Analysis

Share price data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers

Benign catastrophe losses in the third quarter are encouraging analysts to increase their earnings per share (EPS) estimates for P&C carriers.

Willis Towers Watson has claimed it is "a question of when, not if" a long-term change occurs in the energy market, as rates continue to fall.

Share price data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers

With few large losses (re)insurers could beat results expectations in the third quarter, although the market will be viewing the below-budget losses in the context of a Matthew-impacted fourth quarter, according to equities analysts.

Sompo Holdings' $6.3bn takeover of Bermudian carrier Endurance will create a Japanese player that generates more than 30 percent of group income from its international operations.

Detailed analysis of the market shares of catastrophe-exposed lines in the states of Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina by Macquarie (USA) has found that major national insurance groups led by State Farm head the list of exposed carriers by a large margin

Share price data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers

London-listed shares within our expanded coverage universe experienced the largest increases during the past month, while dollar-denominated stocks found themselves towards the bottom of the pile

Pension funds and retail investors have been using multi-asset funds to help meet their return targets for years, but the idea has struggled to gain traction in non-life insurance circles

Reinsurers struggled to deliver underwriting profitability at their Singapore businesses in 2015, with a weighted average combined ratio of 104 percent, 4.7 percentage points higher than the year before.

The Insurance Insider's expanded coverage universe of P&C carriers booked an average share price rise of 5.4 percent during the third quarter of 2016, probably outstripping growth in book value per share.