Menopause Bladder Leaks: The Natural Supplement Helping Stop Bladder Incontinence
Finally, we’re starting to get real about menopause. It might have happened to women and people with vulvas for, well, ever but it’s only been over the last few decades that we’ve started to open up about what that actually means. There’s still one criminally under-discussed aspect of menopause we think is due for a…
Strong Vaginal Smell And Brown Discharge? It Could Be A Retained Tampon
A GP has opened up about how a strong vaginal odour could signal a fairly common tampon error. In an Instagram post, Dr Nada Hassan spoke of “the smell every GP recognises instantly” – the strong odour emitted from a retained tampon. A retained tampon is pretty much what you’d expect it to be: a…
Closing cyber protection gap a major business opportunity: Munich Re
Speaking during the firm’s briefing at the 2026 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo, Stefan Golling, a Member of the Board of Management of Munich Re, suggested that the industry has not done enough to close the significant cyber protection gap, while also flagging the major business opportunity in doing so as Munich Re…
Compre completes retrospective structured ADC transaction with Lloyd’s syndicate
Compre Group Holdings Limited (Compre), the Bermuda-domiciled international specialty reinsurance group, has reached an agreement on a retrospective structured adverse development cover (ADC) transaction with a Lloyd’s syndicate. The transaction covers the syndicate’s 2023 and prior Years of Account on a whole-account basis, spanning a multi-line portfolio of property and casualty business and assumed reinsurance,…
Moody’s warns uncertainty around emerging risks could constrain re/insurance growth
Speaking at their firm’s briefing in Monte Carlo today, Brandan Holmes, SVP at Moody’s Ratings, and Joe Melly, Head of Casualty and Financial Lines at Moody’s Insurance Solutions, warned that insurers are navigating an increasingly interconnected and uncertain emerging-risk landscape. They said risks are crossing traditional lines of business and becoming more difficult to model,…
Treaty reinsurance made up just over 26% of total written London premiums in 2025: IUA
According to the International Underwriting Association’s (IUA) latest report, just over 26% of premiums written in London in 2025 were treaty reinsurance, with direct and facultative contracts making up the remaining 74%. These proportions are almost unchanged from the previous year and consolidate a steady increase in the relative importance of treaty business over recent…
How Do We Define The Far-Right?
Leader of far right AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election. How do we define the far-right? It’s a phrase which has been long associated with those on the political fringes, like the English Defence League (EDL) and…
Inconsistencies in critical infrastructure clauses create uncertainty for cyber re/insurers: Lockton Re
Critical infrastructure clauses in cyber insurance are inconsistent across the market, creating uncertainty for insurers, reinsurers, brokers and policyholders, according to a report by Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of Lockton. Critical infrastructure presents systemic exposures for the cyber market. Those exposures span utilities, telecommunications and financial infrastructure, and sit beyond the scope of the…
Latin American reinsurance market maintains growth despite prolonged soft cycle: AM Best
AM Best, a global credit rating agency specialising in the insurance sector, says the Latin American reinsurance market has remained resilient despite weaker economic growth, significant catastrophe exposures and a prolonged soft market. Its September 2026 Market Segment Report highlights continued premium growth, abundant reinsurance capacity and opportunities created by the region’s substantial insurance protection…
Global reinsurance sector expected to remain well capitalised despite softer pricing: S&P
S&P Global Ratings, a global provider of credit ratings, research and financial analysis, expects the international reinsurance sector to remain strongly capitalised and profitable through 2026 and 2027. The company said reinsurers should have sufficient financial strength to absorb significant losses, although the market continues to face challenges from rising claims costs, climate-related uncertainty and…
