WTW Sues Howden Again as Mega-Yacht Team Lift-Out Tests UK Restrictive Covenants
WTW returns to court against Howden over a five-person mega-yacht team lift-out as five global brokers test US covenants and the UK weighs a…
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MS Amlin’s 80% Profit Jump to £268m Shows Lloyd’s Discipline Outlasting the Rate Cycle
MS Amlin's 79.9% profit surge to £268m in FY2025 proves that Lloyd's syndicates holding underwriting discipline through the soft market are now delivering outsized…
Markel and WTW Launch Nuclear Insurance Facility as 70-Reactor Build-Out Strains Specialist Capacity
Markel Insurance and Willis Towers Watson launched a dedicated nuclear insurance facility in May 2026, responding to a capacity crisis as 70 reactors under…
Generali Partners ECMWF to Build a Proprietary European Climate Risk Modelling Edge
Generali ECMWF climate modelling MoU integrates Copernicus data into underwriting, marking the start of a competitive data-moat race among European tier-1 insurers as climate…
Swiss Re: 2026 Insured Cat Losses Tracking Toward Third-Worst Year on Record
2026 insured catastrophe losses are tracking toward the third-highest annual total on record, driven by secondary perils as reinsurance pricing softens 14.7% at January…
PERILS Lifts Windstorm Nils Loss Estimate 31% to €767M as European Reserves Fall Short
Windstorm Nils insured loss hits €767M after a 31% PERILS revision, exposing European P&C reserve gaps and reshaping 2027 reinsurance pricing.
Sixfold’s AI Underwriting Platform Reaches Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Sixfold on Azure Marketplace turns cloud procurement into a shortcut for mid-market carriers, compressing AI underwriting deployment from months to weeks.
Munich Re Books €106M in Iran War Provisions as Hannover Re Reports Zero Exposure
Munich Re's €90M Iran war provisions vs Hannover Re's zero reserve reveals how specialty book concentration amplifies geopolitical tail risk in Q1 2026.
AXA XL’s New Prevention Unit Makes Risk Mitigation a Standalone P&L Center
AXA XL created a dedicated Prevention Services unit on May 13, 2026 — its fifth P&L center — appointing former Global CUO Libby Benet…
Intact Financial Explores Hiscox Acquisition in a Cross-Border UK Specialty Play
Intact Financial's exploratory bid for Hiscox sent the FTSE 100 specialty insurer's shares up 15.3% on May 15, as Canada's leading P&C platform eyes…