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Modeller flags $100 billion hurricane risk

25 August 2025

A major hurricane in a large US city could cause a $US100 billion ($155 billion) insured loss, and such an event is likely due to increased coastal exposures, according to risk modeller Karen Clark & Co...

Rising reinsurance capital bolsters resilience

25 August 2025

The reinsurance market is well positioned to absorb reasonable losses, with dedicated capital projected to increase this year in a continuation of recent trends, AM Best says...

Russian quake signalled by earlier events

18 August 2025

The Kamchatka earthquake, the sixth-largest recorded by modern seismographs over the past century, followed a foreshock 10 days earlier, Risk Frontiers says in a report on whether the event was foreseeable...

Talanx raises annual income projection

18 August 2025

Talanx Group, which includes HDI Global and Hannover Re, has raised its full-year outlook after a 26% increase in first-half earnings...

Munich Re looks to build on Q2 earnings lift

11 August 2025

Munich Re’s property and casualty reinsurance business made a net income of €1.19 billion ($2.1 billion) in the second quarter, up from €771 million ($1.38 billion) a year earlier...

P&C results boost Zurich

11 August 2025

Zurich’s business operating profit increased 6% to $US4.2 billion ($6.1 billion) in the first half, including a stronger contribution from the property and casualty division...

Calgary hail bill climbs as claims near end

11 August 2025

The Calgary hailstorm of August last year caused insured losses of $C3.29 billion ($3.68 billion), according to the latest estimate from Canadian data provider Catastrophe Indices and Quantification...

Hydrogen boom to inflate market: Allianz

04 August 2025

The global insurance market for hydrogen projects could be worth more than $US3 billion ($4.64 billion) by 2030 as demand for cleaner energy grows, according to Allianz Commercial...

Market remains rational, Gallagher says

04 August 2025

Arthur J Gallagher’s revenue and earnings rose in the second quarter, lifted by existing businesses and as it completed nine mergers in the period...

WTW risk and broking revenue rises

04 August 2025

WTW’s overall revenue was flat in the second quarter after the sale of a business, but its risk and broking division posted a 7% increase...

Chubb notches P&C income record

28 July 2025

Chubb’s property and casualty underwriting income rose 15% to a record $US1.63 billion ($2.44 billion) in the second quarter...

WR Berkley profit rises in competitive space

28 July 2025

US insurer WR Berkley has reported an 8% increase in second-quarter profit, while flagging a more competitive reinsurance market and “extraordinary” growth in underwriting agencies...