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Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health dep...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
InEvo Re, a life reinsurer established by Macquarie Asset Management, has entered into a reinsurance agreement with a U.S.-based life insurer covering approximately $1 billion of long-dated liabilities. This new announcement marks a major mileston...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, Durham City Council passed a resolution to make the North Carolina city a “Fourth Amendment Workplace,” increasing protections for city workers against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and arrest...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
A former employee at Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he repeatedly raised cybersecurity concerns about the messaging app with his superiors but was ignored and retaliated against. Attaullah Baig, who ident...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that the state’s $50 million disaster aid fund is now accepting applications from homeowners and businesses in the southwest region of the state. The Virginia Disaster Assistance Fund, which Youngkin p...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
During RVS 2025 in Monte Carlo, Stefan Golling, Member of the Board of Management at Munich Re, urged the re/insurance industry to step up efforts in actively selling cyber insurance and related services, particularly to clients who currently lack...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Applied Systems announced the acquisition of Cytora, a digital risk processing platform for the insurance industry, in an effort to accelerate connecting the dots within the insurance ecosystem, something Applied terms as the “Digital Roundtrip...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Applied Systems announced the acquisition of Cytora, a digital risk processing platform for the insurance industry, in an effort to accelerate connecting the dots within the insurance ecosystem, something Applied terms as the “Digital Roundtrip...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
ACORD Solutions Group, a provider of digital solutions for the insurance sector, has reported a notable increase in reinsurance transactions processed through its ADEPT platform. Transactions rose 73% from 2024 to 2025, representing more than a 30...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Certa has announced an increase in its available Lloyd’s capacity for non-US primary tax risks, now reaching up to £157 million. Certa is an independent specialist underwriting agency and Lloyd’s Coverholder providing tailored tax insurance...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Isabelle Clausner, Vice President and Client Executive, and Gavin Lillywhite, SVP Operating Leader UKI & Europe at Xceedance, shared their perspectives on some of the most pressing issues facing the...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Neil Eckert, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bermuda-based reinsurer Conduit Re, said this morning at the company’s briefing in Monte Carlo at RVS 2025, that there will be areas of softness and hardness in the non-catastrophe...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
The insurance industry has launched The Spark, a global prevention laboratory aimed at transforming the insurance industry’s approach from reacting to losses to preventing them before they occur. The Spark brings together re/insurers and brokers,...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
As the WSIA Marketplace kicks off in San Diego, E&S underwriters face a market where they must move quickly to take advantage of ample opportunities. The post
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Unless the market experiences an additional $16 billion in net reinsurance losses between now and year-end, AM Best’s composite of top global reinsurers are set to meet their cost of capital in 2025. In a new report released at the Rendez-Vo...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Tokio Marine HCC (TMHCC) – Specialty Group, a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies based in Houston, Texas, announced that it has partnered with The Acheson Group to enhance its existing Product Recall Crisis Consultancy abilities...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
In an interview with Reinsurance News around RVS 2025, James Willison, Managing Director at Web Connectivity Limited (WCL), said the Velonetic build of the new Blueprint Two infrastructure was reported as being complete in May this year and the ch...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Speaking at the 2025 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo, Michael Cook, Partner at PwC, emphasised that artificial intelligence (AI) will serve as a catalyst to remove friction from workflows in the re/insurance industry, which has the p...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Ariel Re, a global reinsurer with offices in Bermuda, London and Hong Kong, announced it has received “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s to launch a new syndicate. From 2026, Ariel Re will be separating its Lloyd’s business...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
MAPFRE, a Spanish insurer and insurance group in Latin America, has joined the consortium of climate insurer Blue Marble as its newest owner through an investment in the company. Blue Marble is backed by a consortium of insurers committed to closi...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
The reinsurance market continues to be buttressed by robust risk-adjusted capitalisation, fuelled by retained earnings and disciplined capital management, however, various headwinds persist, according to Stefan Holzberger, EVP & Chief Operatin...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Global reinsurance business Ariel Re has been given ‘approval in principle’ from Lloyd’s to establish a new Syndicate, 2006. “Ariel Re was formed 20 years ago this year, the new syndicate number is in recognition of the fact that 2006 was th...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
According to Guy Carpenter’s Global Specialties Market Update, the cyber insurance market continues to expand, with both supply and demand showing consistent upward momentum despite short-term market pressures. Guy Carpenter notes that the direct...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
DUAL Group, a specialty insurer, has announced the next stage of its cyber insurance programme through a strategic partnership with KYND, a provider of cyber risk management services. The initiative will initially launch in Australia and New Zeala...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 40 largest reinsurers, followed by Munich Re and Hannover Re, according to S&P Global Ratings. Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group comes in at number four, while Lloyd’s is ranked at number 5 and &...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Alphabet Inc.’s Google was sued by advertising exchange PubMatic Inc., which is seeking billions of dollars over its claim that the search giant has illegally monopolized the ad technology market. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in V...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Major automakers showcased their latest models at the Munich car show on Monday, unveiling new EVs and lower-cost models as Europe’s auto sector fights crises ranging from tariff hikes to rising costs and rivalry with Chinese firms on their hom...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
The average annual loss of infrastructure including buildings caused by disasters in Africa is $12.7 billion, according to the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. Of the damage 70% is caused by floods followed by earthquakes at about 28%...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
France’s parliament brought down the government on Monday over its plans to tame the ballooning national debt, deepening a political crisis that is weakening the euro zone’s second-largest economy. Lawmakers voted to oust Prime Minister F...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state’s high court recently affirmed in a case where the homeowners had argued that their long relationship wit...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
The California Insurance Wholesalers Association has created the CIWA Future Matt Abram Scholarship, established in memory of Matthew Abram. The scholarship helps celebrate Abram’s legacy of energy, community, and connection by supporting risin...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Oregon employers on average would pay 87 cents per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation costs in 2026, down from 91 cents this year, under a new proposal. The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services called for the decline ̷...
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
Treaty reinsurance business in the London company market expanded by more than 10% last year, according to data from the International Underwriting Association (IUA), the trade body representing companies operating in the London insurance market....
Posted: Sep 09, 2025
The cost of property insurance in the US rose to an all time-high in the first half of the year, as homeowners faced sharp price increases in states recently affected by climate-related disasters, such as California. The average insurance payment ...
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
Parento has secured new capital to grow its parental leave insurance offerings and expand into new markets.
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
MAPFRE has invested in Blue Marble, expanding a global insurance coalition focused on underserved communities vulnerable to climate change.
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
The new version includes AI-driven underwriting tools and real-time dashboards to improve claims, billing, and operational visibility.
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
Applied Systems has acquired Cytora to extend AI-enabled automation across insurance workflows for carriers, brokers and agencies.
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
The API-enabled solution that streamlines and automates insurance verification during the mortgage loan origination process.
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
For carriers, clarity and flexibility matter more than ever.
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
The solution supports re/insurers’ catastrophe response before, during, and after an event.
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
Agency network Renaissance said it has become the first of its kind to deliver an exclusive suite of artificial intelligence solutions built specifically for independent insurance agents. “Independent insurance agents face unique challenges tha...
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
7 Questions to Guide Your AI Adoption Strategy PaulCarroll
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
When news broke last Wednesday afternoon of a last-minute push to pass new, stricter regulations for consumable hemp products, the employees at Austin Vape & Smoke sprung into action. Zaquiri Hensen, a manager at the South Austin store, said he &...
Posted: Sep 08, 2025
According to Josh Knapp, Executive Vice President of global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, aggregate protection is making a resurgence, especially for US cedants, when the program is appropriately structured and has a practical attachment point...
Posted: Sep 08, 2025