Tag: interest rates

May 23, 2023

Following ultra-low interest rates over the past decade, German life insurers now face new challenges as they keep rising bringing with them both favourable and unfavourable consequences for the sector, according to a recent report by S&P Ratings. On the […]

March 21, 2023

Analysts at AM Best have reported that the US Life/Annuity (L/A) insurance segment remains well-positioned to meet challenges in 2023, supported by high levels of risk-based capitalization, strong liquidity profiles, and robust sales in annuity products. Despite this strong position, […]

October 27, 2022

Rising interest rates and a weakening economic picture affecting pricing and demand is setting insurers for low premium income growth in 2023, according to a recent EY report. In the the latest EY ITEM Club Outlook for Financial Services analysts […]

September 16, 2022

In a new report, Fitch Ratings has warned that insurance sector outlooks in several markets across the world could move to deteriorating if both high inflation and rising interest rates continue to persist beyond the rating agency’s latest forecasts. Analysts […]

April 8, 2022

Analysts at Moody’s have reported that banks in the Baltics and in the Commonwealth of Independent States are most exposed to the effects from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and have limited buffers to absorb the impact if it is prolonged. […]

September 16, 2021

Analysts at Berenberg believe that hardening market conditions will continue through into 2022, as reinsurers seek to earn returns above their cost of capital in the face of ultra-low interest rates, social and cost inflation as well as a prolonged […]

September 14, 2021

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension funds, has reported improved profitability over the first six months of 2021, amid what CEO Tracy Blackwell describes as a “very busy” pension risk transfer market. The company posted […]