Americas
See below for coverage of the US and other growing markets in the Americas
US insurance M&A slows slightly but megadeals rise
Sector sees 191 public transactions worth $29.6bn in six months to May 2026, PwC analysis finds
Aon launches AI tool to map reinsurance conditions
Contract AI analyses Aon’s entire US and Canada contract database from the past three years to assess global market coverage trends, exclusions and limitations
Insurers should adopt new models for data centre attacks
Engineering-based approach to probable maximum loss assessment should be used, analytics firm Synthetik argues
A fragile thaw in Hormuz but timing and sequence now matter
Insurers for now are holding firm on high war‑risk premiums, insisting on ‘solid evidence’ of lasting safety before lowering rates
June US storms could cost billions in losses: Aon
Greatest losses caused by a series of thunderstorm systems in and around the Chicago metropolitan area from June 9 to 11
Willis Re names Ogilvie global head of non-marine specialties
Both Ogilvie and Dart join Willis Re from Guy Carpenter
Insurance stocks rebound as volatility continues
SiriusPoint shares climb 13.9% as Insurance Day’s basket of stocks rises 4.3% in strong week
Lancashire adds new products to US platform
Financial lines, inland marine and environmental liability classes added to group’s US excess and surplus lines platform
Banyan Risk launches healthcare liability line in Bermuda
New line will focus on complex US healthcare professional liability risks, including hospitals and allied health providers
Willis Re appoints Guy Carp’s Fletcher as Bermuda chief
Former Guy Carpenter Bermuda chief executive joins reinsurance broking joint venture
Experience gives Artificial Labs the edge in the US market: Joost
Eric Joost will spearhead insurtech’s expansion into the US wholesale market, where other tech firms mostly operate in the retail insurance space
ANV continues acquisition spree with Pennsylvania brokerage buy
Intermediary platform continues to build-out workers’ compensation expertise with purchase of Associated Specialty Insurance Agency
UIB hires Webb to lead US binder growth
Kevin Webb will build transportation-focused binder business at the Lloyd’s broker
Miller names Stubbings Bermuda chairman
Industry veteran will support Miller’s reinsurance and retrocession growth proposition in Bermuda
IGI approved for India GIFT City branch
New branch office will write facultative and specialty treaty reinsurance
Will a soft market dampen the sidecar boom?
Growing appetite for casualty and MGA-focused sidecars should support continued investor demand, experts say
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