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As ILS strains pricing, reinsurers survive on low losses, reserves: Fitch

August 21, 2017 Reprints

U.K.-based Fitch Ratings Ltd. said that record levels of activity and growth of insurance-linked securities, catastrophe bonds and collateralized reinsurance continue to put a strain on reinsurance pricing, Artemis.bm reports. However, some European reinsurers, including Swiss Re Ltd, Munich Reinsurance Co. and Hannover Re S.E., have managed to remain profitable due to low levels of major loss and reliance on reserve releases despite the pressurized state of the market.

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As ILS strains pricing, reinsurers survive on low losses, reserves: Fitch

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