IAIS Mid-Year GIMAR: Stable Solvency Masks Rising Systemic Risk
The IAIS's mid-year Global Insurance Market Report shows stable solvency, liquidity and profitability across the global sector at year-end 2025 - but aggregate systemic…
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India Life Insurance Premiums Jump 20.66% in July, New Policy Sales Barely Move
India's life insurers reported a 20.66% jump in July first-year premium to Rs 47,004.84 crore, but the number of policies sold rose just 0.89%.…
Hannover Re’s H1 2026 Profit Rises 7% as Combined Ratio Beats Full-Year Target
Hannover Re's first-half 2026 results showed underwriting margins improving even as gross reinsurance revenue contracted, and the group left its full-year profit and combined-ratio…
US Life Insurers’ Level 3 Bond Exposure Doubles to $592 Billion, AM Best Warns
AM Best's new special report finds that US insurers' Level 3 asset holdings have surged over the past decade, with the life/annuity segment and…
Brazil Insurance Market Hits R$207.12B in H1 2026 as Claims Fall 3.93%
Brazil's SUSEP-supervised insurance sector collected R$207.12 billion in revenue during the first half of 2026, up 0.52% year-on-year, while claims and payouts fell 3.93%…
Spokane Wildfires Force 60,000 Evacuations as Reinsurance Market Stays Firm
Three wildfires near Spokane, Washington destroyed up to 700 structures and forced 60,000 evacuations over the first weekend of August, Guy Carpenter reports. The…
Washington Court Backs Discovery Breach, Tosses $1M Sanction Over Excess Layers
A Washington Court of Appeals panel affirmed that Cozen O'Connor breached its discovery duty by not surfacing two excess layers above Safelite's primary policy,…
Six Australian Bodies Urge NSW to Scrap Insurance Tax Before 2027 Poll
Six industry, business and consumer bodies have united to demand every New South Wales party commit to scrapping the Emergency Services Levy on insurance…
Corebridge and Equitable Shareholders Approve $22 Billion Merger
Corebridge Financial and Equitable Holdings shareholders approved their all-stock merger at a July 30, 2026 special meeting, clearing the path toward a combined $1.5…
The 2026 Wildfire Season Is Rewriting America’s Risk Map
Wildfire risk in the United States is spreading well beyond California, with a growing wildland-urban interface and the Spokane, Washington fires underscoring the shift.…