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Kin launches two new coverage options for California homeowners
30th July 2026
Unlike other insurers who pulled back or exited California following catastrophic wildfire losses - leaving over 684,000 Californians relying on the California FAIR Plan - Kin explains that it is moving in the other direction. The company expanded to help California homeowners find coverage in the weeks following the January 2025 ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets announces risk engineering appointments
30th July 2026
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced a series of risk engineering appointments in energy, power, and construction across the UK and MENA. Richard Mundy has been named Principal Risk Engineer – Energy. Based in London, he will be responsible for managing an expanding global client ... Read the full article
Consilium Singapore gets broking license, adds Compton to Cedent Fac team
30th July 2026
Global specialty re/insurance broker Consilium has appointed Ben Compton as Associate Partner to its Cedent Facultative Risk Solutions team in Singapore, which has been granted its broking license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Compton brings over a decade of worth of experience, having most recently served as Vice ... Read the full article
Lockton launches global Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure Practice
29th July 2026
Lockton, an independent insurance broker, has announced the launch of its global Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure Practice, a consultative practice helping organisations navigate the risks associated with the infrastructure that stores, processes, and moves information. The practice further builds on Lockton’s experience in supporting complex digital infrastructure risks globally, including ... Read the full article
Slide sees Q2’26 net income increase 92.4%, CoR improves to 57.6%
29th July 2026
Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc., the technology-enabled insurer, has reported a net income of $134.9 million for the second quarter of 2026, up 92.4% compared to $70.1 million in the same period last year. The company’s combined ratio was 57.6% in the quarter, improving 980 basis points, compared to 67.4% in the ... Read the full article
Swiss Re and SAS partner to strengthen insurers resilience through AI-driven risk intelligence
29th July 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re and SAS, a global leader in data and AI, have entered into a partnership designed to help insurers strengthen resilience through AI-driven risk intelligence and advanced actuarial decisioning. The partnership between the two firms reportedly reflects a "broader industry shift" toward insurance operations that combine AI and ... Read the full article
Kumamoto quake losses likely to remain below 2016 levels: Howden Re Japan
29th July 2026
Howden Re Japan CEO Kentaro Tada suggested that while the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on 28 July was destructive, with early reports indicating dozens of fatalities, hundreds of injuries, and localised structural damage, insured losses are likely to remain well below those from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake ... Read the full article
The Hanover posts record net income of $192m as CEO confirms retirement
29th July 2026
The Hanover Insurance Group, the US-based property and casualty insurer headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts, reported net income of $191.6 million in the second quarter of 2026, up from $157 million a year earlier, as the combined ratio improved to 91.2% from 92.5% in the same period of 2025. Operating income rose ... Read the full article
Rokstone Agriculture expands livestock offering with new $20m AXA XL capacity agreement
29th July 2026
Rokstone, an international specialty re/insurance managing general agent (MGA), has announced that its Agriculture division has entered into a new capacity agreement with AXA XL, introducing an excess livestock risks facility with limits of up to USD $20 million. The company said the facility strengthens its livestock proposition by providing additional ... Read the full article
Lemonade’s revenue jumps 79% to $294m in Q2’26
29th July 2026
Lemonade, the AI-driven insurer, has reported second quarter 2026 revenue of $294.4 million, an increase of $130.3 million, or 79%, compared with Q2 2025. The company said the revenue growth was primarily driven by higher gross earned premium and an improved premium retention rate following the reduction in quota share cession ... Read the full article
Verisk acquires McKenzie Intelligence Services to enhance catastrophe event insights
29th July 2026
Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the insurance industry, has acquired McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), a geospatial intelligence and event response company specialising in global real-time catastrophe and conflict event analysis. MIS offers both pre-event alerting and post-event exposure damage and quantification for catastrophic events, providing insurers, reinsurers, ... Read the full article
European insurers set for resilient earnings despite slower growth, says S&P
29th July 2026
European insurers are expected to deliver solid profitability through the remainder of 2026 despite subdued growth, according to S&P Global Ratings, the credit ratings, market intelligence and financial research firm. The agency said investment income is gradually improving, although returns remain constrained as insurers continue replacing lower-yielding bonds purchased before 2022. "We ... Read the full article
Sustainability increasingly embedded in Lloyd’s insurers investment strategy: NEAM
29th July 2026
New England Asset Management Limited’s (NEAM) recent survey found that sustainability is continuing to move beyond compliance and into Lloyd’s insurers’ core investment, risk, and governance frameworks. NEAM has released its annual Lloyd’s Investment Survey, revealing that environmental, social and governance considerations remain embedded in investment decision-making across the Lloyd’s of ... Read the full article
Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions delivers revenue of $711m in Q2’26
29th July 2026
Global broking group Aon's reinsurance arm generated revenue of $711 million in the second quarter of 2026, an increase of 3%, or 5% on an organic basis compared with the prior year's $688 million, driven by growth in treaty placements. Aon attributes the growth in treaty placements within Reinsurance Solutions to ... Read the full article
PPL launches new market intelligence offering supported by AXA XL
29th July 2026
PPL has launched Service Benchmarks, a new market intelligence offering that tracks service delivery performance against a market benchmark, with development supported by a group of early-adopter market firms, including AXA XL. "In a market where brokers increasingly expect rapid responses and transparency, service performance has become a key differentiator for ... Read the full article
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