Starwind Specialty names Ashley Orth as COO

Starwind Specialty Insurance Services, a CRC Group company focused on specialty insurance underwriting, has appointed Ashley Orth as its new Chief Operating Officer. The appointment comes as the business continues to develop its specialist underwriting operations and expand its portfolio. Orth joins the senior leadership team with almost two decades of experience across the insurance…

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Amwins and Dragoneer confirm due diligence in final stages for Steadfast acquisition

Steadfast Group, an Australian insurance broker, has announced that Amwins Group, Inc. and Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC (collectively, the Consortium) have confirmed that due diligence is in its final stages and that the key commercial terms of the draft Scheme Implementation Deed have been substantially agreed. In June 2026, Steadfast received a conditional, non-binding and…

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German non-life insurers maintain underwriting discipline despite strong profitability: Fitch

In 2025, German non-life insurers maintained strong underwriting discipline despite achieving very strong underwriting profitability, according to Fitch Ratings. In a recent report, Fitch said German non-life insurers outperformed expectations in 2025. Nevertheless, the ratings agency is maintaining its forecast for the sector’s net combined ratio at 95% for 2026, up from 92% in 2025,…

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Majesco research finds growing gap between insurer priorities and customer protection needs

Majesco, a provider of AI-native and cloud-native software for the insurance industry, has published its latest research examining the growing gap between insurer priorities and customer protection needs. The findings are detailed in Majesco’s latest thought leadership report, The Insurance Alignment Gap: Where Insurer Priorities and Customer Protection Needs Converge…and Diverge. The report explores how…

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Hampden Risk Partners Syndicate 2689 appoints James Drew as Senior Underwriter

Hampden Risk Partners’ (HRP) Syndicate 2689 at Lloyd’s has announced the appointment of James Drew as Senior Underwriter. In his new role, Drew will focus on underwriting a diverse portfolio of proportional business for top-quartile syndicates in the Lloyd’s market. His remit will also include a selective appetite for complementary MGA and company market opportunities…

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AI making security ‘noisier’ as vulnerability disclosures surge 36%: Beazley Security

According to Beazley Security’s Q2 2026 Quarterly Threat Report, the widespread adoption of agentic AI for vulnerability research drove a 36% quarter-over-quarter increase in newly disclosed vulnerabilities, while the methods attackers used to breach organisations remained largely unchanged. “The headline this quarter is that AI made the security industry’s job noisier without making the attacker’s…

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EigenRisk expands catastrophe risk platform with Weatherwatch hail data

EigenRisk, a provider of catastrophe risk management technology, has entered into an agreement with Weatherwatch, an Australian company specialising in storm and weather risk management services. The partnership will bring Weatherwatch’s hail event footprints into EigenRisk’s EigenPrism catastrophe risk management platform. The companies said the agreement is intended to provide insurance and risk professionals with…

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