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Berkshire taps Charlie Shamieh to succeed Ajit Jain as insurance chief, WSJ reports
Charlie Shamieh,chairman, Gen Re Berkshire owns reinsurer Gen Re,...
Geopolitical and legal volatility accelerates for insurance buyers:Aon says
“Conflicts, supply‑chain disruption and sanctions exposure are...
Beazley rejects Zurich’s take over offer
“If it makes sense for our shareholders to do a transaction, then we’ll do a transaction,” Beazley Chief Executive Officer Adrian Cox said in an interview. “It just needs to be a Premier League price for a Premier League company.” London:Beazley Plc has rejected...
SCOR and AXA jointly to launch Lloyd’s consortium for ecological restoration insurance
Jean-Paul Conoscente, CEO of SCOR P&C, commented: “Restore enhances the likelihood of successful completion for ecological restoration projects and provides greater project confidence. By partnering with AXA, we can scale our impact and help address one of the...
Korean Re launches operations in India’s GIFT City
JG Won, President & CEO, Korean Re, announcing the launch of company's operations in India's GIFT City in Mumbai on Tuesday ``We will officially commence operations in GIFT City from April 2026. India is a high growth and long term market for us. We will do all...
Severe convective storms: Costliest insured global peril in 21st century, says Aon Report
"This year's report highlights the growing need for collaboration among organizations, insurers, governments and communities.The insurance industry is well-positioned to act as a strategic partner to help navigate these challenges, bringing record levels of capital to...
AM Best revises global reinsurance outlook to Stable from Positive, notes accelerated softening in Property pricing
Although competitive conditions have increased in property catastrophe covers, reinsurers remain disciplined with terms and conditions and attachment points largely intact London: International rating agency AM Best has revised its outlook for the global reinsurance...
Trump’s Greenland threat puts Europe Inc back in tariff crosshairs
The shock move has rattled through industry and sent shockwaves through markets amid fears of a return to the volatility of last year’s trade war, which was only eased with tariff deals reached in the middle of the year. LONDON/FRANKFURT/PARIS: Just as European...
Zurich Insurance offers $10 billion to buy UK insurer Beazley
Switzerland's Zurich said the offer it had gone public with on Monday was an improved bid, after Beazley's management rejected on Friday its initial offer, made on January 4. LONDON: Zurich Insurance Group announced a 7.67 billion pound ($10.3 billion) all-cash offer...
2025 among world’s three hottest years on record,WMO says
The WMO, which consolidates eight climate datasets from around the world, said six of them – including the European Union’s European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the British national weather service – had ranked 2025 as the third warmest,...
Denmark-US rift triggers NATO deployment of forces in Greenland
“For us, ideas that would not respect territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination of the Greenland people are of course totally unacceptable and we therefore still have a fundamental disagreement,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars...
Surging oil tanker insurance points to growing Black Sea chaos
Underwriters are now charging about 1% of the value of a ship for calls at any port in the region, according to people involved in the market. That’s up from about 0.7% at the end of last month. The cost of insuring ships sailing through the Black Sea is surging...