On November 19, 2020, DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) confirmed all ratings of Intact Financial Corporation (Intact or the Company) and its operating insurance subsidiaries, including Intact’s Issuer Rating at “A” and the Financial Strength Rating of its main subsidiaries in Canada at AA (low), following the Company’s announcement that, together with Tryg A/S (Tryg), it has reached an agreement to acquire RSA Insurance Group Plc. (RSA).
As if the ongoing disruptions caused by the negative impacts of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic were not enough to keep property and casualty (P&C) insurers busy in 2020, on May 21, 2020,forecasters in the Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted that the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30 each year, will have above-normal hurricane activity in 2020. The forecast envisages a 60% chance of an a...
On June 13 and 14, 2020, a series of extreme thunderstorms struck southern Alberta, Canada, resulting in hail and flooding that caused extensive damage. According to preliminary estimates by the Insurance Bureau of Canada, the thunderstorms caused approximately $1.2 billion in insured losses, with total economic losses exceeding $1.7 billion as thousands of vehicles, homes, and agricultural lands sustained significant damage. This natural catastrophe became Canada's most expensive thunderstorm-r...
Given the relative maturity of the P&C insurance market in Canada there is a direct relationship between economic activity and premium levels. Based on DBRS Morningstar's latest moderate macroeconomic scenario for Canada in 2020, we expect that the growth of P&C insurance premiums in Canada will be severely limited and could even turn negative. Alternatively, under an adverse scenario, we anticipate that the volume of P&C insurance premiums will drop in 2020. Both scenarios contrast with strong ...
DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) released a commentary entitled “P&C Insurance: Regulatory Oversight Essential for Broad Adoption of ESG Reporting Principles,†which discusses the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk factors in assessing the financial strength of a property and casualty insurance company, as well as the need for standardization to facilitate comparability across geographic regions and between companies operating in similar sectors.
DBRS Morningstar released a commentary entitled “Coronavirus: Likely Increases in P&C Insurance Claims in Certain Business Lines; Financial Markets’ Volatility Will Affect Investment Portfolios†that discusses the ways the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) can be expected to affect the Property and Casualty insurance industry.
On November 21, 2019, DBRS Morningstar confirmed its outstanding ratings on Intact and its affiliates. The rating confirmation reflects Intact's excellent franchise strength, which is supported by a well-diversified product mix and broad distribution network. Intact maintains a dominant market position in the fragmented Canadian P&C insurance industry with 16% aggregate market share. Earnings continue to benefit from consistently good underwriting profitability and favorable prior-year developme...
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