or “great” earthquake.
Date: 1/7/2008 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 24
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2007 Special Report: Lloyd's – 2006 Market Review: In A.M. Best’s opinion, Lloyd’s has a strong competitive position in the global insurance market and benefits from its reputation for innovative and flexible underwriting. Its competitive strength derives from its marketplace structure that fosters the development of strong specialist underwriting skills.
Date: 11/1/2007 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 24
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2007 Special Report: Global Reinsurance–2006 Market Review. Reinsurers Turn Cautious as Climate Shifts: While 2007 should be another good year for the global reinsurance sector, A.M. Best believes the outcome depends on how well reinsurers manage catastrophic exposures relative to capital at risk.
Date: 8/13/2007 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 32
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2007 Special Report: Bermuda – 12-Month Financial Review. Changing Tide of 2006 Storm Activity Showers Benefits on Bermuda’s Insurers: After Bermuda's insurers braced for another chaotic 2006 hurricane season, the exact opposite occurred, as insured losses relating to catastrophes were only a fraction of 2005 losses. Marking the two extremes, the Bermuda market reported a very healthy 2006 combined ratio of 83.7, compared with a catastrophic combined ratio of 119.4 for 2005, according to a new special report from A.M Best Co.
Date: 5/28/2007 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 4
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2007 Special Report: U.S. Hurricane Catastrophe Review. One Blow Away From $6 Gas : A well-aimed hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico could couple staggering insured catastrophe losses with severe economic disruptions as the storm tears through the dense, onshore and offshore infrastructure of the region’s all-important petroleum industry. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita gave a taste of the possibilities in 2005.
Date: 5/21/2007 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 16
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2007 Special Report: European Life and Non-Life Insurance. As Market Conditions Deteriorate, Some Segments See Profitable Growth: Life insurers have experienced strong growth over the past few years, a trend that continued in 2006. The strong demand for unit-linked products has been fuelled by good investment conditions and the companies’ focus on selling capital-efficient products.
Date: 5/7/2007 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 20
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2007 Special Report: U.K. Life Insurance Annual Market Review. U.K. Life Market: Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud: 2006 appears to have been one of the best years for U.K. life insurers, with new business premiums growing by an impressive 30%.
Date: 5/7/2007 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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2007 Special Report: U.K. Non-Life Insurance Annual Market Review. Strong Capital to be Maintained, Despite Intensifying Competition: Intensifying competition is anticipated across all business lines, particularly in the small-to-medium enterprise sector. Further rate reductions anticipated, but underwriting performance is expected to be less cyclical than in the past.
Date: 5/7/2007 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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Growth Slows for Rated Non-U.S. Captives: A.M. Best Co. possesses a substantial amount of data and information on captives and assigns interactive ratings to a number of these, most of which are very well capitalized.
Date: 11/13/2006 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 4
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Lloyd's Mix of Primary Business, Reinsurance Shifts in Response to Hurricane Losses: In A.M. Best's opinion, Lloyd's competitive strength derives from its marketplace structure, which fosters the development of strong specialist underwriting skills. Lloyd's Franchise Board has provided a more commercial focus to management of the market and is responsible for setting minimum standards to help safeguard its future profitability.
Date: 10/2/2006 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 24
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The Trough Is Coming for the U.K. Non-Life Market: There has been greater acceleration in growth of net premiums written for the top 50 companies than for the top 10 in the United Kingdom. While the top 50 companies are taking greater market share, it is not at the expense of underwriting quality.
Date: 6/5/2006 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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U.K. Life Industry Shows Signs of Stabilisation and Concentration in an Increasingly Competitive Environment: Increasing concentration and stabilisation continue to characterise the U.K. life industry as intense competition places unprecedented importance on scale. For 2006, A.M. Best expects total industry premium growth to increase by around 10%.
Date: 5/22/2006 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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France, Germany and Italy Maintain Premium Growth: Three key European nations -- France, Germany and Italy -- mirrored one another in 2005 with strong premium increases in their life and health insurance markets. The French, German and Italian life/health markets are expected to continue to move in line with their respective 2005 growth rates of 14%, 6.9% and 12%.
Date: 5/8/2006 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 24
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Asbestos and Environmental Losses Edge Toward Peak as Funding Gap Narrows: During 2004, U.S. property/casualty insurers narrowed the funding gap in their asbestos and environmental loss reserves, principally for asbestos liabilities, as a result of 2004’s pretax charge of nearly $6 billion.
Date: 3/27/2006 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 16
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U.K. Life Industry Shows Signs of Stabilization And Concentration Amid Increasing Competition: A.M. Best Co. believes that the U.K. life industry continues to show signs of increasing concentration and stabilization, reflecting a strongly competitive environment where scale has become more crucial than ever.
Date: 12/26/2005 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 5
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Rated Non-U.S. Captives Capitalize on Hard Market: In many ways, captives are inextricably linked to the insurance market cycle, yet the general focus seems to be on the perceived value of captives depending on the existing point in that cycle.
Date: 11/7/2005 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 8
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Lloyd's--September 2005: Lloyd's enjoys strong propective capitalization, excellent operating performance and a strong business profile, according to this special report released by A.M. Best Co.
Date: 9/12/2005 Source: Special Reports (PDF) Pages: 24
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