Casualty
US P&C insurers post strong full-year underwriting profit
Near-tripling of underwriting gains attributed to limited catastrophe losses rather than underlying improvements
The growing insurance implications of social media addiction
The insurance sector is entering a new phase of digital risk, where liability extends far beyond data breaches or content and now encompasses platform design, user behaviour, mental health impacts, and broader questions of responsibility
AI deployment drives widening insurance gap
Artificial intelligence is causing losses that existing insurance policies ‘are not designed to cover’, Gallagher Re warns
HDI Global profits rise in 2025
Corporate and specialty insurer's operating profit climbs 4% to €732m supported by new business growth
Everest agrees sale of Canada retail business
Canadian mutual Wawanesa to acquire $305m commercial lines portfolio for an undisclosed sum
AI tools increase profits for P&C carriers
Use of AI and other sophisticated analytics led to lower combined ratios, survey finds
PFAS and the emerging liability challenge for UK insurers
The UK government’s new PFAS Plan could quietly remove some of the scientific and regulatory difficulties that have so far limited claims in the UK, exposing insurers to a new generation of liability
Data centre fires are increasing risk for insurers
Insurers can reduce exposure by engaging risk consultants early in the design and construction process to identify and challenge risk-critical decisions
Insurers like green data centres, but only if the lights stay on
Big Tech is open to renewables and may find innovative ways to save energy — but uninterrupted power is the first priority, WTW experts say
Current approach to AI ‘not generating a lot of value’
Mea Platform chief executive Martin Henley discusses agentic AI and the insurtech’s $50m capital raise
Insurance M&A activity stable but sluggish in 2025
Dealmaking in Asia-Pacific region drives slight increase in global M&A transactions over 2024 low, Clyde & Co analysis finds
Dual and Liberty partner in Latin America
Partnership focuses on Mexico and Central America for property insurance and on all countries in Latin America for financial lines
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