The ratings also recognize AVLA Chile’ s affiliation and strategic importance to its ultimate parent, AVLA Bermuda Holding Corp Ltd., a financial holding company domiciled in Bermuda, engaged in insurance operations in Chile, Peru, Mexico, Brazil and the United States. AVLA Chile began operations in Chile in 2013 as AVALCHILE, before changing its name to AVLA…
Reinsurance
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has appointed John Welch as Group Chief Underwriting Officer. John brings over 30 years of experience in executive roles across global players including at AXA XL and XL Catlin Group, and originally joined Aspen as Chief Underwriting Officer, Reinsurance in June 2023. Aspen provides insurance and reinsurance coverage to…
The negative outlooks for the company reflect the pressure applied on its balance sheet strength caused by the influence of the rating unit’s holding company coupled with the macroeconomic challenges in Argentina. Reunion Re initiated operations in Bueno Aires, Argentina in 2012. The company operates through a network of brokers and direct distribution…
AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ bbb+” to Fontana Holdings L.P. The outlook assigned to this Credit Rating is stable. Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A and the Long-Term ICRs of“ a+” of Fontana Reinsurance U.S. Ltd. and Fontana Reinsurance Ltd., which are subsidiaries of Fontana Holdings L.P. The outlook of…
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of“ a+” of Atradius Crédito y Caución S.A. de Seguros y Reaseguros, Atradius Trade Credit Insurance, Inc. and Atradius Seguros de Crédito, S.A., which are the main operating subsidiaries of Atradius N.V., the non-operating holding company. The ratings of ACyC, ATCI and…
AM Best has revised outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ bbb+” of Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan Inc.. Farm Mutual Re was established in 1959, is the exclusive reinsurer for 43 members in Canada and accepts each insurer’ s entire reinsurance program. Customers in this segment are…
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of“ a-” of Everspan Indemnity Insurance Company and its affiliates, collectively referred to as Everspan Group. The outlook of these Credit Ratings is stable. Everspan Group provides services for a diverse mix of managing general agents aligned with highly rated…
AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A from A- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to“ a” from“ a-” of Al Ahleia Insurance Company S.A.K.P.. The outlook of these Credit Ratings has been revised to stable from positive. The company has reported improving pre-tax profits over the past five years, reaching KWD 25.9 million in 2024, equivalent to a…
The Travelers Companies, Inc. today reported net income of $1.509 billion, or $6.53 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, compared to $534 million, or $2.29 per diluted share, in the prior year quarter. Core income in the current quarter was $1.504 billion, or $6.51 per diluted share, compared to $585 million, or $2.51 per diluted share, in the prior…
2025 JUL 16– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily– Investigators discuss new findings in Investment. According to news reporting from Lanzhou, People’ s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ This paper innovatively investigated the optimal investment and reinsurance problem with the objective of minimizing…
NAIC committee unanimously passes reinsurance asset-testing guideline
A new asset-testing guideline for reinsurance deals will result in no direct action, even if regulators uncover negative numbers.
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of B++ and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ bbb+” to MTM Assurance Ltd.. The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings is stable. MTM is a niche insurer operating out of Barbados where it provides revenue loss reinsurance for a limited number of financial services industry partners, which are primarily located in…
AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ from B+ and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to“ bbb” from“ bbb-” of Union Insurance Company P.J.S.C.. The outlook of these Credit Ratings has been revised to stable from positive. Concurrently, AM Best has withdrawn these ratings as the company has requested to no longer participate in AM Best’ s interactive…
The Insurance Information Institute today published an analysis of the property/casualty insurance landscape in Texas, revealing a complex risk environment that has contributed to the Lone Star State ranking as the sixth-least-affordable for homeowners insurance in the United States. Severe Convective Storms: Texas experiences over 100 tornadoes…
tallahassee As Florida lawmakers in 2022 tried to bolster the troubled property-insurance system, they drew attention for setting aside $3 billion in state money to help insurers with critical backup coverage. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that pulled back $2.1 billion of that money, which was expected to go unused. The bill, which was unanimously passed by the…
State-owned Citizens Insurance has sharply increased the number of cases it sends to a special alternative dispute court, but plaintiffs attorneys say it "s unfair because it deprives policyholders of the right to have their cases heard by a jury. A South Florida Sun Sentinel review of cases handled since early 2024 found that Citizens policyholders are…
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a+” of Scotia Reinsurance Limited. The company reported approximately USD 73.0 million of equity at fiscal year-end 2024, an increase from roughly USD 48.8 million for fiscal year-end 2023. In 2024, Scotia Re paused dividends to its parent company, BNS…
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a+” of Scotia Insurance Limited. The company reported approximately CAD 294.5 million of equity at fiscal year-end 2024, an increase from roughly CAD 285.3 million for fiscal year-end 2023. This compared with previously reported equity of about CAD 312.6 million…
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry began 2025 with a mixed underwriting outlook, according to the latest report, Insurance Economics and Underwriting Projections: A Forward View, from the Insurance Information Institute and Milliman, a collaborating partner. Michel Léonard, Ph.D., CBE, chief economist and data scientist at Triple-I, noted that“…