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Business Wire
23-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
AM Best to Sponsor and Participate at Vietnam Insurance Summit
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AM Best will participate and be a sponsor at the Vietnam Insurance Summit, to be held 1 August 2025 in Quy Nhon, Vietnam. AM Best Senior Financial Analyst Ken Lau will discuss the credit rating agency's 2025 outlook on Vietnam's non-life insurance segment. Lau, who joined AM Best in 2020, is responsible for the credit ratings of insurance and reinsurance companies in the Asia Pacific region and is particularly knowledgeable with Vietnam's insurance market. The presentation, which will include topics such as insurance demand, regulatory refinements and market competition, is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. ICT. Additionally, Rob Curtis, managing director and chief executive officer, Asia Pacific, and Johnathan Wong, market development analyst, Asia Pacific, will be in attendance and available for meetings. To arrange a meeting with either Curtis or Wong to learn more about AM Best, its role in the insurance industry and the resources it offers to insurance professionals, including Best's Credit Ratings, please email or Under the theme 'Insurance Development Strategy in the AI Revolution,' the summit will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) applications, data-sharing systems, digital ecosystem development and customer experience optimization through a plenary session and two in-depth conference tracks. AM Best is a diamond sponsor of the event, which will take place at the Hotel Anya Premier. To learn more about the summit, visit here. Visitors to the AM Best booth can learn about the rating agency's Best's Credit Ratings, insurance data and analysis resources and financial data products and Best's Performance Assessment for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAEs).
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AM Best to Exhibit at the Managing General Agents' Association's Annual Conference
LONDON, June 25, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best will exhibit at the Managing General Agents' Association's (MGAA) annual conference, which will take place 3 July 2025 at Old Billingsgate in London. During the full-day event, AM Best representatives will be available to discuss its Performance Assessments for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAE). This industry-first tool provides a framework for differentiating among DUAEs, which is a blanket term to capture managing general agents (MGA), coverholders and other similar entities. A Performance Assessment helps insurers make more-informed decisions when choosing underwriting partners. William Mills, senior director, market development, EMEA and Roisin Gallagher, associate director, market development will attend the event. Delegates interested in meeting with AM Best to understand more about its rating and assessment services, as well as its research and insurance insights, can schedule a meeting by contacting Charlotte Shoesmith at The MGAA is a trade organisation that represents the interests of its U.K.-based MGA members. For more information about the MGAA's 2025 conference, which is themed as "Navigating a Bright Future," please visit here. For additional information on Best's Performance Assessments for DUAEs, please click here. AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit Copyright © 2025 by A.M. Best Company, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. View source version on Contacts Charlotte Shoesmith Executive Assistant & Senior Events Coordinator +44 20 7397 0273 Sign in to access your portfolio
Business Wire
25-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
AM Best to Exhibit at the Managing General Agents' Association's Annual Conference
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AM Best will exhibit at the Managing General Agents' Association's (MGAA) annual conference, which will take place 3 July 2025 at Old Billingsgate in London. During the full-day event, AM Best representatives will be available to discuss its Performance Assessments for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAE). This industry-first tool provides a framework for differentiating among DUAEs, which is a blanket term to capture managing general agents (MGA), coverholders and other similar entities. A Performance Assessment helps insurers make more-informed decisions when choosing underwriting partners. William Mills, senior director, market development, EMEA and Roisin Gallagher, associate director, market development will attend the event. Delegates interested in meeting with AM Best to understand more about its rating and assessment services, as well as its research and insurance insights, can schedule a meeting by contacting Charlotte Shoesmith at The MGAA is a trade organisation that represents the interests of its U.K.-based MGA members. For more information about the MGAA's 2025 conference, which is themed as 'Navigating a Bright Future,' please visit here. For additional information on Best's Performance Assessments for DUAEs, please click here.
Business Wire
15-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
AM Best to Host Briefing Exploring Dynamic Developments in the Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprise Segment
BUSINESS WIRE)--A panel of senior AM Best analysts and industry experts will explore the dynamic developments within the Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAE) segment during a special briefing on June 5, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The Best's Briefing, 'DUAEs: Specialization and Technological Expertise Portend Success in the Evolving Competitive Landscape,' will explore key 2024 performance trends, and evolving market structures, as well as offer a comprehensive view into the future of the DUAE market, which has become an important part of the insurance value chain. The panel includes Matthew LuBien, president, K2 Insurance Services, as well as Yizhou Hong, senior financial analyst, and Jacqalene Lentz, senior director, Commercial & Specialty, both of AM Best. AM Best Senior Associate Editor John Weber will moderate the panel discussion. The briefing will touch on the findings of forthcoming annual Best's Market Segment Report on the state of the DUAE market. Discussion topics also will include a look at technology-driven models and how they respond to pressures in commissions, carrier relationships and capital requirements; a discussion on recent M&A activity and valuation trends that are shaping the landscape; what's moving the needle for innovation and underwriting excellence with digital MGAs and startups; and AM Best's outlook on the segment. AM Best uses DUAE as a blanket term to capture MGAs, managing general underwriters, coverholders, program administrators, program underwriters, underwriting agencies, direct authorizations and appointed representatives. For more information about the webinar, please visit the event and registration webpage, or follow the event at @AMBestCo and use the hashtag #AMBestDUAEs.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AM Best to Deliver Multiple Presentations and Exhibit at RIMS' 2025 RISKWORLD Conference
OLDWICK, N.J., April 08, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best will speak and participate at RISKWORLD—the RIMS 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition—with sessions that will focus on alternative risk transfer, corporate sustainability/ESG, artificial intelligence and cyber risk. The risk management event takes place May 4–7, 2025, at the McCormick Place Convention Center, in Chicago, IL. On May 5, at 10:10 a.m. CDT, Antonietta Iachetta, associate director, AM Best, will give a presentation titled, "Do We Have a Reinsurance Pricing Détente?" The session examines the material fluctuations in reinsurance pricing and returns over the past three years and what lies ahead. Iachetta is a member of the Global Reinsurance and Insurance-Linked Securities team. Kourtnie Beckwith, senior financial analyst, AM Best, also will give a presentation on May 5. Her session, titled, "Captive vs. Commercial Market – A Critical Look at Benchmarking Performance," will compare the captive and commercial insurance markets, and identify key benchmarks that can be used in gain insight into industry best practices. Beckwith will also review the kinds of risks that are currently placed in the captive market and how this has changed over time. The presentation is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. CDT. Beckwith is responsible for the analysis and financial ratings of captive insurers, monoline cyber insurance companies and title organizations in the United States. Sridhar Manyem, senior director, AM Best, will deliver a pair of presentations at the conference. The first titled, "State of the Directors' and Officers' Liability Market," will be held on May 6, at 11:30 a.m. CDT, and will examine trends in coverage and the insurance industry's attitude toward underwriting, pricing and limits. Manyem also will talk about key issues such as cannabis legalization, cyber issues and the persistent growth of social inflation. On May 7, Manyem will discuss the increase in secondary perils and the implication for insurers. The presentation, titled, "Secondary Perils: A Primary Issue," will study the impacts on insurer balance sheet strength, operating performance, business profile and enterprise risk management from event such as hail, wildfires and tornadoes. The presentation will take place at 9:30 a.m. CDT. Manyem is the head of AM Best's industry research team and oversees publishing of the company's perspectives on topical issues. In addition, AM Best will exhibit at booth No. 1113 at the conference. Visitors to the AM Best booth can learn about the rating agency, its role in the insurance industry and the resources it offers to insurance professionals, including Best's Credit Ratings, insurance data and analysis resources and financial data products, and Best's Performance Assessment for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAEs). In addition, AMBest TV will provide video coverage of the conference. For daily reports, panel discussions and executive interviews, visit during the event or look for the RIMS-related playlist under the "Event Coverage 2025" tab at RIMS is an industry association of risk professionals, with its 80 chapters more than 200,000 risk practitioners and business leaders from over 75 countries and is marking its 75th anniversary this year. To view the official agenda and learn more about RISKWORLD, please visit the event overview. AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit Copyright © 2025 by A.M. Best Company, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. View source version on Contacts Christopher Sharkey Associate Director, Public Relations +1 908 882 2310 Al Slavin Senior Public Relations Specialist +1 908 882 2318 Sign in to access your portfolio
