The German-headquartered reinsurance group Munich Re closed the year 2020 with a profit of EUR1.2bn ($1.46bn) despite the year being marked by high losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Four insurers listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange have posted an aggregate net profit of BHD13.75m ($36.45m) for the 2020 financial year, an increase of 17% compared to BHD11.78m for the year 2019.
An increase in competition and resumption of nonessential medical treatment could cause claims to rise to more normal levels and, consequently, lead to weaker but still profitable underwriting results in 2021, according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.
Anadolu Anonim Turk Sigorta Sirketi's (Anadolu Sigorta) 2020 financial performance was strong, with net income increasing 14% (to TRY460.6m [$62m] on an unconsolidated basis) compared with 2019, while the combined ratio improved to 106%, from 111%, notes Fitch Ratings. These improvements largely reflect lower claims frequency in motor and health insurance as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beijing-headquartered China Post Life's net profit in 2020 fell by 26.13% to CNY1.247bn over 2019. This is China Post Life's first drop in net profit in at least five years, in spite of increasing premium income.
The five major A-share listed insurance companies in China have posted a combined premium income of CNY581.5bn ($87bn) in January 2021, a year-on-year increase of 6.26%.
While there could be some rate increases for motor policies in the second part of the year and for certain reinsurance lines, GWP growth in the UAE insurance market will likely remain relatively flat in 2021, due to economic uncertainty and a decline in the expat population in Dubai and other emirates in 2020-2021, says S&P Global Ratings in a new report.
Paris headquartered SCOR says that COVID-19 is helping to create the conditions for stronger reinsurance growth along with a positive pricing dynamic, even though the pandemic cost the global reinsurance company EUR640m ($777m) in 2020.
Great Eastern Holdings' total weighted new sales (TWNS) rose 23% y-o-y to S$1,545.3 million (US$1,172.2 million), according to its financial results for year ended 31 December 2020.
Fitch Ratings considers climate change and its impact on natural catastrophe losses to be one of the most important environmental, social, governance (ESG) risks for non-life and composite insurers, and reinsurers. Nevertheless, climate change has a minimal impact on most insurance ratings within Fitch's portfolio.