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The US fronting insurance sector continued to outpace the broader commercial insurance market in 2025, growing 17% to exceed $22 billion in gross written premiums, according to Conning’s 2026 Fronting Sector Confronts a Softening Market report. While growth slowed from 26% in 2024, the sector still substantially surpassed the total commercial lines industry’s 5% expansion….
Dolly Parton’s sister, Stella, has claimed that the country music icon had been willing to try “experimental drugs” while being treated for cancer “in the hope of helping others”. Following the news of the Jolene singer-songwriter’s death at the age of 80 earlier this week, her sister paid her respects in a lengthy Facebook post….
This story was originally published on November 4, 2019. On the set of her 1980 film debut “9 To 5,” Dolly Parton wrote a working-class anthem that called out how workers don’t get compensated and recognized fairly for their contributions: “It’s a rich man’s game no matter what they call it / And you spend…
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has appointed Sanghita Nandy and Francesco Atzeni to its Global Property and P&C Re Underwriting Strategy leadership team. Nandy has been named Head of P&C Treaty UW Advisory. She has spent the past 11 years at Swiss Re and has worked across multiple areas, including natural catastrophe modelling and analytics, property…
Actor Tim Curry has died at the age of 80. The British performer was best known for his work as Dr Frank-N-Furter in the cult musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which he performed signature songs like Sweet Transvestite and I’m Going Home. His other stand-out roles included Pennywise the clown in the TV…
Global professional services firm Aon has announced the launch of Totalis Specialty Group, a unified specialty insurance group that brings together NFP Totalis Program Underwriters and Aon Affinity’s U.S. programs business under a single go-to-market strategy and identity. Totalis Specialty Group reportedly combines specialty underwriting, program administration, distribution, technology and data capabilities to support brokers,…
(Left) Tim Curry in 2011, (Right) Princess Diana in 1995 Tim Curry has sadly passed away at aged 80. He was a cinematic legend and undoubtedly most people will know him from his role in the iconic Rocky Horror Picture Show, a movie that shaped generations to come. He once revealed that the late Princess…
The late, great Tim Curry certainly left his mark on the acting world during his 50-year career. A perpetual scene-stealer, the British star made his start in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a role with which he’s still synonymous today, before trying his hand at everything from chilling horror and action to family-friendly adventure and…
Global professional services firm Aon has announced the launch of Totalis Specialty Group, a unified specialty insurance group that brings together NFP Totalis Program Underwriters and Aon Affinity’s U.S. programs business under a single go-to-market strategy and identity. Totalis Specialty Group reportedly combines specialty underwriting, program administration, distribution, technology and data capabilities to support brokers,…
After months of unbearable heat, it looks like we’re set for a long weekend of rain and thunderstorms. Boo! If you’ve been planning a barbecue this weekend, you might want to rethink, because you’re going to have a lot of indoor time to fill. If you have children, having the entire family cooped up inside…