Devonshire Underwriting names Liria Martinez-Salmon MD to lead Southern Europe expansion

Devonshire Underwriting, managing general agent (MGA) specializing in transaction risk (TR) underwriting, has appointed Liria Martinez-Salmon as managing director – head of Southern Europe. The appointment is a key step in the company’s international growth and is its first hire outside the UK. Based in Madrid, Martinez Salmon will be responsible for Devon’s strategic development…

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Generali achieves record operating result in 2025 as P&C premiums rise 7.6%

Global insurance company Generali achieved its best-ever operating results in fiscal 2025, reaching 8 billion euros, with strong performance across all business units, especially the property and casualty (P&C) division, which saw operating results increase by 20% year-on-year to 3.7 billion euros. 2025 is the first year of Generali’s “Partners for Life 27: Driving Excellence”…

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Hannover Re’s net income rises to €2.6bn in 2025 as increased reserve resiliency offsets benign loss experience

Hannover Re, one of the four largest reinsurance companies in Europe, has a net profit increase of 13.4% in fiscal year 2025, reaching 2.6 billion euros. Reinsurance revenue increased by 1.5% year-on-year to 26.8 billion euros. Both the property and casualty insurance (P&C) and life and health (L&H) reinsurance sectors performed strongly. At constant exchange…

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Markel Insurance names Phil Jones as CIO for International Operations

Insurance, reinsurance and investment holding company Markel Insurance has announced the appointment of Phil Jones as International Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective immediately. In this role, Jones will lead technology strategy for Markel’s international operations. He will shape and deliver the company’s technology vision while ensuring the development of systems, data and digital capabilities are…

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BreachRx launches cyber incident response management warranty with $3m in coverage

BreachRx announces the launch of the BreachRx CIRM Warranty, the industry’s first cyber incident response management warranty, providing up to $3 million in executive and enterprise cyber incident liability protection from a global insurance company. BreachRx is the first platform to run cyber incident response as a managed, enterprise-wide business process. Contractually backed financial safeguards…

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Aon is seeing risk repriced in real time as Middle East conflict cuts across many insurance lines, say experts

As the conflict in the Middle East continues, leaders from global insurance and reinsurance brokerage group Aon share their observations and perspectives on many insurance businesses. Joe Peiser, CEO of Aon Venture Capital, emphasized that for many organizations, the most important risk is the disruption of supply chains, logistics routes and underwriting structures. On Day…

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Banyan Risk appoints John Berger, Bob Cox & Andrew Cook to Advisory Board

Banyan Risk Ltd (“Banyan Risk”), a Bermuda-based specialist managed general agent (MGA), has appointed three experienced insurance executives to its advisory board. New members include John Berger, Bob Cox and Andrew Cook, who have extensive experience in specialty insurance, reinsurance and global insurance operations, having held senior executive and board-level roles in some of the…

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IFC targets $50m guarantee support for African reinsurer ZEP-RE

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of the World Bank, is arranging a guarantee line of up to US$50 million to cover ZEP-RE’s reinsurance credit risk. ZEP-RE is Africa’s leading reinsurer headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Founded in 1990, ZEP-RE provides “inclusive and innovative” re/insurance solutions across the continent to close protection gaps, manage risk…

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