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This week you might have seen a heartbreaking story being shared, in which a leading medical expert warned that three toddler deaths in the past two years in Australia had been linked to excessive cow’s milk consumption. The young children had developed infections, but also had extreme iron deficiency anaemia, where a lack of iron…
Grease star Stockard Channing has opened up about what she has described as her “reclusive” life in London. The 82-year-old actor recently wrote an essay for the Sunday Times, in which she spoke about what spurred her move across the pond. “Since just before Covid I’ve been living in London,” Stockard explained. “My partner, Daniel…
I clutched my pregnant belly and looked around the room. Nearby, nursing students moved briskly through a crowd of emergency patients, checking vitals, calling out to each other. I knew I wasn’t their most urgent triage priority, certainly not compared to the bleeding patients on gurneys around me moaning, “Help me … can someone please…
British insurer Aviva has announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, reporting Group operating profit of £1.326 billion, up 24% from £1.068 billion in H1 2025. Total general insurance (GI) premiums increased 29% to £8.093 billion, up from £6.29 billion reported for the same period last year. The Group’s undiscounted combined operating…
Milliman, Inc., a global actuarial and consulting firm, has announced that Jim Fulton will become its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Fulton has served as Milliman’s Chief Financial Officer since 2015, where he has played a role in the firm’s organic growth and mergers and acquisitions strategy. “I’ve seen how our talent and commitment to…
Talanx Group, a major German financial services and insurance company, has announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, reporting a record-breaking net income of EUR 1.499 billion. Profit growth was observed in all divisions, with Primary Insurance contributing 52% to Group net income. H1 2026 net income increased 9% when compared to…
Bermuda-headquartered international specialist insurer Hiscox has released current estimates for the 2024 and 2025 accounts of Syndicate 33 and Syndicate 6104. For the 2024 year of account, Hiscox has raised its estimates for Syndicate 33, which is now expected to generate a return of 6.1% to 16.1% on its capacity of GBP 1.696 billion, of…
Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker, has warned that the insurance industry is facing yet another multi-billion-dollar loss, this time from a bout of considerable US severe convective storm (SCS) activity spanning 9 to 12 August. In its latest Event Commentary, Gallagher Re reports that the outbreak struck much of the Plains, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic…
While artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in reinsurance will likely remain gradual due to key challenges, it is becoming a major differentiator for companies that successfully incorporate it into underwriting, claims, and operations alongside appropriate governance and risk controls, AM Best highlights in a recent report. AI has rapidly become one of the most widely discussed…
Brazilian reinsurer IRB(Re) has reported a robust financial performance for Q2 2026, driven by strong underwriting discipline and expanding profitability despite a minor contraction in top-line premium volume. Notably, IRB(Re) reported net income of R$185 million for Q2 2026, representing a 29% increase compared to R$144 million in Q2 2025. Accounting for the impact of…