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mea Platform, an AI-driven insurance technology company, announced it has received a $50 million minority growth equity investment from SEP, a prominent investor in the enterprise technology space. Founded in 2021, MEA focuses on applying artificial intelligence to the insurance industry, offering products designed to improve combined ratios and improve profit margins. The company, which…
Insurance and reinsurance solutions provider Pacific Life Re has appointed Jane Cheng as Vice President of Customer Protection Solutions. In this role, she will lead the global client solutions team, including business proposition, global support and marketing. Cheng will focus on advancing proposal development and ensuring a globally consistent approach to delivering differentiated client solutions….
Data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) shows that larger pension pools will help drive total premiums paid out on personal annuities to rise by 4% in 2025 to £7.4bn, the highest annual level since pension freedoms were introduced in 2014. Although there was a slight decline in the number of annuities sold, which…
AXA XL, AXA’s property & casualty and specialty risks division, has appointed Thomas Saive as head of Asia Pacific (APAC) and European underwritten motors, effective March 1, 2026. In his new role, Saive will directly oversee motor insurance underwriting strategy for both business units as well as the French market, working closely with regional and…
Insurance brokerage and risk management company Brown & Brown, Inc. announced the appointment of Dorothea Henderson as its chief information technology officer. In this role, she will guide the company’s enterprise technology strategy and oversee efforts to expand digital capabilities and enhance the technology experience for team members and customers. Henderson will work with department…
Markel Insurance, the insurance arm of Markel Group Inc., has promoted Colin Wildey to chief risk officer of Markel International, subject to regulatory approval. Wildey has been Head of Risk at Markel International since 2022 and has over a decade of senior risk management experience in the London market and international insurance industry. Prior to…
Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA) said catastrophe bonds are firmly established as a core component of clients’ risk management frameworks from 2025 through reinsurance renewal on January 1, 2026. HCMA noted that catastrophe bond issuance reached a record level in 2025 due to an increase in the number of transactions, with issuance volume increasing…
Global specialty and P&C reinsurer Canopius Group has announced that Nicholas Whettem and Namrata Soni have joined its newly formed Natural Resources team. The reinsurer recently reorganized its underwriting capabilities to form an integrated natural resources team that integrates energy (upstream, midstream and downstream), heavy industry, power and renewables, and construction. Whitham has been appointed…
Talbot Underwriting, an international specialty insurance and reinsurance company owned by AIG, has promoted Andrew Bickmore to director of political risk and George Goodliffe to director of public agencies. Bickmore has been with Talbot for nearly 16 years, joining the company as a senior underwriter of political and trade credit risk. Prior to Talbot, the…
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. reported net income of $138.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with $109.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. Net income for the final quarter of 2025 included an after-tax catastrophe loss of $2.3 million, compared with net income of $6.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2024….