Aon off to ‘strong start’ as profit surges
04 May 2026
Aon has posted a 26% rise in first-quarter net income to $US1.2 billion ($1.66 billion)...
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World volatility drags on WTW revenue gain
04 May 2026
WTW CEO Carl Hess says a more challenging global market “created near-term headwinds to organic growth” in the first quarter as revenue rose only 3% to $US2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) – at the “low end of our plan”...
Twin growth streams power Gallagher Q1 earnings
04 May 2026
Gallagher has hailed its “two-pronged revenue” plan as key to its first-quarter performance...
Talanx to exceed first-quarter forecasts
04 May 2026
Talanx is on track to record a €774 million ($1.27 billion) profit for the first quarter, up 28% on the same period last year and ahead of analysts’ forecasts...
CFC adds risk analyst to bolster risk ‘feedback loop’
04 May 2026
Isabel Finn has been appointed head of cyber exposure and proactive risk at CFC...
Beazley investors back Zurich deal
27 April 2026
Beazley shareholders have voted in favour of Zurich’s £8.1 billion ($15.3 billion) takeover offer, paving the way for the deal to be completed in the second half of this year...
‘Amateurish’ AI images a feature of exaggerated claims
27 April 2026
Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to doctor photos and exaggerate insurance claims, according to Admiral Group...
Traditional views on cat risk ‘no longer sufficient’
27 April 2026
Economic losses from flooding topped $US42 billion ($59 billion) worldwide last year and have reached $US2 trillion ($2.8 trillion) since 2000, Aon says...
‘Excellent’ underwriting powers Chubb Q1 earnings
27 April 2026
Chubb has posted a 74.3% rise in net income to $US2.32 billion ($3.23 billion) for the first quarter...
Below-average cat bill leaves reinsurers well placed
27 April 2026
Reinsurers are in an “even better position” after first-quarter natural catastrophe losses fell below past averages, according to Gallagher Re...
Bear trap snaps shut, as animal suit scammers sentenced
20 April 2026
Three Los Angeles fraudsters have been jailed for their parts in an insurance scam that involved a person in a bear suit staging fake attacks on high-end vehicles...
Call for European disaster pool as climate impacts grow
20 April 2026
European financial agencies have proposed a natural catastrophe insurance pool and loan-based backstop in response to mounting losses from extreme weather...
Marsh welcomes ‘solid’ start despite Q1 profit drop
20 April 2026
Risk advisory Marsh has recorded first-quarter revenue of $US7.6 billion ($10.6 billion), up 8% on a year earlier...
Q1 cat bill falls to six-year low
20 April 2026
First-quarter natural catastrophe insured losses fell to their lowest level since 2020 while holding slightly above 21st-century averages, according to broker Aon...
Reinsurers keep up cover amid Iran war
13 April 2026
Reinsurance renewals have included a strong emphasis on maintaining cover for cedants exposed to the Middle East conflict, broker Guy Carpenter says...
Exporters warn on supply chain, trade finance conditions
13 April 2026
Export confidence is holding up despite the Middle East war but global economic growth will be lower and inflation higher than expected this year, the latest Allianz Trade Global Survey suggests...
Cyber coverage needs clearer selling points, think tank says
13 April 2026
Insurers must make their cyber cover value propositions “more transparent, consistent and demonstrably impactful”, the Geneva Association says...
Perils increases Windstorm Goretti loss tally
13 April 2026
Perils has revised its insured loss estimate for Extratropical Windstorm Goretti to €479 million ($795.69 million)...
Industry faces resilience stress test amid Middle East war
30 March 2026
Howden Re says the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has put “risk premia across the (re)insurance sector in flux”...
Tokio Marine, Berkshire Hathaway enter alliance
30 March 2026
Berkshire Hathaway and Tokio Marine Holdings have formed a “strategic partnership” in which the US conglomerate’s National Indemnity Company takes a 2.49% stake in the Japanese insurance group...