International
04 May 2026
Total insurance losses from the Baltimore bridge disaster are expected to exceed $US2.8 billion ($3.9 billion), reflecting a broader range of liabilities than initially anticipated, Howden Re says...
04 May 2026
Businesses are introducing AI faster than they build the skills needed to make it effective, Aon warns...
04 May 2026
AIG’s gross written premium grew 11% to $US10.01 billion ($15.02 billion) in the first quarter as general insurance underwriting income more than tripled compared with a year earlier to $US774 million ($1.16 billion)...
04 May 2026
Earned premium from airline insurance could fall this year as travellers cancel plans and carriers cut flights due to the war in the Middle East, according to WTW...
04 May 2026
Aon has posted a 26% rise in first-quarter net income to $US1.2 billion ($1.66 billion)...
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”...
04 May 2026
Gallagher has hailed its “two-pronged revenue” plan as key to its first-quarter performance...
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...
04 May 2026
Isabel Finn has been appointed head of cyber exposure and proactive risk at CFC...
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...
27 April 2026
Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to doctor photos and exaggerate insurance claims, according to Admiral Group...
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...
27 April 2026
Chubb has posted a 74.3% rise in net income to $US2.32 billion ($3.23 billion) for the first quarter...
27 April 2026
Reinsurers are in an “even better position” after first-quarter natural catastrophe losses fell below past averages, according to Gallagher Re...
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...
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...
20 April 2026
Risk advisory Marsh has recorded first-quarter revenue of $US7.6 billion ($10.6 billion), up 8% on a year earlier...
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...
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...
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...