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As reinsurance rates continued to soften at the mid-year renewals, the return on equity (ROE) for full year 2025 is expected to decline from 2024, although remain above the cost of equity and at a higher level than during the most recent soft market years, suggesting continued profitability and strong returns for reinsurers, according to […]

The Natural Disaster Fund (NDF), a public-private partnership managed by Global Parametrics, a CelsiusPro Group company, has gathered increased recognition for its innovative approach to provisioning parametric risk transfer coverage in fragile states. By providing parametric risk capacity, the NDF helps support local and international actors in offering risk transfer solutions to climate-vulnerable communities, With […]

Atradius, a global provider of credit insurance, bond and surety, collections and information services, has announced changes to the composition of its Management Board and the distribution of responsibilities. Andreas Tesch, currently Chief Market Officer (CMO), has been appointed as the new Chief Risk Officer (CRO), taking over the role from Christian van Lint, who […]

Pan-European savings and retirement services group, Athora, has reached an agreement to acquire Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited, the parent of Pension Insurance Corporation plc, a specialist insurer of UK defined benefit pension schemes, for approximately £5.7 billion. Athora has €76 billion of assets under management and administration, on behalf of 2.8 million policyholders, and […]

According to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re’s 1st View mid-year renewal report, recent legislative reforms in the State of Florida encouraged reinsurers to write across the board at the mid-year renewals, in hopes of maintaining their market share on programmes. The reforms, signed into law in late December 2022, have successfully reduced property litigated claims by […]

Specialty re/insurance rates remain adequate on average and are trending downward, though a soft market is likely still 2–3 years away, according to a recent report by Peel Hunt. Following their participation in the recent Lloyd’s Tour, Peel Hunt analysts met with management teams from Beazley, Conduit Re, Hiscox, and Lancashire. All teams agreed that […]

UNDP’s Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF), the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and KPMG have partnered to launch a new global programme, ‘NATURE-INSURE’, to strengthen supervisory responses to biodiversity risk. Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation are quickly becoming significant issues for financial systems. NATURE-INSURE seeks to enhance supervisory abilities, encourage nature-aware oversight, and raise awareness […]

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) insurance claims payouts have surged in recent years, with 2024 marking the highest year on record for M&A insurance payouts, according to a recent Aon study. The research highlights a significant increase in claims activity related to Representations and Warranties (R&W) insurance, also known as Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) insurance. Aon’s […]

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a provider of data and analytics for the insurance industry, has released LexisNexis Location Intelligence for Commercial, a tool aimed at improving the assessment of commercial property risks during underwriting and policy renewal. As severe weather events continue to cause over 65% of property losses in the US, commercial insurers face ongoing […]

Insured losses from Mexico’s Hurricane Erick, which made landfall last week, are expected to be contained, with parametric insurance contracts unlikely to be triggered, according to a recent report by AM Best. Hurricane Erick made landfall last Thursday morning as a dangerous Category 3 storm, striking Mexico’s southern Pacific coast. It had reached Category 4 […]