Americas
See below for coverage of the US and other growing markets in the Americas
Et tu, Brute? Why re/insurers must call out Trump’s betrayal
‘The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true,’ Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, told the Davos audience
US state regulators and insurers target FIO again
Proposal is latest of several to take aim at Dodd-Frank creation
Canadian insurers book C$2.4bn in 2025 catastrophe losses
Figure is more than 70% lower than for 2024, but CatIQ warns of rising wildfire risks
Everest appoints facultative and hybrid reinsurance leadership
Bermuda-based carrier appoints Michael Cellura and Trevor Gallagher to senior roles
Severe convective storms now bigger source of claims than cyclones
Total insured losses hit $127bn last year, as protection gap falls to 51%, analysis by Aon finds
Political violence contagion tests insurers’ risk silos in Latin America
Events in Venezuela are exposing how quickly political violence can migrate across borders, creating multi-territory SRCC and PV exposure that challenges traditional insurance categorisation and structuring
Navigating the realities of US casualty
A combination of litigation funding, social inflation and increasingly assertive jury verdicts mean US casualty insurance sector players have to contend with a risk landscape that does not exist in other markets
North America hull market ‘remains fragile’
Increased capacity and aggressive competition from MGAs driving rates down, broker BSM says
Northern California ‘becoming bigger wildfire risk’
Last year’s Los Angeles wildfires were a one-in-35-year event, but northern California has growing fire risk, broker says
Record reinsurance capacity to drive M&A activity in 2026
As reinsurance rates soften firms are increasingly looking to deal-making to meet investor demand for growth, Mike Van Slooten, head of market analysis at Aon, says
Maduro arrest casts new light on US court decision on $54m Citgo claim
Circuit court considers claim under a war risk clause based on the Maduro regime’s actions in Venezuela
Aon raises data centre programme capacity to $2.5bn
Broker increases capacity in response to accelerating global investment in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure
AI-related premium gains risk downsides, Swiss Re warns
The sizeable premium growth potential from artificial intelligence infrastructure could be offset by declines in other industries, Swiss Re says
ATA launches $750m AI infrastructure facility
Arch Insurance, Munich Re and Scor are among the re/insurers backing the consortium
Regulator moves to prevent insolvencies in Argentina’s insurance market
Reforms are aiming to reinforce insurers’ financial capacity, ensure compliance with their obligations and mitigate systemic risk in the insurance sector
FM increases data centre limits to $5bn
Insurer claims it now offers the largest limit available to the data centre sector
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