Marsh Index Shows Global Rates Still Falling as US Casualty Stands Apart
Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index for the third quarter covers property and casualty rates, cyber and financial lines, reinsurance conditions and buyer behavior.
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MEA
East African Regulators Agree to Harmonize Insurance Supervision, Approve Sandbox
EAISA regulators from Burundi, the DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda meeting in Nairobi adopted a common ICP assessment template, backed shared supervisory software…
NAICOM Rejects Recapitalisation Fraud Allegations as ‘False and Misleading’
Nigeria’s insurance regulator has issued a rejoinder rejecting a media report that alleged fraud and law-enforcement detentions tied to the sector’s recapitalisation exercise. NAICOM…
NAICOM’s Recapitalisation Drive Hits Turbulence as Insurers Contest Fees
NICON and Nigeria Re are challenging NAICOM over capital-verification fees just after the regulator declared its NIIRA 2025 recapitalisation exercise complete. The dispute, reported…
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…
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…
NAICOM Backs Takaful as Nigeria’s N25bn Capital Floor Tests Operators
NAICOM backs takaful inclusion in Nigeria even as its N25bn capital floor and coinsurance ban test operators like Noor Takaful ahead of July 30.
Kenya’s IRA Locks Marine Cargo Cover Into KRA’s Customs System
Kenya's marine cargo cover mandate took effect 1 July 2026, but the real shift is enforcement wired into KRA's customs software with Safaricom.
Global Commercial Insurance Rates Fall 6% in Q2 2026 as IMEA Leads Declines
Commercial insurance rates fell 6% globally in Q2 2026, the eighth straight quarterly drop, as IMEA overtook the Pacific as the steepest decliner.
Saudi Re Buys 22.5% of Lloyd’s Backer AdA in London Market Return
Saudi Re returns to Lloyd's with a 22.5% stake in AdA Risk Holding, an 18-month round trip from its 2024 Probitas exit to a…