Emerging economies resilience fund raises $500 million
20 October 2025
A fund designed to close natural catastrophe protection gaps through disaster resilience investments in emerging markets has raised an initial $US340 million ($523 million)...
International
Global heating tops fears amid ‘deepening polycrisis’
20 October 2025
Social fragmentation is compounding the world’s vulnerability to risk amid a “deepening sense of polycrisis”, an annual Axa survey finds...
Small businesses blind to ‘existential’ danger of hacks
20 October 2025
SMEs still underestimate the potential impacts of hack attacks, amid a wider cyber protection gap, Munich Re says...
Willis warns boards over cyber cost misconceptions
20 October 2025
Willis has urged companies to improve their cyber-readiness after a study revealed consistent overconfidence and misunderstanding of key risks among corporate boards...
WTW sues after Howden staff ‘raid’
13 October 2025
WTW has filed a lawsuit against Howden US Services and a former employee alleging poaching of staff and business, AM Best’s news service has reported...
Man charged with arson over Palisades wildfire
13 October 2025
US federal authorities have charged a man with maliciously starting one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history – the Palisades blaze in January...
Mining policy rates in ‘freefall’ amid fierce competition
13 October 2025
Capacity for mining liability cover has increased for a third straight year as insurers compete aggressively for business, according to a Willis report...
US home insurers rebound from cost blowout
13 October 2025
Profitability is improving in the US homeowners cover market after rising inflation affected loss costs, but natural disaster risks remain high, Aon says...
‘Architects of solutions’: brokers warn innovation role overlooked
06 October 2025
Specialty brokers are the insurance industry’s “innovation engine” but their role is undervalued and not well understood, a UK report says...
Focus on underserved markets as cyber premiums dip
06 October 2025
Insurers need to find new markets for cyber cover to make up for falling premiums, according to Howden...
Geopolitical threat races up risk rankings
06 October 2025
Cyberattack fears have again topped Aon’s biennial global risk sentiment survey of almost 3000 business decision-makers...
Zurich sets out tech security metrics for governments
06 October 2025
Zurich has produced a “national-level” digital resilience action plan in collaboration with the Cyber Threat Alliance and CyberGreen Institute...
Aon names new reinsurance broking chief
06 October 2025
Aon has appointed Anshuman Srivastava as reinsurance global chief broking officer...
Beazley urges ‘preparation, not panic’ over hacks
06 October 2025
Global executives are more concerned about cyber threats as they face a “quadruple whammy of whack-a-mole-style risks”, a Beazley report says...
Industry warned of empathy gap amid AI rise
29 September 2025
Customers think insurers lack empathy despite the personal nature of the services they provide, Zurich says in a report based on a global survey...
Big business hits back against cyber crooks
29 September 2025
Large companies are getting better at avoiding cyberattacks, according to Allianz Commercial...
Corporates adjust to climate threat, but holes in coverage persist
29 September 2025
Businesses are responding to climate change but underestimate the risk or believe it is too expensive to insure, according to FM...
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ragasa sets 2025 record
29 September 2025
Typhoon Ragasa, which hit the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and southern China last week, was the world’s most powerful storm this year, Guy Carpenter says...
ACORD Solutions names CEO
29 September 2025
Global insurance data standards group ACORD has promoted Chris Newman to lead its arm driving uptake of digital technology...
Drivers compensated after unfair payouts
22 September 2025
UK motorists are expected to receive £200 million ($408 million) in compensation for a practice that short-changed careful drivers lodging claims for stolen or written-off vehicles...