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Top 50 Reinsurers of 2023 revealed
Munich Re remained in first place of Insurance Post’s Top 50 Reinsurers 2023 list, with Swiss Re and Hannover Rück SE joining Munich Re on the podium this year.
Top 30 European Insurers revealed
Allianz and Axa have held on to the top two spots on Insurance Post's Top 30 European Insurers 2023 list and accounted for slightly under a quarter of total GWP in the dataset, which was produced by AM Best.
How Top 30 European Insurers 2023 was produced
On behalf of Insurance Post, AM Best ranked the 30 largest European insurers, according to non-life gross written premium to illustrate the movements in market position and financial performance between 2022 and the previous year.
Top 30 European Insurers 2023: Claims inflation bites
Europe’s 30 largest non-life insurers have demonstrated solid top-line growth over the past two years, following a drop in 2020.
R&Q separation plans attract rating agency scrutiny
AM Best put the credit ratings of R&Q and three of its subsidiaries under review with negative implications.
Top 50 global reinsurers: The changing faces of the market
With the reinsurance community once again convening in Monte Carlo and then Baden-Baden, AM Best brings its latest top 50 global reinsurance group rankings. Carlos Wong-Fupuy and Catherine Thomas break down the numbers and highlight the biggest risers…
Editor’s comment – Adios amigos
The Top 100 UK Insurers ranking is always a highlight in my insurance year, but this year’s is bittersweet as it will be my last after 18 years at Insurance Post.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2022
To date, the UK non-life market has been able to withstand the impact of operating challenges and with capital adequacy robust, William Keen-Tomlinson explains why the market has something of a buffer to absorb future uncertainty
Top 30 European Insurers 2022
Post reports the 30 leading European non-life insurers and examines their performance over the past year.
The top 30 European Insurers 2022: A return to growth
Europe’s 30 largest non-life insurers returned to growth in 2021 and – although high inflation, supply chain disruptions and surging energy prices should translate into premium growth – Mathilde Jakobsen of AM Best explains that profitability is expected…
Revolut in Allianz tie-up; AUB confirms Tysers talks; QBE poses resilience challenge; and Rear’s SPAC Financials Acquisition Corp to raise £150m via listing
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Briefing: Biba and Markerstudy - a litmus test as to why it is good to bury beef and move on
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, Drake and Meek Mill, and now Markerstudy and the British Insurance Brokers' Association. Jonathan Swift looks at why this latest reconciliation should make the 2022 Biba Conference an even more highly anticipated event than…
Russia’s Ukraine war to ‘substantially’ impact global insurance industry: AM Best
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is likely to have a substantial impact on the global insurance industry in the near to midterm, AM Best has said.
Intelligence: Hardening continues with reinsurance renewals
January’s renewals saw reinsurers playing hardball not only in their pricing, but also in the structures of their clients’ reinsurance programmes. Post explains why the hardening market is not driven by a lack of capital, but by renewed underwriting…
Editor's comment: When is a reinsurer not a reinsurer?
I recently got up close and personal with a very cute pair of red pandas. My son is a massive fan and with climate change such a big issue we wanted to do our bit to support this species endangered by habitat loss due to logging, grazing livestock and…
Top 50 Reinsurers 2021: Global reinsurance segment marked by stability and uncertainty
Diversification into primary insurance leads to shuffle among the world’s largest reinsurance groups AM Best's Catherine Thomas and Mathilde Jakobsen explain.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2021
Covid-19 had the biggest impact on insurers in 2020. Commercial lines insurers suffered while personal lines insurers broadly benefited according to William Keen-Tomlinson, senior financial analyst in London for AM Best.
The top 30 European Insurers 2021: A turbulent time
The impact of Covid-19 saw the European non-life insurance market report a decline in gross written premium and profit after tax. Mathilde Jakobsen, director, analytics, Amsterdam, AM Best, analyses the numbers and reports on the movements in the ranking…
Intelligence: CSR is dead, long live ESG
Although environmental, social, and governance issues have been mentioned as far back as 2006 by the United Nations with other sectors seeing it incorporated into their financial evaluations, insurance is only recently picking up the buzzword. Post…
Colonial Pipeline: Cyber attack must be a 'wake up call' for insurance sector
The ransomware cyber-attack on the Colonial Pipeline that led to a shutdown of the 5500-mile-long fuel pipeline in the US should be a “wake up call” for all businesses and the insurance market, according to experts.
Blog: MGAs and the shift in the insurance industry distribution ecosystem
The number of delegated underwriting authority enterprises has grown rapidly over the past 10 years. David Blades, associate director of industry research and analytics at AM Best, explains why this is and what this means for the market.