Brazil’s Insurers Post Flat H1 Revenue as Life Cover Outpaces the Market
Brazil's Susep-supervised insurers posted a barely-there 0.52% nominal revenue gain in H1 2026 — a real-terms decline — even as life insurance grew in…
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Kenya’s Insurers Grow Premiums as Claims Ratio and Fraud Cases Both Climb
The IRA's Q1 2026 industry release shows double-digit premium growth across Kenya's insurance market, but a rising general-insurance claims ratio and a sharp jump…
Chile’s CMF Reopens Consultation on Cross-Border Annuity Reinsurance
Chile's CMF has reopened public consultation on cross-border annuity reinsurance rules, proposing to raise the technical-reserves deductibility cap from 20% to 30% and easing…
APRA Finalizes Level 3 Conglomerate Standards Ahead of October Sunset
APRA has closed out its consultation on remaking the Level 3 conglomerate prudential standards, confirming the administrative-only updates take effect as the current rules…
Brazil Creates GT-SegInfra to Standardize Transport Infrastructure Insurance
Brazil's Ministry of Ports and Airports has created GT-SegInfra, a working group tasked with standardizing insurance and risk-transfer requirements across the country's transport infrastructure…
Germany’s BaFin Becomes AI Market Surveillance Authority for Insurers
Germany's new AI implementation law hands BaFin market surveillance powers over high-risk AI systems, including those insurers use for life and health risk assessment.…
Japan’s FSA Flags Asset-Intensive Reinsurance in First ESR-Era Monitoring Report
Japan's FSA used its first ESR-era monitoring report to flag tighter oversight of asset-intensive life reinsurance, hardening non-life underwriting, and governance among the country's…
Nigeria’s NAICOM Confirms 43 Insurers Meet NIIRA 2025 Capital Floors
NAICOM confirmed 43 insurers met NIIRA 2025's capital floors and began issuing new licences, while 8 companies remain under final verification before the market's…
NAIC Data: Homeowners Premiums Up 43.3%, Nonrenewals Surge 216%
New NAIC data show U.S. homeowners insurance premiums up to 43.3% and insurer-initiated nonrenewals up to 216% since 2018, with the sharpest shifts in…
PRA’s PS18/26 Cuts Solvency UK Branch Reporting From Three Years to One
PRA's Solvency UK reporting overhaul cuts branch data years, moves MALIR to XBRL and resets the annuity baseline to 31 December 2026 for insurers.