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Canada Life Reinsurance, the Capital and Risk Solutions (CRS) reinsurance business of Great-West Lifeco, had a strong third quarter in 2025 with base earnings up 20% from the prior year quarter to $265 million. Alongside the increase in base earnings year-on-year, Canada Life Re’s net earnings hit $280 million in Q3’25, a significant lift from […]

Managing General Agents (MGAs) Nirvana and Pulse have officially completed their planned merger, following regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Financial terms were not disclosed. The newly combined entity established a significant specialty MGA platform with enhanced capabilities across five lines of business: Media, Technology & Cyber, Accident & Health, Non-standard Life, and […]

Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (L&G), a subsidiary of Legal & General Group plc and a UK financial services provider, has completed a £96 million buy-in with the Cosworth Racing Limited Pension Fund, with the transaction securing the pension benefits of more than 1,000 retired and deferred members. The Fund is sponsored by Ford […]

Property and casualty insurer Chubb has announced the retirement of John Lupica, Vice Chairman, Chubb Group and Executive Chairman, North America Insurance, effective December 31, 2025. Lupica is a highly respected leader with a distinguished career spanning more than three decades in the property and casualty industry. During his 25-year tenure at Chubb, the executive […]

The commercial property insurance market is experiencing continued softening, while casualty lines face broad uncertainty, The Baldwin Group’s recent Q3 2025 Market Pulse report has revealed. The report points at renewed competition, improving capacity, and more flexible structures for well-differentiated risks as key drivers for property market softening. At the same time, the uncertainty in […]

Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett-run holding company and conglomerate, generated improved year-on-year net underwriting earnings across its re/insurance operations of $2.4 billion for the third quarter of 2025 ($750m Q3’24), and $5.7 billion for the nine month period ended September 30th, 2025 ($5.6bn 9M’24), as both the reinsurance and primary businesses reversed the quarterly loss […]

Hurricane Melissa, the first Cat 5 storm to make landfall in Jamaica’s history and among the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, has caused $48 billion to $52 billion in total damage and economic losses, according to AccuWeather’s preliminary estimates. Hurricane Melissa, with peak winds of 185 mph (298 kph) and a central pressure […]

Jean-Paul Conoscente, Chief Executive Officer of SCOR P&C, said the French reinsurer views the US catastrophe market as attractive, with opportunities to grow given the current level of price adequacy. During SCOR’s Q3 2025 results call, Conoscente emphasised that the company does not regret its decision to increase its risk appetite in US cat. He […]

The reinsurance arm of French insurer AXA’s property, casualty and specialty risk division, AXA XL Reinsurance, achieved, on a comparable basis, an 8% year-on-year increase in gross written premiums (GWP) and other revenues to €2.4 billion for the nine month period ended September 30th, 2025. The solid growth at AXA XL Reinsurance was supported by […]

Starr, the global investment and insurance company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire IQUW Group, the specialty insurance and reinsurance organisation. The deal is expected to expand Starr’s underwriting capabilities and position the combined company for growth across a broader range of global market segments. IQUW Group operates two syndicates at Lloyd’s of […]