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Recent catastrophic wildfires in Australia and the US state of California underscore the importance of environmental considerations when evaluating the credit quality of utilities globally...
The favorable pricing trends of the current U.S. property & casualty (P/C) insurance underwriting cycle are expected to continue...
The size of California wildfires YTD pales in comparison to the destruction and death resulting from the 2017 and 2018 fires and mudslide events but heightened...
Higher investment income and modestly weaker calendar-year underwriting margins kept operating performance for North American property/casualty (P/C) insurers steady during...
Enactment of California Assembly Bill (A.B.) 1054 along with Edison International's, Southern California Edison's and San Diego Gas and Electric's planned participation in the wildfire...
The recent earthquakes in southeast California are not expected to have any effect on the ratings of US residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), says Fitch Ratings...
With the 2019 hurricane season underway, U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers are well placed to weather the landfall of a significant storm, according to Fitch Ratings...
In the aggregate, U.S property/casualty insurers' financial leverage remained stable yoy, according to Fitch Ratings. The financial leverage ratio (FLR) for Fitch's aggregate was at 'A-' implied debt...
The U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry returned to a modest statutory underwriting profit in 2018 following two consecutive years of combined ratios above 100% as catastrophe losses...
North American property/casualty (P/C) insurers saw improved operating returns and underwriting profits in 2018 despite a second consecutive year of higher than average catastrophe losses...
