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Over the last year, I’ve tested plenty of LED products on my face. I’m happy to say it really works – of all the skincare advice out there, LED therapy has been proven to boost cellular repair and, on your face, improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. But (news to me) apparently that’s…
InEvo Re, a Bermuda Class E life and annuity reinsurer, has completed two reinsurance transactions with two new UK insurance clients. According to the firm, the transactions are evidence of its “leading position” in the UK funded reinsurance market, and reflect its expanding capacity to deliver complex, tailored solutions to insurers across international markets. Alex…
After a truly stacked 2026, Anne Hathaway’s fifth and final movie of the year is finally in cinemas. In her latest film, Verity, the Oscar winner shares the screen with Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in a big-screen adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel of the same name. The erotic thriller centres around a successful…
The previously announced deal between Munich Re’s US life reinsurance subsidiary, Munich American Reassurance Company (Munich Re Life US) and Manulife Financial Corporation, which sees the former assume the biometric risk on a USD 3.2 billion block of the latter’s long-term care policies, is now in-force. Manulife highlighted that this deal aligns with its ongoing…
The latest season of Monster may well be the anthology show’s bloodiest to date – but that’s not the reason it made for an especially stomach-churning shoot for some of its lead actors. As those who’ve watched the most recent episodes will already know, before the show’s depiction of Lizzie Borden takes an axe to…
Skyward Group, the unified specialty insurance organisation whose operating businesses include Skyward Specialty and Apollo, has expanded ibott’s autonomous vehicle (AV) expertise directly into the US primary market, adding a complete suite of solutions and products for the rapidly evolving mobility sector. The move extends specialised coverages across the entire AV ecosystem, targeting commercial exposures…
Warning: This article contains major spoilers for The Celebrity Traitors. If Richard E Grant’s botched double bluff left you in a cold sweat during this year’s Celebrity Traitors launch show, spare a thought for the producers who watched the insane scenes play out live. During Thursday night’s season opener, Richard was chosen to be one…
Gallagher, the global insurance broking and risk management company, has announced two appointments within its Private Equity and M&A (PEMA) practice in Germany and the Netherlands as it continues its European expansion. Philip Frerks has been appointed Head of Transaction Solutions, Germany, within the global multidisciplinary PEMA practice. Based in Frankfurt, Frerks will lead Gallagher’s…
Mosaic Insurance, a specialty insurer focused on complex and emerging risks, has widened its international footprint into Continental Europe, underwriting political violence risks out of Germany with up to €100 million in dedicated capacity. Tailored coverage applies to a full spectrum of commercial, industrial and residential property risks associated with acts of terror and sabotage,…
Even for families where both parents are in work, it’s very hard to get by right now. More than half (56%) of low-paid workers with dependent children have been forced to use food banks, according to the Living Wage Foundation. Sadly, this is unsurprising given so many costs are already sky-high – and they’re expected…