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Coface, a provider of credit insurance and risk management solutions, announced the appointment of Alix McCabe as Chief Strategy Officer for North America. In her new role, McCabe will guide strategy and growth initiatives across markets, products and people. Coface said McCabe’s appointment will play a key role in enhancing the customer experience, strengthening solutions…

Insurtech BirdsEyeView has announced it has secured an undisclosed seven-figure investment to support continued international expansion and development of its wildfire model. With support from the European Space Agency, BirdsEyeView provides global multi-hazard natural hazard modeling and risk management software to reinsurers, MGAs and brokers. Its platform combines high-resolution satellite data with advanced artificial intelligence…

Robin Matthias has been appointed Global Head of Resilient Solutions in Zurich, effective March 1, 2026, succeeding Dirk De Nil, who is retiring after more than three decades in the industry. Matthias will bring his extensive consulting background to his new role, leading more than 1,000 risk professionals globally. Most recently, he served as Senior…

Commercial property and casualty insurer Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its presence in the UK with the launch of Executive First D&O Liability+, its enhanced UK D&O product for large commercial and financial organizations whose securities trade on US exchanges. Executive First D&O Liability+ is part of BHSI’s suite of executive liability insurance…

Insurtech company Send Technology Solutions Ltd (Send) said that by 2026, insurers must have a strong data foundation, seamless connectivity and sound governance to support consistent, fast and scalable underwriting decisions. Send described the year in its recently released Underwriting Trends 2026 Report as a key turning point for underwriting strategy, performance and decision-making in…

Duck Creek Technologies, a provider of property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance software solutions, announced the appointment of Jose Lazares as chief product officer (CPO). Lazares brings more than two decades of experience building, scaling and delivering cloud-based software platforms across SaaS, PaaS and enterprise environments to his new role. In his new role,…

WithCoverage, an artificial intelligence risk management platform, has raised $42 million in Series B funding, led by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures, with additional support from 8VC and Crystal Venture Partners. WithCoverage was founded by Opendoor co-founders JD Ross and Max Brenner to reinvent the way fast-growing companies manage risk and move beyond traditional insurance…

Lloyds Markets Association (LMA) has set out its strategic priorities for 2026 to strengthen Lloyds Markets’ position as a global insurance leader, with the board agenda focusing on underwriting, technology skills development, market simplification through digital and regulatory initiatives and working with regulators. The LMA will play a central role during the rollout of Lloyd’s…

Global reinsurer Swiss Re expects AI-driven disruption to redistribute rather than increase insurance demand as the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) expands new insurable asset classes and adds new liability and cyber risk exposures. New research from Swiss Re Research Institute explores the rise of artificial intelligence and its impact on macroeconomic and insurance risks,…

The Baldwin Group, an independent insurance brokerage and advisory firm, has announced the appointment of CAC Group Executive Chairman Paul Sparks to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2026. The appointment follows the recently completed merger of The Baldwin Group and specialty insurance brokerage CAC Group, which includes CAC Specialty and CAC Agency, for…