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S&P Global Ratings has assigned a first-time A- long-term issuer credit and financial strength rating to Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (Peak Re), a Hong Kong-based global reinsurer, with a stable outlook. The ratings from S&P complement Peak Re’s existing financial strength ratings of A- (Excellent) from AM Best and A3 from Moody’s. S&P highlighted Peak…
Kristen Bell has opened up about a scary moment she faced when filming a beach scene in the latest season of the Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This. Speaking to her husband Dax Shephard on the latest episode of his podcast Armchair Expert, Kristen recalled that she and around “10 members of the crew” were involved…
Arch Capital Group’s reinsurance segment generated $393 million in underwriting income in Q3 2026, retaining its position as the group’s largest underwriting contributor and delivering a 78.3% combined ratio despite lower premium volumes than a year earlier. Underwriting income in the reinsurance segment fell from $482 in Q3 2025, while net premiums earned declined 10.3%…
Lockton Re, the reinsurance broking business of independent insurance broker Lockton, has appointed Jeremy (Jez) England Lee as Chairman of Lockton Re Bermuda to build out senior capabilities in the Bermuda office. The appointment is subject to appropriate approvals, while England Lee is expected to relocate in early 2027. He joined Lockton Re’s Non-Marine Retrocession…
Piers Morgan mocked former prime minister Liz Truss by asking if she was a “lettuce fan” during a tense interview this week. The YouTube host was referring back to the Daily Star stunt which set up a livestream of a lettuce after Truss unveiled her mini-Budget, and asked which would last longer: the prime minister…
This article contains spoilers for the latest season of Slow Horses. Slow Horses director Adam Randall has responded to one particular fan debate around a key scene in the most recent season finale. During the last episode of Slow Horses’ sixth run, several remaining members of the Slough House team were seen gathering in a…
Bermuda-based reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. generated underwriting income of $426.1 million in the third quarter of 2026, as an underwriting gain in the property segment more than offset losses in the casualty and specialty segment, while mark-to-market losses of $879.8 million pushed the firm to an overall net loss of $161.4 million in the quarter….
Strictly Come Dancing star Bethany Antonia has spoken for the first time about the controversy the BBC faced for censoring a pro-trans message on a t-shirt she’d worn to one of the show’s rehearsals. Earlier this month, Bethany was seen during Strictly training wearing a white top emblazoned with the slogan “protect the dolls”, which…
Two rally stops earlier this week offered the latest glimpse into Vice President JD Vance’s cumbersome attempts to add more edge to his language, especially toward hecklers. And … it’s reportedly not really working for him — unless you find “Napoleon Dynamite”-level insults intense. Demonstrators heckled Vance during stops in Montana and Kansas on Monday….
Donald Trump is considering drastic steps to ensure people stop saying “artificial intelligence” or “AI” and start using his preferred term “super intelligence” instead. The president took to his Truth Social platform on Tuesday to complain that The Wall Street Journal keeps using the long-accepted terms AI/artificial intelligence instead of immediately falling in line with…