Buffett steps back at 96
21 September 2026
Warren Buffett has stepped down as chair of Berkshire Hathaway as part of a previously announced leadership succession plan at the conglomerate, which has a substantial insurance business...
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AIG announces GI chief's retirement
21 September 2026
Global insurer AIG has announced Jon Hancock, executive vice president and CEO general insurance, will retire at the end of the year after a distinguished 40-year career...
Zurich nears Beazley buyout finish line
21 September 2026
Zurich says its buyout of specialist insurer Beazley has secured regulatory approvals as set out in the scheme of arrangement for the £8.2 billion cash acquisition...
Great Miami hurricane repeat could cost $280 billion
21 September 2026
Swiss Re analysis shows a repeat of the Great Miami Hurricane could cause $US200 billion ($280 billion) in insured losses if the Category 4 storm was to hit the area today...
Axa unveils strategic ambitions
21 September 2026
Axa has raised its financial ambitions for the next three years, targeting underlying earnings per share growth of 7-9% annually and a return on equity of 15-17%, under a strategy based on organic growth, gains in market share and accelerated use of AI...
Moody’s ‘connects the dots’ in risk report
14 September 2026
Moody’s has published a report on 20 emerging risks that will shape the future of insurance...
Canada floods cause $360 million in losses
14 September 2026
Storms that swept across parts of Canada’s Ontario province have caused nearly $C360 million ($362 million) in estimated insured damage, according to initial estimates...
Digital footprint 'provides cyber claim frequency signal'
14 September 2026
Cyber risk underwriting can be further enhanced using digital footprint data, according to a Gallagher Re report...
China invests in state-owned insurers
14 September 2026
China’s Ministry of Finance has taken a modest but significant step towards shoring up its five state-owned insurance groups, S&P Global Ratings says...
‘New normal’ as smaller perils break $US100b barrier
07 September 2026
“Non-peak” peril insured losses exceeded $US100 billion ($138 billion) last year for the first time after a run of growth, according to Munich Re...
Cat losses climb to levels ‘once thought implausible’
07 September 2026
Verisk estimates global insured catastrophe losses will now average $US171 billion ($237 billion) a year, up $US19 billion ($26 billion) on last year’s estimate...
AI turbocharging old cyber threats, Swiss Re warns
07 September 2026
Artificial intelligence is amplifying cyber risks rather than creating new categories of insured loss, according to Swiss Re...
Global anti-fraud council steps up crime fight
07 September 2026
A group of major insurers have joined a new global body escalating the fight against fraud...
Data hubs to drive surge in premium: Swiss Re
07 September 2026
Commercial insurers are expected to secure $US200 billion ($277.52 billion) in premium over the next four years as the global economy enters a capital expenditure “super-cycle”, according to Swiss Re...
European fires point to changing risk
07 September 2026
Europe’s summer wildfires stunned the continent, but Howden Re says they are not a market-changing loss event...
Capital redeployment the ‘key theme’ for reinsurers
07 September 2026
Gallagher Re says funds deployment is a challenge for reinsurers as capital continues to grow faster than revenue...
Serial scammer faked illnesses, car crashes
07 September 2026
A British man who fraudulently claimed more than £300,000 ($563,000) from three insurers has been jailed for more than four years...
‘Standout’ European storms tipped to cost $3.5b
07 September 2026
The insured cost of storms that battered Europe in July has been estimated at €2.186 billion ($3.535 billion) by catastrophe data group Perils...
Reinsurers to take ‘significant’ share of Nepal losses
31 August 2026
Nepal’s low insurance penetration is expected to limit underwriting losses from last week’s devastating floods, despite the scale of the humanitarian and economic impacts, while the non-life market relies heavily on reinsurance for catastrophe risks, AM Best says...
Record numbers take ILS to ‘foundational’ status
31 August 2026
Insurance-linked securities have become “foundational reinsurance capital”, with issuance reaching a record $US144.5 billion ($201.6 billion), Aon says...