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WTW’s enhanced mortality model to help re/insurers price & manage longevity risk more accurately
15th July 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broker WTW has announced the launch of a new version of its Geospatial Mortality Model (GMM), designed to provide enhanced predictive capabilities to the US pension risk transfer market. While US pension plan sponsors already use the GMM to set longevity assumptions, this new release is now ... Read the full article
2023 attachment point shift helps reinsurers outperform industry cat trends: JP Morgan
10th July 2026
Since the turn of the market in 2023, reinsurers have benefited from the favourable economics, enabling them to outperform industry catastrophe trends, according to JP Morgan’s recent ‘Love Actuary’ report. In 2023, reinsurance pricing experienced a substantial surge of nearly 30% based on figures from Guy Carpenter. Beyond these significant rate hikes, ... Read the full article
AI infrastructure investment is reshaping commercial risk pools: Swiss Re
10th July 2026
The rapid construction of increasingly large and complex data centres has triggered a surge in demand for insurance, fuelled by growing investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, energy systems and semiconductor manufacturing. According to Swiss Re’s Sigma 2026 report, AI hyperscaler capital expenditure is expected to reach $750 billion in ... Read the full article
APRA finalises amendments to reinsurance reforms to boost flexibility
8th July 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has finalised amendments to the general insurance and reinsurance framework to improve access to alternative reinsurance options while simultaneously safeguarding the interests of policyholders. This reform represents the completion of APRA’s fourth commitment under its ‘Getting the Balance Right’ agenda, successfully easing the regulatory burden ... Read the full article
A shared understanding of risk is key to building resilience: Swiss Re’s Lot
7th July 2026
As European temperatures break records, a number of players need to work together to build climate resilience, with the insurance and reinsurance industry acting as a “translator of risk” to help unite fragmented adaptation efforts, CUO P&C Re Gianfranco Lot highlighted at Swiss Re’s first Swiss Resilience Day. The summit, held ... Read the full article
Fortitude Re and Unum sign $3.8bn long-term care reinsurance agreement
6th July 2026
Global reinsurer Fortitude Re has signed a $3.8 billion long-term care (LTC) reinsurance transaction between its subsidiary, Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (FRL) and Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Unum), a subsidiary of Unum Group. Upon receipt of regulatory approvals and subject to satisfaction or waiver of certain other customary closing conditions, ... Read the full article
Sidecar formation continued to increase in 2025 with total reserves exceeding $90bn: AM Best
3rd July 2026
The formation of sidecars experienced a significant increase in 2025, driven by strong annuity sales in the United States, according to a new report by credit rating agency AM Best. During this period, total reserves ceded to these entities rose to over $90 billion, a sharp increase from the $55 billion ... Read the full article
TFP’s Syndicate 3123 secures $75m of multi-year nat cat reinsurance via first cat bond
2nd July 2026
The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), a specialty insurance and reinsurance group, has announced that Syndicate 3123, one of its Lloyd's syndicates, has successfully secured $75 million of reinsurance protection from the capital markets through its first catastrophe bond transaction, Woody Re 2026-1. Facilitated through a segregated account of Arthur Re Ltd., a ... Read the full article
Demex launches “first-of-its-type” winter storm reinsurance product
29th June 2026
Demex, a technology-enabled reinsurance solution provider, has announced a new winter storm product, to protect primary carriers from losses caused by unexpected storms, cold temperatures, and heavier than usual snowfall. Described as the first-of-its-type, this new reinsurance solution is based on Demex’s successful working-layer, aggregate reinsurance solution for severe convective storm ... Read the full article
Insured losses from Venezuela quakes likely to be a ‘fraction’ of total multi-billion economic loss: Aon
26th June 2026
Insurance industry losses related to the two major earthquakes that hit Venezuela this week are anticipated to represent only a small portion of the billions of dollars in economic losses expected from this catastrophe, according to broking group Aon’s recent Weekly Cat Report. Northwestern Venezuela, specifically the area west of Caracas, ... Read the full article
Matthias Meyenhofer to lead Swiss Re’s new Group Broker Management Practice
26th June 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the launch of a new Group Broker Management Practice, to be led by Matthias Meyenhofer as Group Broker Executive. The new practice is a dedicated unit designed to centralise the management of relationships with primary brokers and intermediaries for the Swiss ... Read the full article
QDB and SACE sign export credit reinsurance deal to back joint exports
17th June 2026
Qatar Development Bank (QDB) and SACE S.p.A., Italy’s export credit agency and one of the world’s leading Export Credit Agencies (ECAs), signed an export credit reinsurance agreement. Signed on June 11, 2026, this agreement creates a framework for both institutions to facilitate collaborative export activities involving Qatari and Italian firms in ... Read the full article
Aon’s new AI platform to help insurers rapidly assess exclusions in reinsurance contracts
16th June 2026
Aon, a major global professional services and consulting firm, has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Contract AI, designed to enhance contract certainty through the rapid analysis of reinsurance coverage. Contract AI interrogates Aon’s entire U.S. and Canada contract database from the past three years in real-time to identify global ... Read the full article
Pacific Life Re completes third asset-intensive block reinsurance deal with Anshin Life
9th June 2026
Life reinsurer Pacific Life Re has announced its third asset-intensive block reinsurance deal with Tokio Marine & Nichido Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Anshin Life), a domestic life insurance subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings. Focused on in-force whole of life policies, the deal is designed to mitigate long-term interest rate risk within ... Read the full article
IGI to open a new branch in India’s GIFT City as it secures license
8th June 2026
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. (IGI) has secured a license to operate in India’s Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), the country’s first and only operational international financial services centre. The expansion follows registration approval from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to establish an IFSCA Insurance Office (IIO). IGI’s India ... Read the full article
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