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Samsung Fire & Marine Seen Lifting Canopius Stake to 90% for $1.47bn
Korean reports say Samsung Fire & Marine and Samsung Life may buy another 50% of specialty re/insurer Canopius, building...
Talanx Lifts 2026 Profit Outlook After Record €1.5bn First-Half Net Income
The German insurer's record first half was driven by lower large losses and stronger underwriting margins; management no...
Gallagher Re: August Derecho Adds Multi-Billion-Dollar Hit as US Storm Losses Pass $35bn
The 9–12 August severe weather outbreak, including a Chicago-area derecho, is expected to add a low single-digit billion...
DIFC Court Curbs Defence-Cost Recovery in $70m Gulf Tanker Reinsurance Case
Dubai's DIFC Court of Appeal has reversed a regional market-practice finding on defence costs, ruling English law and Lo...
West Midlands Fires Expose the UK's Wildfire Pricing Gap
Six fires in one day reveal how far UK home insurers are from postcode-level wildfire modelling — and why brokers should...
Second UK Derailment in 24 Hours Puts Rail Liability Cover Under Fresh Scrutiny
A second UK passenger train derailed near Wickford within 24 hours of the Lewes crash, intensifying insurer questions ab...
Korean Re First-Half Net Income Soars 77.6% on Strong Investments and Fewer Claims
Korean Re's first-half 2026 net income rose 77.6% to KRW 347.3bn, as a sharp jump in investment profit and benign large-...
Forecasters See 69% Chance of a Historic El Niño Event This Fall
NOAA puts the chance of a very strong 2026-27 El Niño above 90% and assigns a 69% probability to a historic October-Dece...
Hannover Re H1 Net Income Rises 7% to €1.4bn as P&C Combined Ratio Hits 83.2%
Hannover Re lifted first-half 2026 net income 7% to €1.4bn as P&C combined ratio improved to 83.2%; full-year guidance o...
Suez Canal Insurance Takes 12 Seats on Egyptian Insurance Federation Technical Committees
The insurer gains roles across reinsurance, microinsurance and claims as the federation launches new cyber and investmen...
Swiss Re AG: A 4.57% Yield and Stout Return on Equity in a Tight Trading Range
Swiss Re stock in Zurich shows a forward dividend yield of 4.57% with an ROE above 20%, trading in a narrow band amid ca...
Specialty MGA Hires Simon Woodage to Build North American Property Treaty Portfolio
The MNK Group-owned MGA taps a near-40-year reinsurance veteran to create a North American Property Treaty book from the...
AM Best Warns Casualty Discipline Under Strain as Record Capital Meets Hard-to-Price Risks
Record reinsurance capital is testing underwriting discipline in long-tail casualty business, with loss trends uncertain...
Capital Boom Puts Reinsurance Discipline to Test: AM Best Warns of Soft Market Risk
Record $705 billion in dedicated capital fuels competition and softening, but lack of new entrants may temper cycle. The...
Smoke-Taint Risk in Bordeaux Vintages Exposes Insurance Blind Spot
Wildfires in France and Spain may not have destroyed vineyards, but smoke exposure during ripening threatens to spoil gr...
Munich Re Slashes Revenue Forecast as Pricing Cools in Reinsurance; Shares Fall 3%
Munich Re lowered its 2026 group revenue target by €2 billion after a 5.5% price decline at July renewals. While profit ...
Zurich Splits US Peak Perils Reinsurance, Adds Data Centre Quota Share
Zurich's mid-year reinsurance renewal reveals a new dedicated US peak perils tower and $1bn quota share for data centre ...
Munich Re Agrees $3.2bn LTC Risk Transfer from Manulife
Munich Re will absorb the biometric risk on a $3.2 billion block of U.S. long-term care policies, marking Manulife's thi...
EarthRe Secures First Local Reinsurance Licence at India's GIFT City as Parent Raises $27M
EarthRe Insurance IFSC becomes the first locally incorporated reinsurer in India’s GIFT City after IFSCA approval, backe...
Rising Temperatures Push Wildfire Risk Into New Geographies, Reshaping Insurance Exposure
A global surge in wildfire activity — from Spokane to Greece — is being driven by a dual climate mechanism that expands ...
Swiss Re profits mask fast-falling pricing as reinsurance market softens
Swiss Re’s reinsurance unit posted strong H1 profits, but risk-adjusted pricing fell 5.3% at mid-year renewals, pointing...
Southern Europe's Fire Emergency Becomes a Market Signal for Cooling and Reinsurance
Spain and France face unprecedented wildfires and evacuations as Sicily hits 48.4°C — and markets begin pricing extreme ...
Talcott and Goldman Sachs Launch $1bn West Grove Re Sidecar for US Annuities
Talcott Financial Group and Goldman Sachs have closed roughly $1bn for Bermuda-domiciled reinsurance sidecar West Grove ...
Ageas Re Reshapes Operations into Three Regional Units to Boost Client Proximity
Brussels-based reinsurer Ageas Re will reorganise into three regional divisions from September 1, 2026, appointing new l...
J.P. Morgan Sees Reinsurance Pricing Pressure Lasting Into 2027
J.P. Morgan expects European reinsurance pricing to stay under pressure into 2027 despite strong profitability, and has ...
Run-off deal volumes halve in H1 2026, but PwC sees strong pipeline ahead
PwC's H1 2026 review counts 13 disclosed non-life run-off deals versus 23 a year earlier, with $780m in gross liabilitie...
Lemonade Narrows Q2 2026 Loss to $43M as Premiums and Customers Surge
Lemonade's Q2 2026 net loss narrowed to $43M from $44M a year earlier, as gross profit hit a record $113M and customers ...
Bajaj Finserv Q1 Profit Jumps 18% on Strong Lending, Plans Reinsurance Foray
Net profit rose to Rs 6,297 crore on higher interest income; board approves subsidiary for reinsurance business, subject...
Munich Re: First-Half 2026 Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses at $44B, Below Historic Averages
First-half global insured losses from natural disasters reached $44 billion, below the 10-year and 5-year averages, with...
Munich Re: Global Natural Disaster Losses Hit $112bn in First Half of 2026
Insured losses plunged to $44bn as the costliest event—a Venezuelan earthquake—was overwhelmingly uninsured. The industr...