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Jamie Miller’s road to the number one spot is certainly a fitting success story for 2026. Last week, the Welsh singer’s hit Babydoll topped the UK singles chart two months on from its release, after becoming a viral hit on TikTok. But while, at first glance, Jamie might seem like an overnight success, he’s actually…
The Hartford, a US insurance and financial services provider, has reported a net income available to common stockholders of $1.3 billion for the third quarter of 2026, a 23% increase from $1.1 billion in the same period a year earlier. During the quarter, Property & Casualty (P&C) written premiums increased by 4%, driven by Business…
The Asia Pacific reinsurance market remains firmly in buyers’ favour, with a key challenge for insurers being not whether capacity is available in the competitive landscape, but how to deploy reinsurance most effectively, according to global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re. In its 2026 Asia Pacific Market Watch report, Gallagher Re explained that ample capacity, strong…
This article contains major spoilers for the latest season of Slow Horses. Slow Horses director Adam Randall has opened up about what went into creating one of the show’s most shocking death sequences. Earlier this month, many Slow Horses viewers were left shocked when JK Coe, played in the series by Tom Brooke, was killed…
The Ardonagh Group, a large independent insurance distribution platform, has announced it will adopt the Orvia Underwriting brand across its suite of leading managing general agent (MGA) businesses. The unified platform brings together more than $3 billion in gross written premium (GWP) and triggers a number of executive appointments designed to drive and accelerate the…
Friends fans the world over will be tuning into Netflix this week to check out the streaming platform’s new documentary about the late Matthew Perry. The three-part series The One About Matthew Perry premiered on the service on Tuesday morning. Netflix said in an official synopsis the series will explore “the full scope of who…
Oman Re, the Sultanate of Oman’s sole reinsurer, has reported an increase in reinsurance revenue for the first nine months of 2026 to OMR 41.1 million (USD 107 million), up from OMR 40.2 million (USD 104.7 million) in the comparable prior year period. The reinsurer explained that stronger technical earnings were a key contributor, as…
The Fortegra Group, Inc., a global specialty insurer and part of DB Insurance Co., Ltd., has appointed Guy House as Senior Vice President, Treaty Reinsurance. House holds more than 18 years of London market experience, having reportedly written and bought reinsurance across multiple product lines and tiers, including property, marine, energy, terrorism and aviation. Fortegra…
Swiss Re expects pricing at the 1 January 2027 renewals across EMEA to vary, emphasising that the region is not a single market and that a deal-by-deal, client-by-client approach is needed to understand individual market idiosyncrasies and match sustainable reinsurance models to clients’ needs. In our latest video interview, Reinsurance News spoke with Nikhil da…
The Netherlands will not be competing in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after all. Last year, The Netherlands was one of five countries to pull out of the competition in protest over Israel’s involvement, in light of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Earlier this year, the country’s national broadcaster Avrotros announced it would…