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KBW, a financial services firm providing research and advisory services across the insurance and reinsurance sectors, expects property catastrophe excess-of-loss (XoL) reinsurance rates to fall by at least 10% at the 1 January 2027 renewals. The outlook comes from KBW’s commentary following the 2026 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS), where the firm met with 16 companies…
The weather outside might be frightful, but your bed is so delightful. The only thing that can make it any better is adding a sex toy into the mix. They don’t call it the most wonderful time of the year for nothing. We’re cooped up inside, surrounded by mistletoe, what else are we supposed to…
Adéla is quashing the suggestion there’s any beef between herself and the members of Katseye. The Slovak singer first shot to international fame as a hopeful on Netflix’s star search Dream Academy, the series which eventually led to the formation of the six-piece “global girl group”. While Adéla wound up being one of the first…
Bloc Cyber, a specialty cyber insurance brokerage, has officially launched as an independent, carrier-agnostic firm aiming to serve regulated industries nationwide. The firm, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, provides access to over 100 specialty cyber carriers and delivers quote turnarounds in under 24 hours. With compliance-mapped programmes addressing HIPAA, CMMC, PCI-DSS, FERPA, GLBA, and SOC…
Global reinsurer Munich Re has appointed Laura Coppola as Head of Underwriting Management, US, Binding Authorities at Munich Re Specialty, North America (MRS-NA). In her new role, Coppola will lead a team of US-based underwriting managers who, along with members of the Binding Authorities managed underwriting team in London, are responsible for the overseeing and…
Significant pressure would be required to push reinsurance pricing to change direction from a continued easing to a hardening signal, nevertheless, the consensus at the 2026 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) was that pricing remains adequate, according to Berenberg. At RVS 2026, Berenberg analysts met with representatives of Hannover Re, Hiscox, Munich Re, SCOR,…
Global specialty re/insurance company Ascot Group has bolstered its US Regional Executive Leadership team, expanded the North America Distribution role, and consolidated seven US business segments into five product verticals. Together, these changes aim to align underwriting expertise and regional leadership more closely around the exposures, geographies, and client segments Ascot serves. The appointments and…
In the second quarter of 2026, U.S. commercial insurance prices continued to grow, with an aggregate price increase of 0.5%, according to WTW’s latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey. The survey compares premiums for policies underwritten during the quarter with those for the same coverage in the prior year. The aggregate price increase in Q2’26…
This article contains spoilers for The Gentlemen season two. Alongside season leads Theo James and Kaya Scodelario, Guy Ritchie’s TV series managed to bring together two giants of the gangster genre in Vinnie Jones and Ray Winstone. However, despite both playing key roles in the popular Netflix series, the two actors’ characters, Geoff Seacombe and…
Pierce Brosnan has played down reports of drama involving Tom Hardy behind the scenes of MobLand. The former James Bond star is currently on the promo trail for the second season of MobLand, with rumours earlier this year suggesting that Tom would not be back for the third, following supposed tension with members of the…