The favorable pricing trends of the current U.S. property & casualty (P/C) insurance underwriting cycle are expected to continue...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 27 days ago
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Heightened CA Wildfire Risk Could Test Utility Creditworthiness
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...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 1 month ago
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North American P/C Insurers See Steady Results at Mid-Year 2019
Higher investment income and modestly weaker calendar-year underwriting margins kept operating performance for North American property/casualty (P/C) insurers steady during...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 3 months ago
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New Law, Fund Participation Lessen CA Utility Wildfire Risk
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...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 4 months ago
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California Earthquakes Do Not Affect US RMBS, CMBS Ratings
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...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 5 months ago
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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...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 6 months ago
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US P/C Insurer Financial Leverage Stable; Fixed-Charge Coverage Recovers to 2016 Levels
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...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 8 months ago
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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...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 8 months ago
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North American P/C Insurer 2018 Results Improve Despite 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...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 9 months ago
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November Wildfires Expected to Have Modest Impact on YE P/C Results
In Fitch Ratings' recently published 2019 property/casualty outlook, our estimate of the overall industry combined ratio for the year is projected at 99%...
- Fitch Ratings / Article / 12 months ago
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