Nine of Ten Largest EU Insurers Lift Solvency Ratios in 2025 as the UK Goes the Other Way
Nine of ten largest EU Solvency II groups strengthened SCR ratios in 2025 (aggregate 228% vs 218%) as eligible own funds outran SCR growth,…
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3IF Ventures Closes $12m First Round to Back Africa’s Inclusive Insurance Infrastructure Layer
3IF Ventures closes $12m first round — anchored by FSD Africa ($6m), Swiss Re Foundation ($5m) and Zep Re — to fund embedded insurance…
Admiral Group Closes £80m Flock Acquisition, Betting Telematics Data Will Crack Commercial Fleet Underwriting
Admiral Group acquires Flock for £80m on June 1, 2026 — a telematics-first commercial fleet insurtech that cut crash frequency 10% — with less…
Howard Hughes Holdings Closes $2.1B Vantage Group Deal, Pioneering the Ackman Insurance Float Model
Howard Hughes Holdings closes $2.1B Vantage Group acquisition at 1.5x book value — with Pershing Square managing Vantage's assets fee-free, the deal establishes the…
MS Amlin: Earthquake Cat Models Blind to the Supershear Ruptures Behind Two-Thirds of Major Losses
MS Amlin finds supershear earthquake ruptures — present in 36% of major events since 2010, driving 66% of insured losses — are absent from…
$670 Billion in US Data Centres Faces Unmodeled Storm Risk as Insurer Capacity Lags Build-Out
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…
PayPay Bets ¥134B on Life Insurance With T&D Financial Life, Mirroring China’s Fintech-Insurer Playbook
PayPay Corp acquires 70.2% of T&D Financial Life for ¥134.34B — converting Japan's 74-million-user payment platform into a life insurance distribution engine targeting the…
FCA Opens Second Motor Finance CMC Probe as Consultation Claims Ltd Faces Enforcement
FCA opens enforcement investigation into Liverpool-based CCL over consent fraud in motor finance claims — the second CMC targeted in six months as the…
RenaissanceRe’s Third-Party Capital Hits $8.46B as $94M Q1 Fee Income Confirms the Reinsurer’s Asset-Manager Transformation
RenRe's Capital Partners platform hits $8.46B AUM at Q1 2026 — up 7% YoY despite $930M returned to investors — as $94M in fee…
Wellington Management Pays $1.9B to End 40 Years of Sub-Advising and Own the Hartford Funds Distribution Channel
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.…