AM Best: Rated US Captives Saved $8.2 Billion Over Five Years
AM Best rated captives saved $8.2 billion over five years, even as global commercial rates fell for eight straight quarters.
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Ryan Specialty Revenue Climbs 7.2% to $916.6 Million in Q2 2026
Ryan Specialty's Q2 2026 revenue rose 7.2% to $916.6M as delegated authority outgrew wholesale brokerage amid a 16% property-cat rate decline.
WTW Bets $625 Million on AI as Q2 Broking Margin Climbs 100 Basis Points
WTW Propel AI investment totals $625 million in cash, targeting $400 million in savings and a 30% margin by 2028, WTW's Q2 2026 results…
Lemonade’s Revenue Jumps 79% to $294.4M as Cession Rate Falls
Lemonade Q2 2026 revenue rose 79% to $294.4 million, but a lighter reinsurance cession rate drove much of the jump, not organic growth alone.
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.
Hugging Face Confirms Autonomous AI Breach With 17,000 Logged Actions
Hugging Face's autonomous AI breach exposed 17,000 logged attacker actions, a wake-up call for cyber insurers pricing 2027 agentic-AI treaty risk.
Brown & Brown Taps Anthropic, McKinsey, Accenture for AI Overhaul
Brown & Brown AI transformation splits strategy, build and model across McKinsey, Accenture and Anthropic, the opposite bet from Acrisure's job cuts.
Chubb’s $1.94B Underwriting Gain Masks a Reinsurance Balancing Act
Chubb's Q2 2026 P&C underwriting income jumped 18.8% to $1.94B, but lower catastrophe losses drove it, not pricing, as Greenberg buys more reinsurance.
FCA’s AI Sandbox Cohort 2 Picks 21 Firms From 199 Applications
FCA's AI Sandbox cohort 2 admits 21 firms from 199 applicants, with fraud, governance and compliance use cases leading the selected list.
OSFI’s Catastrophe Bond Rule Skips the 20% Margin, Only for Canada
OSFI catastrophe bonds now earn zero-margin capital credit under Canada's MCT, but only when collateral stays onshore and OSFI pre-approves the deal.