Property
Mapfre to buy Massachusetts insurer for $1.54bn
All-cash deal will create second largest writer of private passenger auto in New England as well as the largest homeowners and commercial auto insurer in the region
Santam syndicate continue build-out with senior Volante hires
Africa-based insurer hires Neil Smith to lead new motor division at Lloyd's
South African insurance law and Ubuntu
Ubuntu is not merely a philosophical ideal – it is an increasingly practical tool for ethical, sustainable, and customer-aligned insurance practice in South Africa
Favourable market conditions coming to an end, Bain warns
Consultancy says sector will struggle with ‘major strategic challenges’
The tightening bond between climate and reinsurance
Broker’s natural catastrophe experts explain the ties binding extreme weather events to greater reinsurance capacity
Global commercial insurance rates fall 6% in Q2
Global composite property insurance rates fell by 12% in the second quarter of 2026, broker Marsh says
US to have below average SCS loss year
High-pressure system in May deflected storm activity from the southeastern US, modelling firm KCC says
Dip in natcat losses masks significant regional impacts: Aon
Broker warns that catastrophe risk is shaped not only by total losses but also by where the events occur and their impacts on people, infrastructure, operations and supply chains
Chubb Q2 profits climb 15% as CEO warns soft rates ‘spreading’
Global insurance giant reports second-quarter operating income climbs to $2.8bn, as combined ratio trimmed to 83.8%
Canopius appoints Alioto group COO
Alioto joins from HSBC where she was deputy group chief operating officer
Tariffs and the Middle East conflict add to insurers’ cost pressures
Insurers should look at ways to ringfence or apply limits to volatile cost categories
Aon lifts data centre programme to $5bn
Programme’s evolution reflects acceleration in investment in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and hyperscale data centres
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