The outlook for Indonesia’s non-life insurance segment remains negative, according to a new report published by ratings agency AM Best this week.
The agency listed several factors for their negative outlook being maintained: heightened reinsurance counterparty credit risks for non-life insurers, which has been driven by weakened credit quality of domestic reinsurers.
It also listed the potential pressure on underwriting margins owing to the rising cost of reinsurance and more restrictive reinsurance coverage terms.
“Ongoing volatility affecting the underwriting performance of credit insurance over the near term”, and “headwinds in key lines of business, including property and health” were also given as reasons.
“As an alternative to paying higher reinsurance costs, Indonesia’s insurers may choose to increase their retention levels,” said Chris Lim, Associate Director, Analytics, at AM Best. “However, doing so increases income volatility—insurers will bear greater exposures to catastrophe risks given that the country is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods.”
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