Global reinsurers'2013 financial results : lower catastrophes and change in unrealised investment position drive results

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/schema/MARC21slim.xsd">
  <record>
    <leader>00000nam a22000004b 4500</leader>
    <controlfield tag="001">MAP20140016082</controlfield>
    <controlfield tag="003">MAP</controlfield>
    <controlfield tag="005">20140512125747.0</controlfield>
    <controlfield tag="008">140512s2014    usa||||       ||| ||eng d</controlfield>
    <datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">MAP</subfield>
      <subfield code="b">spa</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">5</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20110001322</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Schneider, Brian C.</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="245" ind1="0" ind2="0">
      <subfield code="a">Global reinsurers'2013 financial results</subfield>
      <subfield code="b">: lower catastrophes and change in unrealised investment position drive results</subfield>
      <subfield code="c">Brian Schneider, Martyn Street, Jeremy Graczyk</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">New York</subfield>
      <subfield code="b">Fitch Ratings</subfield>
      <subfield code="c">2014</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="a">Non-life reinsurers¿ underwriting results improved in 2013 as catastrophe losses were below average for the year and had less of an impact on company results than in 2012. The group of reinsurers that Fitch tracks generated a calendar-year reinsurance combined ratio of 85.5% in 2013, down from 89.3% for the comparable year earlier.
The group of life insurance operations monitored by Fitch reported a moderate increase in net premiums earned in 2013 compared with a year earlier. In US dollar terms, net premiums earned increased by 5.8% relative to 2012. Each individual company experienced growth in life reinsurance earned premiums in 2013, with the exception of XL Group plc, whose life business is in runoff.</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080602529</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Mercado de reaseguros</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080573935</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Seguros no vida</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080570590</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Seguro de vida</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080615239</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Resultados del ejercicio</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20110025465</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Street, Martyn</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20140008179</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Graczyk, Jeremy</subfield>
    </datafield>
    <datafield tag="710" ind1="2" ind2=" ">
      <subfield code="0">MAPA20080438661</subfield>
      <subfield code="a">Fitch Ratings</subfield>
    </datafield>
  </record>
</collection>