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Posted: Dec 03, 2025

2025 Reflections & 2026 Outlook for Insurance

Insurance Thought Leadership

2025 Reflections & 2026 Outlook for Insurance Data Analytics

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

US Commercial Lines Insurers Navigate Mixed Results With Strong Capital Position: AM Best

Risk & Insurance

Despite social inflation pressures and casualty line struggles, robust investment income and disciplined underwriting support stable outlook for sector: AM Best. The post

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

QBE names Sebastian Tjornelund as Asia Head of Marine Underwriting

Reinsurance News

QBE, an international insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Sebastian Tjornelund as Asia Head, Underwriting, Marine, effective 1st December 2025. In his new role, Tjornelund will shape and implement QBE Asia’s strategy for its ma...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

AM Best maintains stable outlook on U.S. commercial lines segment

Reinsurance News

AM Best is maintaining its stable outlook for the U.S. commercial lines market, citing the segment’s strong underwriting and overall operating performance, despite variability across individual lines of business. Additional factors supporting AM B...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Landlords Hit With $21.5M Verdict for Hiring Sex Offender Who Set Tenants on Fire

Insurance Journal

Landlords in Baltimore are being held liable for hiring a convicted sex offender with a violent criminal record who then attacked two tenants and set them on fire, with a jury awarding the victims $21.5 million. The same man murdered …

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Baldwin Group to Buy CAC Group for About $1B in Cash and Stock

Insurance Journal

Independent insurance agencies The Baldwin Group and CAC Group have agreed to merge to create one of the largest independent insurance advisory and distribution platforms in the U.S. Baldwin said the purchase price of about $1.03 billion consists of...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers launches public entity MGU

Reinsurance News

Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM), the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty, has announced the launch of Ryan Specialty Public Entity, a managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on the public sector. Led by Chris Connache...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

2025 hurricane season sees record share of Category 5 storms: MS Amlin

Reinsurance News

Although the 2025 North Atlantic hurricane season appeared relatively benign, it saw a record share of storms reach Category 5 status, serving as a warning of the supercharged storms the industry will likely face more often in a warming world. Com...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Foundation Firmed: AM Best Switches View of U.S. Homeowners Insurers to Stable

Carrier Management

Foundation Firmed: AM Best Switches View of U.S. Homeowners Insurers to S...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Parametrix provides rapid claims payments following AWS outage

Reinsurance News

Parametrix, a provider of digital business interruption solutions, has revealed that it has already paid claims to clients affected by the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on 20th October 2025, allowing affected businesses to recover quickly. On M...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

5 Questions on Health Care Liability for John Livatino of QBE North America

Risk & Insurance

As health care delivery and standards of care evolve, QBE’s John Livatino examines the liability landscape in emerging markets. The post 5 Questions...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Victims’ Families to Sue for Wrongful Death Over UPS Cargo Jet Crash

Insurance Journal

Families of the victims of a UPS cargo jet crash plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday, according to one of the law firms representing the victims. The UPS MD-11 cargo jet crashed immediately after taking off in …

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Economic downturn fears top G20 business leaders’ risk concerns: WEF

Reinsurance News

Fears relating to an economic downturn continue to dominate concerns cited by G20 business leaders, according to the Executive Opinion Survey 2025, conducted by the World Economic Forum and released by its strategic partners Marsh McLennan and Zur...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Duck Creek names Rajesh Raheja as CTO

Reinsurance News

Duck Creek Technologies, a provider of software solutions for property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, has appointed Rajesh Raheja as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In the new role, Raheja will lead the firm’s global technolog...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Swiss Re addresses rising mental health claims with AI-powered Wysa app: Paul Murray

Reinsurance News

Paul Murray, CEO Life & Health Reinsurance at Swiss Re, highlighted that mental health claims have increased significantly this year, noting that the reinsurer is managing the trend through its AI-powered Wysa app, which has already shown meas...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Bridgehaven completes acquisition of SureStone

Reinsurance News

UK hybrid insurer Bridgehaven has announced the completion of its acquisition of SureStone Insurance DAC, following receipt of all required regulatory approvals. This acquisition is a major step in Bridgehaven’s European growth strategy, with the...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Airline Pilots Hide Mental Health Struggles to Keep Flying

Insurance Journal

Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, terrified that getting treatment for depression would cost …

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Pacific Life Re names Soichiro Makimoto as Head of Japan Representative Office

Reinsurance News

Life and health reinsurer Pacific Life Re has appointed Soichiro Makimoto as Head of its Japan representative office. The move reinforces the reinsurer’s long-term commitment to the Japanese market. In his new role, Soichiro will enhance Pacific L...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

McGill and Partners and AEGIS London announce new digital partnership

Reinsurance News

McGill and Partners, the independent global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, and AEGIS London, a Lloyd’s syndicate, have formed a strategic partnership to deliver smarter, digitally-enabled solutions for clients. The partnership aligns...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Arrowhead Intermediaries appoints Steven Beard as CEO, International

Reinsurance News

Arrowhead Intermediaries has announced the appointment of Steven Beard as Chief Executive Officer, International, who will join the firm in February 2026 and be based in London. Beard joins from Charles Taylor, where he served as Group President....

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Alta Risk Earns Top Score for DUAE Performance Assessment

Insurance Journal

OVERLAND PARK, KS (Dec 3, 2025) – Alta Risk, an underwriting manager focused on specialty excess liability and environmental liability insurance, today announced that AM Best has assigned the firm a Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprise (DUAE)...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Marsh McLennan Agency acquires three Hawai‘i-based insurance brokerages

Reinsurance News

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), part of global insurance and reinsurance brokerage Marsh McLennan, has acquired three privately owned Honolulu, Hawai‘i-based insurance brokerages from Tradewind Group, a diversified Hawai‘i investment company. The bro...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Venerable expands Findleton’s role to Head of Flow Reinsurance

Reinsurance News

Venerable, a privately held company that owns and manages legacy variable annuity business, has expanded Alexandra Findleton’s role at the firm to include serving as Head of Flow Reinsurance. The move aims to position the firm to accelerate...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

The Baldwin Group and CAC to merge for $1.03bn

Reinsurance News

The Baldwin Group, an independent insurance brokerage and advisory firm, and CAC Group, a national middle-market insurance broker and advisor, comprising CAC Specialty and CAC Agency, have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, for a total...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Swiss Re’s Schoch appointed Strategic Consultant of Marine for Gallagher Re LAC

Reinsurance News

Gallagher Re, the reinsurance arm of the global broking group, has announced the appointment of Erika Schoch Strategic Consultant of Marine for Gallagher Re Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). In her new consulting role, Schoch will leverage her di...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

LMG’s Data Council launches consultation for Claims Core Data Record

Reinsurance News

The London Market Group’s (LMG) Data Council has launched a consultation on the structure and fields of the Core Data Record (CDR) to cover claims. According to the announcement, the consultation will run for 12 weeks from November 26th. Market me...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Japan’s Asahi Aims to Restore Logistics by February Following Cyberattack

Insurance Journal

Japan’s Asahi Group on Thursday [November 27] said it aims to normalize logistical operations by February after a cyberattack in late September forced widespread suspension, though not all products will be available to ship by that time. The be...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

EU Vets Assess Barcelona Swine Fever Outbreak as Cases Rise to Nine

Insurance Journal

A task force of EU vets began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain, one of the world’s leading pork exporters, said the number of wild boars found infected with the virus …

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

People Moves: Demex Promotes Anderson to CEO, Coleman to President; Fumarola Coalition’s Chief Produ...

Insurance Journal

Demex, a technology-enabled reinsurance solution provider headquartered in New York City, promoted Michael Anderson to CEO following four years as chief growth officer. Demex also promoted Matthew Coleman to president, reinsurance from chief risk off...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Tech Industry Drive to Block State AI Laws Hits Wall in Congress

Insurance Journal

A powerful coalition of tech companies backed by the White House’s artificial intelligence chief appears to have failed to persuade lawmakers to use a must-pass defense bill to block state governments from regulating artificial intelligence, a...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Rising D&O Exposures as Geopolitical Shifts, Cyber Threats and AI Reshape Risk Landscape

Risk & Insurance

Average securities class action settlements climb 27% as boards navigate unprecedented complexity, rising insolvencies: Allianz Commercial. The post

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Asurion Agrees to Buy CVC-Backed UK Warranty Provider D&G

Insurance Journal

Asurion LLC has agreed to acquire UK warranty business Domestic & General Group Ltd. as the US company looks to expand its business and geography. Nashville, Tennessee-based Asurion is buying D&G from CVC Capital Partners Plc and the Abu Dhab...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025