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Senior reporter at InsuraBeat covering commercial and property & casualty markets, M&A, and underwriting performance across Europe and North America. Twelve years in the industry: started as an analyst on the broker side at a global reinsurance intermediary placing casualty and specialty risks for European corporates, then five years on the underwriting side at a Tier-1 European insurer, last managing D&O and cyber portfolios. Holds a Master in Reinsurance Economics and Capital Markets from the Kwang-Hwa Institute of Financial Sciences (Taipei) and is a CFA charterholder. Writes from Paris, on US morning markets.
51% of planned US data centres—$670 billion—sit in high severe-convective-storm-risk states as hyperscalers move into Texas, Tennessee, and Ohio; S&P estimates $10B in new…
FCA opens enforcement investigation into Liverpool-based CCL over consent fraud in motor finance claims — the second CMC targeted in six months as the…
Wellington Management acquires Hartford Funds for $1.9B NPV — converting a 48-year sub-advisory relationship into full ownership of a $160B retail wealth distribution platform.…
ESAs' first DORA ICT report: 3,383 incidents in 2025, one-third cross-border, just 10% cyber — what the baseline data means for European insurance groups.
IAG settles A$4B in Greensill Bank AG proceedings; Credit Suisse's A$3B tranche goes to a five-month trial opening August 2026 — APRA's governance response…
Allianz Trade's stress model puts $131B in German GDP losses on extreme heat through 2030 — with only 23% of EU climate losses insured,…
GCC listed insurers posted $10.75B revenue (+13.6%) and $714M net profit (+14.7%) in Q1 2026, driven by Saudi Arabia's mandatory cession rules, UAE health…
Moody's quantifies $375 billion in uninsured US residential flood exposure in a 1-in-100-year event — 65% concentrated in 11 states, growing to $472B by…
MNRB Berhad's RM400.49M proposal to fully acquire Labuan Re targets a top-five Asia reinsurer ranking, leveraging Labuan IBFC's offshore platform for international specialty and…
Law 15,040/2024 took effect December 11, 2025, reshaping claims deadlines, distribution rules, and reinsurance governance across Brazil's US$132 billion insurance market.
