Atish Suri, CEO India, Middle East & Africa, stated,"In the...
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Peak Re ends 2025 with a $2.2 billion gross premium and net profit of $189 million
During 2025, the growth of Peak Re was primarily driven by the...
Apr1 Renewals: Reinsurance buyers in APAC secure double‑digit rate reductions, says Aon
Global demand for reinsurance increased by approximately 10 percent...
Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India
Sanctions on Russian oil insurers will prompt Russia to price its crude below $60 a barrel so Moscow can continue to use Western insurance and tankers Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and...
New U.S. sanctions against Russian energy interests
Two Russia-based maritime insurance providers: Ingosstrakh Insurance Company and Alfastrakhovanie Group, both previously sanctioned by the UK and 69 vessels owned by Sovcomflot, including 54 oil and product tankers and four liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers have...
Europe asks airlines to steer clear of Russia Airspace after Azeri plane crash
In 2024, commercial aviation suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the Azerbaijan Air crash and Jeju Air Co. disaster in South Korea drove up the toll in late December. In the Jeju accident, all but two of the 181 people on board died The European Union...
South Korea jet crash puts fast-growing Jeju Air’s safety under scrutiny
Authorities have suggested a bird strike contributed to the accident, but as part of their probe into the incident aboard Boeing 737-800, police have raided the airlines’ Seoul office to seize documents related to the operation and maintenance of the plane Before it...
Los Angeles fire to cause about $20 billion of insured losses, unlikely to trigger major losses for cat bonds
The fires sweeping across Los Angeles are now on track to cause about $20 billion of insured losses, according to an estimate by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. That’s twice as much as the Wall Street bank had predicted just 24 hours earlier as analysts try to...
US ‘notorious markets’ report warns of risks from online pharmacies
The report says 96 per cent of online pharmacies were found to be violating the law, many operating without a license and selling medicines without prescriptions and safety warnings. Nearly all of the world's 35,000 online pharmacies are being run illegally and...
McGill offers property war reinsurance for Ukraine
McGill said it had collaborated with local Ukrainian insurer ARX to provide up to $50 million in cover for each commercial property policy, with reinsurance from companies in London, including Lloyd’s of London syndicates Broker McGill and Partners has launched a...
Los Angeles wildfire economic loss estimates top $50 bln
J.P. Morgan believes that insured losses originating from the wildfire could be around $10 billion, "We expect a majority of the losses to be related to homeowners' coverage and a significantly lesser amount to commercial," it said U.S. private forecaster AccuWeather...
Global natural disasters cause $ 320 bn of economic losses, $140 bn of insurance claims in 2024 : Munich Re
Weather catastrophes were responsible for 93% of overall losses and 97% of insured losses. Around 11,000 people lost their lives as a result of natural disasters in 2024 – significantly fewer than the average. Non-peak perils are increasingly fuelling the trend of...
Lloyd’s CEO John Neal to join Aon as global Reinsurance CEO and chairman of climate solutions
John Neal Neal, after six years in Lloyd's as a CEO, will play an important role in delivering Reinsurance solutions to meet the evolving demands of today's dynamic marketplace. He will be based in London, reporting to Andy Marcell, CEO of Risk Capital for Aon, and...