US P&C Insurers Post $16.3B Q1 2026 Underwriting Gain on Pricing Discipline
US P&C underwriting profit hit $16.3B in Q1 2026, but strip the $10.9B reserve release and the accident-year CR is 96.6 — normalized ratio…
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FSC Korea Tightens AI Governance Rules for Insurers and the Financial Sector
FSC Korea AI governance guidelines effective June 22, 2026 reshape how Korean insurers deploy AI in underwriting, claims, and fraud detection — against 9…
APRA Sets Minimum Expectations for Insurer Readiness to Geopolitical Shocks
Geopolitical risk governance: APRA's June 2026 letter sets six board-accountable minimum expectations for insurers, banks and super funds — anchored to CPS 230, no…
EIOPA 2025 Annual Report: Ten Years of Solvency II Under Pressure
Solvency II turns ten with EU insurers posting solid SCR ratios, but EIOPA's 2025 Annual Report flags hundreds of billions in private credit exposure,…
OECD Cuts 2026 Outlook: What the Middle East Shock Means for Insurers
OECD 2026 economic outlook bifurcates global GDP at 2.8% vs 2.1%. We translate the OECD's Middle East scenarios into an insurer stress test: reserve…
UK PRA Targets 2027 Captive Insurance Regime to Reverse Offshore Drift
UK captive insurance regime launches by mid-2027 as the PRA targets ~500 offshore captives with proportionate Solvency UK rules and no tax incentives.
UK Regulators Warn Frontier AI Cyber Threats Now Outpace Human Defenders
The FCA, Bank of England and HM Treasury have jointly confirmed that frontier AI cyber capabilities now exceed those of a skilled human practitioner…
Fitch: Florida’s Insurance Market Is Better Positioned for 2026 Hurricanes — But Untested
Fitch Ratings flags Florida's reformed insurance market as better positioned for the 2026 hurricane season — but warns that reform resilience remains untested against…
New Zealand’s NHC Renews NZ$12.3B Record Reinsurance Tower at +20%
NHC reinsurance tower 2026 reaches a record NZ$12.3B — a 20% increase secured at cost-effective terms, with ILS capital embedded and a NZ$1.4B taxpayer…
Bulgaria Pulls DallBogg Licence as EIOPA’s Escalation Model Faces First Full Test
EIOPA enforcement reached its terminal stage on 9 June 2026 as Bulgaria's FSC withdrew DallBogg's insurance licence — the first full-sequence test of the…