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AM Best to Participate at Reinsurance Association of America’s ‘Re Underwriting 2024: Underwriting Fundamentals’ Forum

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best will deliver a presentation at the Reinsurance Association of America’s (RAA) “Re Underwriting 2024: Underwriting Fundamentals” event, which will take place Sept. 5-6, 2024, in New York, NY, at The Westin Grand Central Hotel.

AM Best Director Steven Chirco will lead a session, titled, “Financial Analysis – Assessing Balance Sheet Strength,” during which he will discuss how AM Best analyzes the financial strength of property/casualty companies, including key qualitative and quantitative aspects. The session also will provide elements that need to be considered when evaluating the counterparty risk. The session is scheduled for 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. (EDT) on Friday, Sept. 6. Chirico is a licensed certified public accountant and is responsible for managing a team of AM Best analysts with portfolios of commercial and alternative risk insurers and reinsurers.

Re Underwriting is an education forum for reinsurance and insurance professionals who want to learn more about the reinsurance underwriting process and current issues affecting the industry. Sessions introduce the fundamentals of reinsurance underwriting with an emphasis on how and why underwriters gather and evaluate information in preparing to offer coverage. For more information on the forum, please visit the event webpage.

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 www.ambest.com.

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Christopher Sharkey
Associate Director, Public Relations
+1 908 882 2310
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Al Slavin
Senior Public Relations Specialist
+1 908 882 2318
al.slavin@ambest.com

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