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The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), a specialty insurance and reinsurance group, has appointed Greg Bowman as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bermuda, Mark Herget as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Insurance Bermuda and Deputy Group Head of Property and Head of Property Binders, and Danny Mereu as CUO Bermuda. TFP explained that these appointments aim to strengthen…
Global insured losses from natural disasters reached USD $92 billion between January and September 2026, representing the lowest total for the first nine months of a year since 2019. According to Gallagher Re, the reinsurance broking and advisory firm, its latest Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report shows that insured losses were 29% lower than the…
Earlier this month, the Withnail & I actor got the current season of the Bafta-winning reality show off to a jaw-dropping start when he outed himself as a Traitor only moments after being selected in an apparent botched attempt at a double bluff. The Sun subsequently published a piece on Monday night, alleging that Richard…
Legal and General Assurance Society Limited (L&G) and the Trustee of the UBS (UK) Group Pension Plan have announced the successful competition of a £1.7 billion buy-in covering the UBS Section of the Plan, securing the benefits of more than 7,000 members. According to the announcement, the agreement is the largest announced UK pension risk…
Vinnie Jones has opened up about his 10-year rift with director Guy Ritchie. In 2024, the footballer-turned-actor reunited with the director on the TV series The Gentlemen, a decade after they first fell out. Guy directed Vinnie’s acting debut, 1998’s Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, and the pair went on to reunite on Snatch….
DUAL, an international specialist underwriting business, has expanded its Title & Legal Indemnity insurance capabilities through a new international binder aimed at supporting complex property and cross-border transactions. The agreement is led by AXA XL, with additional backing from Liberty, Chaucer, AXIS and Intact, increasing the capacity available to clients and extending the geographical scope…
There are measures in place to stop kids coming across, and accessing, porn – all of the UK’s top 10 (and the majority of the top 100) porn sites now have age checks in place to deter children from accessing adult content. But a July poll by Radio 5 Live and BBC Bitesize, of 2,000…
Sompo Japan Insurance, one of Japan’s largest property and casualty (P&C) insurers, has joined CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry, to upgrade its underwriting and portfolio management infrastructure across Asia. The Tokyo-based insurer has spent the past several years building its cyber capabilities, developing a tailored cyber offering for its…
PERILS, the independent Zurich-based provider of catastrophe insurance market data, has released its second industry loss estimate for the severe convective storms (SCS) that affected Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy from 13 to 19 July 2026, placing losses at EUR 2,806 million. From 13 to 19 July 2026, a wave of SCSs was triggered by…
Donald Trump lashed out at reporters multiple times during a chaotic briefing in the White House. “Listen to you. Hey, I’m not pointing. You better, you better, I don’t know who the hell you are, but you better be careful,” he said in an obscure threat to one reporter. “Quiet. Quiet! What’s wrong with you?…