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Société Générale to cut 1,800 roles through attrition

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Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Egan-Jones Ratings No Longer Recognized by Bermuda Regulator

Insurance Journal

Egan-Jones Ratings Co. has been removed from the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s list of recognized credit ratings providers, according to recent guidance from the watchdog. The regulator is no longer listing Egan-Jones among the ratings providers...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

The market is softening but could ‘turn on a knife edge’: Turk, Lloyd’s

Reinsurance News

Rachel Turk, Chief of Market Performance at Lloyd’s of London, classifies the current reinsurance market as one that is softening, but not soft, noting that it is on a knife edge and could reverse following a major loss event. Speaking at Fitch Ra...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

RLI trims cat reinsurance by $150m at Jan renewal in ‘buyer’s market’

Reinsurance News

RLI Insurance Company reduced its catastrophe reinsurance limit by $150 million for 2026 at the January renewals, citing lower exposure and continued soft conditions, which it described as a “buyer’s market” for property. Jen Klobnak, Chief Operat...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Big North European Investors Reassess US Exposure as Geopolitical Risk Mounts

Insurance Journal

Big Northern European investors are increasingly wary of the risks of holding U.S. assets in the face of geopolitical tensions, pensions chiefs told Reuters, a sign of a broadening shift away from the world’s biggest financial market. A top inv...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

AI12 to accelerate Specialty expansion with Sheppard as CBO

Reinsurance News

Edward Sheppard is set to lead the CP&I portfolio and accelerate the global Specialty growth strategy of AI12, a global specialist insurance and reinsurance brokerage, as Chief Broking Officer. The appointment follows AI12’s authorisation by t...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Price Forbes Re strengthens L&H team with Alexander Ehrlich & Younkyung Cho

Reinsurance News

Price Forbes Re, an independent reinsurance broker, has announced the appointments of Alexander Ehrlich as Senior Vice President, Life & Health reinsurance, and Younkyung Cho as Vice President, Business Development Actuary. Both Ehrlich and Ch...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

MS Transverse names Tom McGrath Senior Vice President, Head of Program Underwriting

Reinsurance News

MS Transverse, a hybrid fronting carrier that works with MGAs and programme administrators across the United States, has recently announced that Tom McGrath has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Head of Program Underwriting. McGrath wil...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

There’s a fair & healthy balance between supply and demand: Guidée, AXA XL Re

Reinsurance News

Renaud Guidée, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of property and casualty reinsurer AXA XL Reinsurance, has said that in the current reinsurance market environment, which he describes as a “fair and healthy balance” between supply and dema...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Extreme weather in Australia costs insurers $3.5bn in 2025: ICA

Reinsurance News

According to new data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), extreme weather events have resulted in almost $3.5 billion in insured losses from 264,000 claims in 2025. Of these losses, the costliest was Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which ac...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Fidelis secures $75m of reinsurance protection with latest cat bond

Reinsurance News

Fidelis Insurance Bermuda Limited (FIBL), part of Fidelis Insurance Group, has successfully placed a new catastrophe bond, providing its parent with annual aggregate, industry-loss triggered protection against losses from earthquakes affecting the...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Hannover Re appoints Prateek Maheshwari as CFO, India Branch

Reinsurance News

Hannover Re, a global reinsurer operating across property and casualty, life, and health lines, has announced the appointment of Prateek Maheshwari as Chief Financial Officer of its India Branch. Maheshwari has been part of Hannover Re since 2017,...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Fitch Ratings: US P&C market to soften further in 2026 as competition intensifies

Reinsurance News

Fitch Ratings, the credit rating agency, expects the US property and casualty (P&C) insurance market to face continued softening through 2026. According to the analysis, the US P&C insurance market is set to become more competitive in 2026...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Everest Group names Christopher Kujawa as Chief Human Resources Officer

Reinsurance News

Everest Group, Ltd., an underwriting organisation offering reinsurance and specialty insurance solutions, announced the appointment of Christopher Kujawa as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective January 20, 2026. Ku...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

James Pearce joins BMS Cyber team as Senior Broker

Reinsurance News

BMS, an independent insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of James Pearce as a Senior Broker, Cyber, reporting to Daniel Leahy, Cyber Practice Leader. Pearce brings to his new role extensive experience in the placement of...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Commercial Lines Market Overall Remains Firm, Says Ivans

Insurance Journal

Premium renewal rates increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines, except workers’ compensation, according to fourth quarter 2025 results of the Ivans Index. “The commercial insurance market remains firm overall, though renewa...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Willis flags emerging risks for defence industry amid surging demand

Reinsurance News

The defence industry is experiencing surging demand amid an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape, but is constrained by lagging production, economic nationalism, fiscal fragility, and supply chain risks, according to a new report from Oxfo...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

AI Data Center Boom Risks Roiling Global Carmaker Supply Chains

Insurance Journal

The auto sector is bracing for yet another potential supply chain disturbance, this time spurred by the rush to build data centers that train and develop artificial intelligence models. A shortage of memory chips caused by the data center boom &#8230...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

20,000 AI Users at Travelers Prep for Innovation 2.0; Claims Call Centers Cut

Insurance Journal

Days after announcing a deal to equip 10,000 engineers and data scientists at Travelers with AI assistants, the insurance company’s leader detailed “differentiating domain expertise” around data and technology, which fuel long-term...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Security First Latest Florida Insurer to Roll Back HO3 Rates

Insurance Journal

Hot on the heels of a significant rate cut in December, Florida’s Security First Insurance has announced another average decrease for one of its homeowners products. The use-and-file decrease will average about 5.2% for the carrier’s Sign...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Washington Bill Granting Restitution to Insurance Consumers Passes State Senate

Insurance Journal

A bill to provide restitution to policyholders harmed by their insurer or agent passed the Washington Senate on Wednesday on a 29 to 20 vote. The bill, sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer and sponsored by Senator Adrian Cortes (D–Battle...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Relation Insurance Acquires PT Business Solutions in California

Insurance Journal

Relation Insurance Services has acquired the assets of PT Business Solutions in South Pasadena, California. PT Business Solutions is a provider of employee benefit, HR, payroll, workers’ compensation and group retirement plans. The agency has b...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

New Jersey Announces $16 Million More in Medical Debt Relief

Insurance Journal

In the state’s seventh round of medical debt relief, outgoing Governor Phil Murphy announced that nearly 14,000 New Jersey residents will see almost $16 million in medical bills abolished. The relief is a result of the state’s ongoing par...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Estee Lauder Sued by Beauty Tech Startup for Alleged Theft

Insurance Journal

Estee Lauder was sued by a self-described “disruptive” startup that accused the cosmetics giant of effectively putting it out of business by stealing technology to boost sales from jet-setting travelers in hotels. In a complaint filed on...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

People Moves: EverPeak Insurance Names Kranz President; Arrowhead Intermediaries Appoints Davis as C...

Insurance Journal

EverPeak Insurance Names Kranz President EverPeak Insurance created a unified leadership team headed by Kathy Kranz. Kranz most recently served as interim COO at EverPeak. She previously served a long tenure as CFO of Pinnacol Assurance. The new Ever...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

AIG names Neil Smallcombe President of Lexington Insurance Company

Reinsurance News

Global insurer American International Group (AIG) has announced the promotion of Neil Smallcombe as President, Lexington Insurance Company, the firm’s U.S. surplus lines insurer. In his new role, Smallcombe will leverage his over two decades of in...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

CEO Revenue Confidence Hits 5-Year Low: PwC Survey

Carrier Management

CEO Revenue Confidence Hits 5-Year Low: PwC Survey Only three in 10 chief executi...

Posted: Jan 23, 2026

Admiral Pioneer, Root and Octopus EV Launch Embedded Insurance

IIR

The integration enables personalized motor coverage for EV salary sacrifice customers using Octopus Electric Vehicles’ leasing platform.

Posted: Jan 22, 2026

AI as a Force Multiplier for Mutual Insurers

IIR

The Mutual Group’s Vineet Bansal frames AI as a disciplined way for mutual insurers to scale without losing trust or identity.

Posted: Jan 22, 2026

Coterie Names Mark Seich Chief Revenue Officer

IIR

The appointment supports profitable growth and expands reach into the independent agency channel.

Posted: Jan 22, 2026

For Insurance AI Success, Focus on the Basics

IIR

As AI enthusiasm accelerates, carriers face a quieter challenge: data discipline, process redesign, and change management determine real value.

Posted: Jan 22, 2026

Insurity Launches Expanded Partner Program to Support Scalable Growth

IIR

The new initiative aims to streamline collaboration and support implementation, integration, and go-to-market efforts across more than 200 partners.

Posted: Jan 22, 2026

Texas Officials Say State is Ready for Winter Storm

Insurance Journal

Nearly five years after Winter Storm Uri sparked widespread power outages and killed hundreds of Texans, officials and residents are once more girding for a round of severe winter weather that will blanket large parts of the state. Dangerously cold &...

Posted: Jan 22, 2026

Texas Officials Say State Is Ready for Winter Storm

Insurance Journal

Nearly five years after Winter Storm Uri sparked widespread power outages and killed hundreds of Texans, officials and residents are once more girding for a round of severe winter weather that will blanket large parts of the state. Dangerously cold &...

Posted: Jan 22, 2026

How AI Is Reshaping Claims Handling — And Why Human Connection Matters More Than Ever

Risk & Insurance

As automation takes over administrative tasks, claims specialists are discovering new opportunities to focus on what technology cannot replicate: empathy, judgment, and meaningful communication with injured workers. The post

Posted: Jan 22, 2026

Insurance Investment Conference Slated for Philly in March

Risk & Insurance

One-on-one meetings with limited partners and general partners will be available. The post Insurance Investment Conference Slated for Philly...

Posted: Jan 22, 2026