AM Best maintains stable outlook on India’s non-life amid regulatory initiatives and reforms

AM Best reiterated the stable outlook for the Indian non-life insurance sector, citing favorable macroeconomic conditions and strong demand, supported by regulatory initiatives and reforms. Although the sector’s growth slows in 2025 due to fire department pricing pressure, weak auto expansion and accounting changes in long-term policies, the rating agency said the sector’s growth momentum…

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Optalitix teams up with Dutch MGA Intermont to drive digital transformation

Optalitix, an insurtech company in the underwriting and pricing space, has entered into a strategic partnership with MGA Netherlands and Intermont, part of the Acrisure Group, to accelerate its digital transformation and deliver flagship Optalitix deployments in the Netherlands. The partnership will modernize Intermont’s pricing and underwriting operations while laying a solid foundation for Optalitix…

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Ling Ong succeeds Fleur Rochester as London Market FOIL President

The London Insurance Lawyers Market Forum has elected Weightmans partner Ling Ong as chairman, succeeding Kennedys partner Fleur Rochester. London Market FOIL is a division of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) and focuses exclusively on the needs of the global insurance and reinsurance markets operating in the English capital. Ong’s appointment follows the division’s…

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eMaxx expands commercial P&C solutions with new tech-driven Reciprocal Insurance Exchange

eMaxx, a specialty managing general agent (MGA) and de facto attorney providing policyholder-owned alternative risk insurance solutions, announced the launch of eMaxx Reciprocal Insurance Exchange, a commercial property and casualty (P&C) reinsurer. The Reciprocal, an Arkansas-based policyholder-owned entity, will provide commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurance solutions supporting eMaxx-sponsored captive insurance company eCaptiv, a mutual…

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Arch Insurance Intl. promotes Simone Lewis to London PI Underwriting Manager

Arch Insurance International, part of Arch Capital Group, a multi-disciplinary specialist insurance solutions provider, has promoted Simone Lewis to professional indemnity (PI) underwriting manager for the London market. In her new role, Lewis will oversee all underwriting activities for the London Market PI portfolio, providing comprehensive coverage across a range of traditional and non-traditional specialties…

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Brenda Stewart to lead AIG’s Captive Management & Advisory team

Brenda Stewart has been promoted to head of captive management and consulting at global insurer American International Group (AIG). In her new role, Stewart will be responsible for leading global captive management, independent units and advisory groups within AIG Captive Solutions. She will also oversee client relationship management, new business development, operational performance and leadership…

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Travelers teams up with Anthropic to enhance AI capabilities for engineers and analysts

Insurance and risk management company Travelers Companies, Inc. and artificial intelligence research company Anthropic announced a collaboration to expand Travelers’ artificial intelligence engineering and analytics capabilities. Approximately 10,000 Travelers engineers, data scientists, analysts and product owners will use Anthropic’s personalized AI assistant to support and accelerate the development of software, analytics and machine learning models….

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Willis and Synthetik extend political violence and terrorism risk insights partnership

Willis and Synthetik have extended their long-term partnership, giving WTW operations access to Synthetik’s full suite of political violence and terrorism (PVT) software modeling tools. By integrating Synthetik’s personal risk models, including AnyBuildingRisk, Cityscape and SRCC Quantum, and its related data products into Willis’ existing enterprise-wide risk management platform, Willis and its clients will gain…

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