Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility sees £19.6bn of risks secure cover: ABI
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced that the industry’s Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility has reported a second successful year, with a total of 730 risks securing insurance cover with a total sum of £19.6 billion, up from 703 risks in the previous year. Launched in April 2024, the facility was created by re/insurance…
Acrisure unveils Palantir-powered AI platform for insurance operations
Acrisure, a global financial technology and insurance company, has unveiled Auris AI, its applied AI platform designed to connect data, workflows, and AI-assisted decision-making across its portfolio of services. Built on Palantir’s platform, the system integrates client, carrier, contract and operational data into a unified engine, helping insurance professionals identify opportunities, coordinate workflows and serve…
Rokstone Agriculture reaches $125m premium income since launch
Rokstone Agriculture, a specialist agriculture and livestock MGU, part of the international speciality re/insurance MGA Rokstone, has reached USD 125 million in premium income since its launch, including USD 34 million in GWP during the 12 months to ending June 2026. Five years after entering the market, Rokstone Agriculture, led by Eric Conklin, is now…
Digital footprint data can improve cyber claim prediction: Gallagher Re and KYND
A new study conducted by global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re and KYND, a cyber risk intelligence provider that helps businesses and insurers understand and manage cyber exposure, has disclosed that digital footprint data can improve cyber claim prediction beyond traditional underwriting factors including revenue, industry, and geography. Ed Pocock, Global Head of Cyber Security at…
WTW names Owens as Head of Captive & Insurance Management Solutions, Ireland
Willis, a WTW business, has promoted Gerard Owens to Head of Captive and Insurance Management Solutions, Ireland, effective 1 November 2026. In his new role, Owens succeeds Trevor Madden, who will lead Willis’ Captive and Insurance Management Solutions business in Singapore. Owens will report to Elizabeth Carbonaro, Managing Director, Captive and Insurance Management Solutions, Europe…
Property cat XoL reinsurance rates expected to fall by at least 10% at 1.1 2027, reports KBW
KBW, a financial services firm providing research and advisory services across the insurance and reinsurance sectors, expects property catastrophe excess-of-loss (XoL) reinsurance rates to fall by at least 10% at the 1 January 2027 renewals. The outlook comes from KBW’s commentary following the 2026 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS), where the firm met with 16 companies…
Best Sex Toy Advent Calendars For Christmas 2026, From Ann Summers To Lovehoney
The weather outside might be frightful, but your bed is so delightful. The only thing that can make it any better is adding a sex toy into the mix. They don’t call it the most wonderful time of the year for nothing. We’re cooped up inside, surrounded by mistletoe, what else are we supposed to…
Adéla Sets The Record Straight Over Supposed Katseye Feud
Adéla is quashing the suggestion there’s any beef between herself and the members of Katseye. The Slovak singer first shot to international fame as a hopeful on Netflix’s star search Dream Academy, the series which eventually led to the formation of the six-piece “global girl group”. While Adéla wound up being one of the first…
Bloc Cyber launches as new cyber insurance and technology E&O brokerage
Bloc Cyber, a specialty cyber insurance brokerage, has officially launched as an independent, carrier-agnostic firm aiming to serve regulated industries nationwide. The firm, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, provides access to over 100 specialty cyber carriers and delivers quote turnarounds in under 24 hours. With compliance-mapped programmes addressing HIPAA, CMMC, PCI-DSS, FERPA, GLBA, and SOC…
Laura Coppola joins Munich Re Specialty, North America
Global reinsurer Munich Re has appointed Laura Coppola as Head of Underwriting Management, US, Binding Authorities at Munich Re Specialty, North America (MRS-NA). In her new role, Coppola will lead a team of US-based underwriting managers who, along with members of the Binding Authorities managed underwriting team in London, are responsible for the overseeing and…
