Zurich reports strong start to year
18 May 2026
Zurich’s gross written premium from property and casualty business rose 17% in the first quarter to $US15.6 billion ($21.5 billion)...
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Talanx secures record profit as cat losses drop
18 May 2026
Talanx made a record quarterly net income of €774 million ($1.25 billion) in the three months to March, up 28% year on year...
New Axa team focuses on threat prevention
18 May 2026
Axa XL has launched a business unit for prevention services, led by global chief underwriting officer Libby Benet...
Market on the turn after record year for reinsurers
11 May 2026
Reinsurers enjoyed record profitability last year, but the market is turning in favour of buyers, according to Gallagher Re...
Credit ratings hold up under major catastrophe scenario
11 May 2026
An S&P Global Ratings stress test of global insurers and reinsurers has found most could probably withstand a one in 250-year climate disaster...
Industry backing AI but gains ‘remain incremental’
11 May 2026
A small minority of insurers with advanced AI capabilities are outperforming peers on revenue growth and share price performance, but potential advantages from the technology are mostly unrealised, Capgemini says...
Low cat claims drive Swiss Re earnings
11 May 2026
Swiss Re has reported a 19% rise in first-quarter net income to $US1.5 billion ($2.07 billion) and a 30% increase in underwriting profit to $US1.65 billion ($2.28 billion)...
Howden Re tries to crack code on cyber
11 May 2026
Cyber market growth drivers have not kicked in as expected and the space remains soft for a fourth year, according to a Howden Re report...
Baltimore bridge losses climb towards $4 billion
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...
Aon finds ‘misalignment’ in AI use, worker skills
04 May 2026
Businesses are introducing AI faster than they build the skills needed to make it effective, Aon warns...
AIG looks to AI future as premium climbs
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)...
Cancelled holidays, sky-high fuel costs drag on airline business
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...
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)...
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...