As the reinsurance market enters the upcoming renewal season against the backdrop of an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing risk landscape, clients need support in in identifying evolving exposures and risk accumulations through data and analytics, underwriting expertise and tailored solutions to manage this complex environment.
Reinsurers are entering the January 2027 renewal season with record capital levels and strong profitability, creating favourable conditions for buyers. Gallagher Re said dedicated reinsurance capital reached a new high of $688bn at the end of the first half of 2026, while non-life alternative capital rose 9% to $147bn.
Descartes Underwriting, a global provider of corporate parametric (re)insurance solutions for climate and emerging risks, and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), the business unit of Generali Group providing insurance solutions and services to medium and large companies in more than 180 countries, have renewed their strategic partnership.
Samsung's insurance businesses are reportedly pursuing two major overseas investments that could together be worth as much as $6.6bn, as the South Korean group looks to expand beyond its domestic market. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance is in talks over an additional stake in London-based specialty (re)insurer Canopius, while Samsung Life Insurance is considering an investment of about 15% in US retirement and asset-management company Principal Financial Group (PFG), according to South Korean financial media.
Dai-ichi Life Group's New Zealand subsidiary, Partners Group Holdings, has agreed to acquire 100% of Fidelity Life Assurance Company for NZ$630m ($369m). This effectively expands the Japanese insurer's presence in the country's life insurance market. The transaction, which remains subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions, is expected to close by July 2027.
Leading global reinsurers, have recorded 19.9% return on equity (ROE) for 1H2026, the second-highest half-year result recorded over the past decade.
QBE Insurance Group confirmed on 1 September 2026 that it had completed the divestment of its global trade credit and surety operations to Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group.
New Zealand's insurance regulator, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has published new research addressing significant knowledge gaps within Aotearoa New Zealand's financial system about experiences of local indigenous people with insurances.
Over the coming four years, the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) is planning to strengthen delivery of Australia's terrorism and cyclone reinsurance pools, while making greater use of its unique data and insights to support risk mitigation and resilience.
The insurance part of pensions is set to increase, and minimal pension to be raised, to KGS8,800 ($100) in Kyrgyzstan, effective 1 October 2026.