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With LA Wildfire Suits Looming, Edison Beats Estimates on Lower Expenses and Rate Hikes

Insurance Journal

Edison International beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, as the utility benefited from lower operating and interest expenses and higher rates for its services. Lower interest rates reduce borrowing costs for power companie...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

With Wildfire Suits Looming, Edison Beats Estimates on Lower Expenses, Rate Hikes

Insurance Journal

Edison International beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, as the utility benefited from lower operating and interest expenses and higher rates for its services. Lower interest rates reduce borrowing costs for power companie...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Co-op Is Latest British Retailer to Be Hit by Cyber Attack

Insurance Journal

Britain’s Co-op Group said on Wednesday hackers had attempted to break into its systems, the second high-profile cyber attack on a major UK retailer in as many weeks, following an ongoing incident at Marks & Spencer. The Co-op, which is &#8...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Co-op Is Latest British Retailer to Be Hit by Cyberattack

Insurance Journal

Britain’s Co-op Group said on Wednesday hackers had attempted to break into its systems, the second high-profile cyber attack on a major UK retailer in as many weeks, following an ongoing incident at Marks & Spencer. The Co-op, which is &#8...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Aspen Specialty Settles With Condo in $11M Nashville Bombing Coverage Dispute

Insurance Journal

Aspen Specialty Insurance Co. has reached a settlement with the owners of a Nashville condominium building that was badly damaged in the Christmas Day bombing in 2020. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Both sides have agreed to …

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Arch CEO expects ‘flattish’ Florida reinsurance renewals with additional demand

Reinsurance News

Nicolas Papadopoulo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Arch Capital Group, said today that he expects the upcoming Florida reinsurance renewal season to be more flattish than what was seen at the April renewals,...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Insured Losses Could Hit $145B in 2025, Driven by Rising Claims From Secondary Perils

Insurance Journal

Global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit US$137 billion in 2024, following the 5%-7% annual growth rate that has been the norm in recent years, according to Swiss Re analysis. If this trend continues, global insured losses will approach US...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Howden expands Latin American footprint with new Miami leadership appointment

Reinsurance News

Howden, the international insurance intermediary group, has named April McLaughlin as Managing Director of its newly established Miami office. Her appointment marks a strategic move to enhance Howden’s presence in Latin America and the Caribbean t...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

RiverStone sees $260m in underwriting profits for 2024

Reinsurance News

Legacy sector leader RiverStone International has reported $260 million in underwriting profits for 2024, up 22% from 2023’s $213 million. RiverStone also disclosed $2.6 billion in net claims outstanding acquired in 2024, up from $2.2 billio...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Three Rhode Island Men Charged in Theft of Thousands of Catalytic Converters

Insurance Journal

Three Rhode Island men have been charged in federal court in Providence for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to steal and sell hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of catalytic converters, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Sara Miron Bloom....

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Tokio Marine Kiln appoints Alex Dugand as Strategy Officer

Reinsurance News

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global specialty insurer, has announced the appointment of Alex Dugand as Strategy Officer. TMK is an international insurer known for its specialist underwriting expertise, outstanding claims service, and innovative prod...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Verisk launches SRCC catastrophe model for the US

Reinsurance News

Data analytics and technology provider Verisk has released a first-of-its-kind catastrophe model to help quantify the financial impacts of strikes, riots and civil commotion (SRCC) in the United States in response to escalating insurance losses fr...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

AIG: Turning One Human Underwriter Into Five, ‘Turbocharging’ E&S

Insurance Journal

Some property/casualty insurers talk about experimenting with artificial intelligence to automate call center responses and back-office operations. But that’s not the road to turbocharging growth that AIG CEO Peter Zaffino envisions for his com...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Tech Update: WTW Launches AI Monitoring Tool ‘Radar Vision’ for Insurers

Insurance Journal

WTW has announced the North American launch of Radar Vision, an AI-driven performance monitoring tool custom-built for insurers. The global insurance industry has been turbulent for a few years, with significant inflation and demographic changes comp...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Tech Update: WTW Launches AI Monitoring Tool ‘Radar Vision’ for Insurers; Tariff Simulator Added to...

Insurance Journal

WTW has announced the North American launch of Radar Vision, an AI-driven performance monitoring tool custom-built for insurers. The global insurance industry has been turbulent for a few years, with significant inflation and demographic changes comp...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Mosaic promotes Thomas Duggan to Head of Claims for North America

Reinsurance News

Global specialty insurer Mosaic Insurance has appointed Thomas Duggan as the Head of Claims for North America, based in New York. He was one of the 14 environmental specialists Mosaic hired across the US last year to build out the unit. In the exp...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Kinsale Capital’s Q1’25 net income impacted by $17.8m in cat losses

Reinsurance News

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025, reporting a net income of $89.2 million, which includes after-tax catastrophe losses of $17.8 million. This year’s Q1 net income compared to the $98.9 m...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Aon acquires Atlas Insurance Agency to expand marine offering in Israel

Reinsurance News

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has acquired the operations of Atlas Insurances Agency, one of Israel’s most established insurance firms specialising in marine insurance. Atlas, a Lloyd’s coverholder, offers a range of marine insurance...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Companies Count the Costs After Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Insurance Journal

As factories, stores and hotels across Spain and Portugal gradually returned to normal on Tuesday after a huge blackout the day before, business associations and companies began counting the cost. Spain’s main business lobby CEOE estimated the...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Peak Re reports second-best net profit of $187m in 2024 amid challenging market

Reinsurance News

Hong Kong-based global reinsurer Peak Re has announced its 2024 full-year financial results, reporting a net profit after tax of $187 million, which marks the company’s second-best results in its 12-year history. The company attributed this succes...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Zombie Ships Are Fast Becoming a Feature of Venezuelan Oil Trade

Insurance Journal

On Good Friday, an aging supertanker fully laden with oil and calling itself Varada arrived in the waters to the east of Malaysia after a two-month voyage from Venezuela. The vessel raised some red flags: it was 32 years old, …

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Maiden Holdings combination with Kestrel receives shareholder approval

Reinsurance News

Maiden Holdings’ shareholders have approved all proposals related to the company’s proposed business combination with Kestrel Group LLC. Previously announced in December 2024, Maiden entered into a Combination Agreement with Kestrel to form a new,...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Diane Côté and Doina Palici-Chehab join SCOR Board

Reinsurance News

At SCOR SE’s recent Combined Shareholders’ Meeting, the appointments of Diane Côté and Doina Palici-Chehab as directors were announced, along with Jacques Aigrain as an observer. The Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting was held on 29t...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

UK Warned Cuts to Flood Defense Are Too Dangerous to Consider

Insurance Journal

The UK should spare flood defense programs from budget cuts to be announced in June, as the country is already woefully unprepared for worsening disasters linked to climate change, a government adviser has said. “We are seriously concerned that...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

US Insurers surpass UK counterparts in confidence and strategy around AI: hyperexponential

Reinsurance News

New research conducted by hyperexponential (hx), a provider of pricing decision intelligence software for the insurance industry, suggests a growing transatlantic divide in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). While both UK and US insurer...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Howden India names Mandira Gupta as MD & Head of M&A, IMEA

Reinsurance News

Howden India has appointed Mandira Gupta as Managing Director and Head of M&A for India, the Middle East, and Africa (IMEA). Gupta holds over two decades of M&A leadership experience in insurance broking and investment banking, having repo...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Arch Capital’s Q1’25 GPW up to $6.5bn as CoR rises to 90.1%

Reinsurance News

Bermuda-headquartered insurer and reinsurer Arch Capital Group Ltd. has reported an 8.9% increase in group-wide gross premiums written (GPW) to $6.5 billion for the first quarter of 2025, compared to $5.9 billion last year, as the firm’s com...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

EPIC names Sean Jackson as Global Leader to expand international collaboration

Reinsurance News

EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a US-based retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Sean Jackson as Managing Principal and Global Leader. In this newly elevate...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Iberian Peninsula power outage could drive insured losses of €300m+

Reinsurance News

Morningstar DBRS has indicated that the financial losses related to insurance claims from the severe power outage in the Iberian Peninsula will be manageable, with insured losses estimated between €100 million and €300 million in Spain, and signif...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

DIFC re/insurance GWP hit $3.5bn in 2024

Reinsurance News

The Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) re/insurance business increased by 35% as gross written premiums (GWP) hit $3.5 billion, generated by 125 insurance-related entities in 2024, compared to $2.6 billion in 2023. The Middle East...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Vantage appoints Livingstone as SVP for Credit, Mortgage, & Structured Re/Insurance

Reinsurance News

Vantage Group Holdings, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Paul Livingstone as Senior Vice President for Credit, Mortgage, and Structured Re/Insurance. In his new role, Livingstone will lead the expansion of Vantag...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

People Moves: Mosaic Promotes Duggan to Lead North American Claims; Hiscox Names Sinkus CUO in US; E...

Insurance Journal

Mosaic Promotes Duggan to Lead North American Claims Mosaic, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, named environmental and casualty risk specialist and former district attorney Thomas Duggan as the company’s claims head for North America. Based i...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Brown & Brown records Q1’25 revenue growth of 12% to $1.4bn

Reinsurance News

Insurance brokerage Brown & Brown, in its unaudited 2025 first quarter results, reported revenue growth of $146 million, or 11.6% to $1.4 billion, under US GAAP, compared to total revenues of $1.2 billion in Q1’24. For Q1’25, the firm’s...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

AXA XL expands cyber insurance solutions for SMEs with key appointment

Reinsurance News

AXA XL, a re/insurance provider, is broadening its cyber insurance offerings for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) by appointing Michelle Aliperti as Head of SME for the Americas. Based in New York, Aliperti will report to Michelle Chia, the Ch...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Three Workers Killed in Scaffold Collapse at LNG Plant in Texas

Insurance Journal

Three workers were killed and two were injured when a section of scaffolding collapsed early Tuesday at a liquefied natural gas plant that Sempra is building in Texas. The two survivors at the Port Arthur LNG project were rescued from …

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Loss of FEMA Program Spells Disaster for Hundreds of Communities and Projects

Insurance Journal

The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization. They hoped an improved stormwater drainage s...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Heritage Files Libel, Defamation Suit vs. Adjuster After ’60 Minutes’ Report

Insurance Journal

Six weeks after Tampa-based Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co. filed a libel suit against a whistleblower claims adjuster, the adjuster’s lawyer has pushed back, arguing that the suit is an attempt to silence those who question insu...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Arch Capital’s First-Quarter Profit Halves on LA Wildfire Losses

Insurance Journal

Arch Capital’s first-quarter profit fell 49.2% as catastrophe losses from the California wildfires weighed on its underwriting performance and investment returns, the insurer said on Tuesday. The results mirror those of peers W R Berkley and Ch...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Andrew Weare named Lead Underwriter Mining for HDI Global SE

Reinsurance News

HDI Global SE, the Corporate & Specialty Division of the Talanx Group, has announced the appointment of Andrew Weare as new Lead Underwriter Mining, succeeding Matthew Johnson who is retiring. In his new role, Weare, who has been with HDI Glob...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Church Agency Denied Religious Exemption for Nixing Married Gay Employee’s Insurance

Insurance Journal

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been found to have violated Maryland’s employment anti-discrimination law when it discriminated against an employee because of his sexual orientation. U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin ordered CRS to pay $60,000...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

Church Agency Denied Exemption for Nixing Married Gay Employee’s Insurance

Insurance Journal

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been found to have violated Maryland’s employment anti-discrimination law when it discriminated against an employee because of his sexual orientation. U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin ordered CRS to pay $60,000...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

LA Utility Returns to Muni Market for First Time Since Wildfires

Insurance Journal

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is returning to the municipal bond market with a $1 billion offering, roughly three months after shelving a sale in the immediate wake of historic wildfires that began burning in Southern California &#823...

Posted: Apr 30, 2025

ESG Being Dropped From Corporate Sustainability Report Titles

Carrier Management

ESG Being Dropped From Corporate Sustainability Report Titles Large U....

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

North Dakota First to Enact Law Shielding Roundup’s Maker From Some Cancer Lawsuits

Carrier Management

North Dakota First to Enact Law Shielding Roundup’s Maker From Some Cancer Lawsuits A new first-of-i...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Trump Eases Auto Tariffs Burden

Carrier Management

Trump Eases Auto Tariffs Burden U.S. President Donald Trump signed a pair of orders to soften the blow of...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025