Munich Re's Ergo: AI Will Cut 1,000 German Jobs by 2030 Without Layoffs
: Munich Re's primary insurance affiliate Ergo expects about 1,000 jobs in its German operations to be replaced with the aid of artificial intelligence over the next five years, but the group doesn't expect any of those cuts to...
Date: February 19, 2026
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Aegon Sees Second-Half Profit Fall Amid Shift to United States
: Aegon Ltd. continued its effort to focus on the U.S. market and seek alternatives for the U.K. business as its second-half profit fell.
The life and retirement group is focused on relocating its head office and domicile t...
Date: February 19, 2026
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Santam Approved for Reinsurance Branch in India's GIFT City
: Santam Ltd. said its reinsurance arm gained a license to establish a reinsurance branch office at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, India's International Financial Services Center.
Santam Re will operate as int...
Date: February 19, 2026
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Best’s Special Report: EMEA Ratings Benchmarking Shows Improving Credit Quality, but Common Themes Highlighted as Weaknesses
: Ratings of (re)insurers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) showed improvement in 2025, according to a new report from AM Best.
In its new Best’s Special Report, “Benchmarking EMEA Ratings – Improving Credit Quali...
Date: February 18, 2026
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Pinion Insurance Launches With $180 Million Barings Commitment, Will Provide MGA Capacity
: Specialty insurance platform Pinon Insurance has launched to provide capacity to managing general agents globally and has secured a $180 million commitment from asset manager Barings.
The new company said in a statement i...
Date: February 18, 2026
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Fidelis Insurance Appoints Group Chief Actuary
: Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. has appointed Shane O’Donovan as group chief actuary.
O’Donovan will oversee actuarial capabilities globally. He will also be responsible for optimizing allocation and deployment of capital...
Date: February 18, 2026
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Hiscox Re Names Leader of Newly Launched Hiscox Capital Partners
: Hiscox Re & ILS, now known as Hiscox Re, is launching Hiscox Capital Partners and has appointed Liz Breeze to lead the team.
Breeze has more than 20 years of experience in insurance and more than 14 years at Hiscox, inclu...
Date: February 17, 2026
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Aon Reinsurance Solutions Names CEO of Global Facultative
: Aon plc has named Nick Fraccalvieri to succeed Andrew Laing as chief executive officer of global facultative for Aon’s reinsurance solutions, effective March 1.
Laing will now focus fully on his responsibilities as U.K. C...
Date: February 17, 2026
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ABI: UK Property Claims Hit $8.24 Billion in 2025
: Insurers in the United Kingdom paid out £6.1 billion ($8.24 billion) in property claims during 2025, including £1.5 billion during the year’s final quarter, the Association of British Insurers said.
Weather-related claims...
Date: February 17, 2026
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Markel Insurance Promotes Head of Risk to Chief Risk Officer
: Markel Insurance has promoted Colin Wildey to chief risk officer for Markel International, subject to regulatory approval.
In his new role, Wildey will focus on further enhancing how risk informs decision-making across th...
Date: February 17, 2026
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Excess & Surplus MGA Tapco Underwriting Rebrands as CRC Tapco
: CRC Group said its Tapco Underwriters Inc. managing general agent has been rebranded as CRC Tapco to highlight the connection between the two.
The excess and surplus lines MGA specializes in the placement of commercial an...
Date: February 17, 2026
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Beazley, Zurich Extend $10.85 Billion Acquisition Deadline
: Beazley plc and Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. have extended their due diligence on the proposed £8 billion ($10.85 billion) acquisition of Beazley by Zurich as the groups said they are making progress.
The deadline was exte...
Date: February 17, 2026
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Talanx Closes on Acquisition of Polish Entities From Meiji Yasuda Life
: Talanx AG said it completed its acquisition of two insurers in Poland from Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co.
The Germany-based group and Meiji Yasuda Life mutually agreed to terminate a strategic cooperation as of the end o...
Date: February 17, 2026
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Foresters Financial CEO Sees Adviser-Led Sales as 'Bread-and-Butter'
: Matt Berman, president and chief executive officer of Foresters Financial, said he sees adviser-led sales as the "bread-and-butter" of the company's business, as it seeks to find a middle ground between that and direct-to-con...
Date: February 17, 2026
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Best’s Special Report: U.S. Economy Grows Despite Emerging Headwinds
: The U.S. economy entered 2026 from a position of relative strength, continuing to outperform most advanced economies in 2025, a theme that is expected to persist in the coming year, according to a new AM Best report.
Accordin...
Date: February 17, 2026
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Mapfre Re Latest Reinsurer Approved for India Branch
: Spain's Mapfre Re said it won regulatory approval to open a branch office in India, the latest in a string of foreign underwriters to do so.
Mapfre Re was approved by India's International Financial Services Centers Autho...
Date: February 13, 2026
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Tokio Marine: Rates Rise, Cat Losses Drop as Fiscal Third-Quarter Profit Rises to $5.88 Billion
: Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter profit rose to ¥899.2 billion ($5.88 billion) from ¥895.2 billion, which the insurer attributed to strong international business underwriting results, lower capital losses in ...
Date: February 13, 2026
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Generali to Hire 150 Experts for 'Core Tech' Center
: Generali Group is building a team of about 150 experts as it launches Generali Core Tech, a group software factory, to boost the multiple-line insurer's technology transformation.
The effort is in line with its "Lifetime ...
Date: February 13, 2026
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India Allows 100% Foreign Investment in Insurers
: Foreign companies are now permitted to own up to 100% of an insurance company in India under recent insurance law amendments, a government agency said.
The order was released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Dep...
Date: February 13, 2026
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AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Cavello Bay Reinsurance Limited Following the Acquisition of AF Group by Enstar Group Limited
: AM Best has commented that the Credit Ratings (ratings) of Cavello Bay Reinsurance Limited (Cavello Bay) (Bermuda), a subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited (ENSTAR) (Bermuda), are unchanged following Enstar’s announcement that i...
Date: February 13, 2026
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