International
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...
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...
25 August 2025
The outlook for aviation insurance remains positive, a Marsh mid-year update says...
25 August 2025
AIG says Scott Hallworth will join as chief digital officer next Monday...
18 August 2025
Swiss Re has attributed a 24% increase in first-half profit to healthy underwriting margins and a solid investment result...
18 August 2025
UK motor premiums dropped by £60 ($125) on average over the past year despite record costs for car claims, according to the Association of British Insurers...
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...
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...
11 August 2025
Wildfires and thunderstorms in the US made the first half one of the worst on record for natural disaster insurance losses, according to Swiss Re...
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...
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...
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...
11 August 2025
UK-based Canopius says profit after tax increased 24% to $US222 million ($341 million) in the first half, as rising revenue offset an increase in catastrophe losses...
04 August 2025
The Los Angeles wildfires and severe thunderstorms left the US with the largest share of global natural disaster losses in the first half...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
28 July 2025
UK motor claim costs have risen 34% in four years due to higher input prices, more complex and expensive cars, and increases related to hire vehicles, theft and uninsured drivers, a regulator has found...