Lloyd's Exec Joins Fortegra Group as CEO, Belgium
: Global Specialty insurer Fortegra Group Inc. appointed Iwan Röpcke as chief executive officer, Belgium.
Röpcke has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience including broking, commercial leadership, and executiv...
Date: May 8, 2026
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NEAM Appoints Head of Business Development, Europe
: New England Asset Management Ltd. hired Giri Singh as head of business development, Europe.
Singh will be responsible for expanding the firm's U.K. and European insurance asset management business. He will be based in Lo...
Date: May 8, 2026
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SiriusPoint CEO: London, US Specialty Markets Provide Strategic Edge
: SiriusPoint Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Scott Egan described the company’s recent announcement it had restructured to create a new London Market and combined global property/casualty programs divisions as “strategic.”
“I...
Date: May 8, 2026
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Lloyd's Confirms Continuation of Probe Into Possible Policy Breaches
: Lloyd's confirmed an investigation is ongoing concerning policy breaches following the departure of John Neal as chief executive officer.
"The investigation is ongoing, and Lloyd's is taking a careful and considered appro...
Date: May 8, 2026
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MetLife Sells Ukraine Business to Polish Life Insurer
: MetLife Inc. has agreed to sell its venture in Ukraine to Poland's PZU Group, the European company said in a statement.
PZU SA said it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of MetLife Ukra...
Date: May 7, 2026
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Swiss Re CFO: $400 Million Middle East Reserve Driven by Inflation Concerns
: Swiss Re Ltd. has reserved $400 million for secondary impacts of the Middle East war, mainly inflation, but doesn't anticipate major direct losses, its chief financial officer said.
The reinsure established the reserve fo...
Date: May 7, 2026
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With Eye on Data Centers, MS Amlin Launches Property Treaty Consortium
: Lloyd's underwriter MS Amlin has launched a consortium to boost property treaty capacity for all property per risk lines, including data centers.
The property treaty per risk consortium expands MS Amlin's maximum line si...
Date: May 7, 2026
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Hiscox CFO: Middle East Losses Uncertain as Group Launches Supportive Sidecar
: Hiscox Ltd. saw its fastest growth in its retail segment as the group reported growth across the book in the first quarter as a benign natural catastrophe experience offset unspecified estimated losses from the Middle East co...
Date: May 7, 2026
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AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of MSIG Europe SE
: AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of MSIG Europe SE (MSIG Europe) (Belgium). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable....
Date: May 7, 2026
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AM Best Upgrades Performance Assessment of Kay International AMEA Limited
: AM Best has upgraded the Performance Assessment (assessment) to PA-2 (Excellent) from PA-3 (Strong) of Kay International AMEA Limited (Kay) (United Arab Emirates). The outlook of the assessment is stable.
The assessment re...
Date: May 7, 2026
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UK Financial Regulator Reviewing Claims Management Market Practices
: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority is reviewing the claims management market due to concerns that consumers are being harmed because companies are deploying poor practices.
The regulator said the review will...
Date: May 6, 2026
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CEO: Genworth Expects to Deploy $750 Million in Settlement Funds Into CareScout, Buybacks
: Genworth Financial Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer Tom McInerney said the United Kingdom's Court of Appeals has scheduled a hearing this summer on litigation involving insurer Axa in a case over sales at units it shed a decade...
Date: May 6, 2026
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Swiss Re Appoints Exec to Newly Created Head of Transactions Role
: Swiss Re appointed Dean Galligan to the newly created role of head of transactions for the life and health reinsurance business unit, effective Aug. 1.
Galligan joins Swiss Re from Phoenix Group, where he served as chief...
Date: May 6, 2026
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Helvetia Baloise Appoints Head of Corporate Communications
: Helvetia Baloise hired Eva Caroline Mairinger as its new head of corporate communications, effective Aug. 17.
Mairinger will lead the integrated corporate communications function across internal and external communicatio...
Date: May 6, 2026
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IGI Chief Executive: Middle East Uncertainty Will Extend Beyond Any Resolution
: The uncertainty that has emerged because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East will continue even after a resolution is reached, and that will make insurers cautious about jumping right back into that geographical market...
Date: May 6, 2026
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Scor Boosts Middle East Reserves as First-Quarter Profit Rises
: Scor SE posted higher first-quarter net income as the reinsurer added to reserves for the Middle East conflict and other potential losses, its chief executive officer said.
The group added a €300 million ($352.6 million) ...
Date: May 6, 2026
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Axa Posts Double-Digit Life/Health Growth; Reinsurance Premiums Slide
: Axa SA reported 6% premium growth in the first quarter as the group saw catastrophe loss activity that was slightly below budget.
First-quarter gross written premiums and other revenue rose to €38.0 billion ($44.47 billio...
Date: May 5, 2026
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UK-Based Aventum Group Acquires Post & Co in Expansion to Continental Europe
: Managing general agent platform Aventum Group said it has acquired specialist marine MGA Post & Co as a step in its plans to expand in continental Europe.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed in a statement announcing it....
Date: May 5, 2026
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AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Calix Re Limited
: AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Calix Re Limited (Calix Re) (Bermuda). The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings (ratings) is s...
Date: May 5, 2026
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Best’s Market Segment Report: AM Best Maintains Stable Outlook on Spain’s Life Insurance Segment Although Traditional Savings Business Remains Sensitive to Interest Rate Fluctuations
: AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on Spain’s life insurance segment, noting that the positive interest rate environment over the last two years has been one of the primary drivers of the segment’s recovery.
In its n...
Date: May 5, 2026
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