Global healthcare leaders face two emerging risk categories that have no current names in indemnity terminology: the 'look-back problem' and the 'AI monoculture risk'.
The Ardonagh Group has launched Axiiem, a new InsurTech business designed to connect data, distribution and capacity more intelligently across specialty insurance.
Across the 1 June and 1 July 2026 reinsurance renewals, insurers achieved double-digit pricing reductions and improved terms and conditions on their property catastrophe reinsurance placements. Global reinsurance demand increased by more than 10%, driven by expanded reinsurer product offerings and stronger appetite from US insurers to purchase additional protection at the top of programs.
Reinsurance renewals in the Middle East remains concentrated on ensuring continuity of cover for clients during the evolving geopolitical tensions between Iran and the US, according to Guy Carpenter, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and a Marsh business.
The latest Global Insurance Report from Allianz has revealed that Asia will be the life insurance industry's principal growth engine.
Leading insurers globally are lagging in addressing climate, biodiversity and social risks despite growing threats from global warming, according to a new report by responsible investment NGO ShareAction, supported by WWF. The fourth edition of the Insuring Disaster benchmark assessed 40 of the world's largest property and casualty insurers and found that most received poor grades for their climate-related policies. Allianz and Achmea were the only insurers to receive a B rating.
The global property reinsurance market remained highly competitive during the mid-year renewal season, supported by abundant capacity and a growing appetite from reinsurers that continued to put pressure on pricing, according to global risk and reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter.
Registration for the 22nd edition of Singapore International Reinsurance Conference (SIRC) are now open. The SIRC will return this November with the theme "Capacity to Capability". It reflects the industry's focus on deepening expertise and building capabilities to navigate an increasingly interconnected and uncertain risk landscape.
A rapid escalation and convergence of AI, geopolitical risks and regulations is causing businesses to face permanent high-risk environment, according to a new research by global law firm Clyde & Co.
World's largest reinsurers are taking increasingly different approaches to fossil fuel expansion, according to a new briefing published by Insure Our Future campaign.