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In an intervention aimed at stabilising global energy flows and easing maritime security risks, President Donald Trump has directed the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to extend political risk insurance and financial guarantees...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Tamas Bown as Head of Life & Health Reinsurance for the Asia Pacific region, excluding China, effective 1st April 2026. Bown has spent over two decades at Swiss Re, holding several sen...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
HDI Global UK & Ireland (HDI) has announced the appointment of Matthew Bond as Head of Energy & Power, effective 2nd March 2026 In his new role, Bond will lead HDI’s Energy & Power portfolio across the UK and Ireland, focusing on furth...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
At discussions held during the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts conference, re/insurance executives and analysts struck a cautiously constructive tone on Middle East conflict exposures, broadly agreeing that related losses remain “m...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Commerzbank AG has appointed Dan Broome to lead UK Insurance & Asset Manager Coverage within the Non-Bank Financial Institutions team in London. In his new role, Broome will focus on strengthening relationships and developing the franchise wit...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Currently, the immediate impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is negligible for global reinsurer SCOR in terms of claims, as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Thierry Léger, emphasises that the reinsurance industry &#...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Specialty MGA, a member of the MNK Group, is enhancing its specialist financial lines offering with the appointment of Davood Khalaghizadeh as Senior Underwriter for Directors and Officers (D&O). Khalaghizadeh brings a rich background across m...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Specialist insurer Beazley has posted a profit before tax of $1.15bn for the full year 2025, delivering an undiscounted combined ratio of 81% despite heightened global volatility and a softening rating environment. Although earnings were slightly...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Allianz survey finds more than half of risk managers view cascading supply chain disruptions as the most plausible Black Swan event for their companies. The post
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
President Donald Trump says the US will ensure the free flow of energy through the Persian Gulf with insurance guarantees and even naval escorts. But the shipping industry sees it — at best — as only a partial solution to …
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Guy Carpenter, a reinsurance broker, risk advisor, and part of Marsh, has appointed Al Paas as Head of European Capital and Advisory. In his new role, Paas will lead the broker’s expansion and strengthen its investment banking capabilities a...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers, the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, promoted three members of the Ryan Financial Lines (RFL) executive team. Deborah Egel-Fergus, president of lawyers E&...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Global reinsurer SCOR generated net income of €208 million and $851 million for the fourth quarter and full year 2025, respectively, as the firm’s property and casualty (P&C) business produced a robust underlying performance with a stron...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
The U.S. Navy could begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, adding he had ordered the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide political risk insurance and fi...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Global private investment firm, Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P., has completed the sale of Euclid Transactional, LLC, a managing general agent (MGA) specialising in transactional insurance underwriting and claims handling, to CRC Group, a whole...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
The insurance firm Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has appointed George Leahy as an Underwriter in its Liability division, enhancing its underwriting bench strength, he will report directly to Oliver Delaney, Departmental Head of Liability. Leahy has eigh...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Looking for deals, consumers are increasingly shopping year-round for home and auto insurance, bucking seasonal trends and insurer expectations. Elevated insurance shopping trends seen throughout 2024 and earlier in 2025 continued through the end of...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway’s chief executive had the unusual task of reporting lower 2025 underwriting and investment income for GEICO and other insurance and reinsurance operations in his first report to investors recently. After two years of rising u...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
A Georgia bill that would bring larger insurer fines, more fraud enforcement and more wind-mitigation funding now moves to state Senate, where it is expected to pass in the next few weeks. The Georgia House of Representatives late last month …
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
USD.AI, a decentralised protocol for GPU-backed lending, has partnered with Barker, an institutional risk transfer platform, to provide comprehensive value protection on all GPU collateralised loans. Under the partnership, new GPU loans issued via...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
SullivanCurtisMonroe has acquired Stepco Insurance Agency. The Stepco group will join SCM’s Pasadena team. Stepco was founded in 1962 as George Joseph & Associates, dba Mercury Insurance Agency. In 1983, CEO Steve Stepanian took over the ag...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
A crew guided a York County barge equipped with a giant sea vacuum across the waters of Wells Harbor last week. One contractor nudged the so-called dredge in a tiny tugboat. Another manned the equipment, which sucked up sand from …
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
The operator of a pizza parlor in California must pay back wages following an investigation that showed the business did not pay the required minimum wage and overtime. The U.S. Department of Labor reached a settlement agreement with the operator ...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
Iran War Poses New Risk to U.S. Economic Resilience A U.S. economy that has weathered a year of trade, immigra...
Posted: Mar 04, 2026
The expansion comes alongside a series of platform updates designed to improve the speed and ease with which clients and agent partners can quote, bind, and manage policies.
Posted: Mar 03, 2026
Symetra now offers Group Life Insurance policyholders access to Empathy Loss Support for beneficiaries at no additional cost.
Posted: Mar 03, 2026
KCIC is a consulting firm focused on managing high-value tort liabilities, insurance assets, and litigation challenges.
Posted: Mar 03, 2026
InsurGrid's AI-powered Policy Comparison and Policy Data Extraction tools convert insurance policies, declaration pages, and more into structured data and client-ready comparison tables in seconds with 99% accuracy, saving 45 mins per quote.
Posted: Mar 03, 2026
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Posted: Mar 03, 2026
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Posted: Mar 03, 2026