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SCOR Business Solutions, the large corporate risk insurance arm of global reinsurer SCOR, has announced the appointment of Peter Fordham as head of Binders, North America. Fordham joined Channel Syndicate (now SCOR Syndicate) in July 2012 as an underwriting associate and has since held increasingly senior positions. Most recently, he served as a senior underwriter…
Kin, a direct-to-consumer provider of insurance and home finance solutions to homeowners, disclosed first-quarter 2026 results, reporting total revenue of $56.6 million and a record baseline operating margin of 50%. The company also revealed that total premiums in the first quarter of this year reached $177.6 million, a 20% increase from the same period in…
Global professional services company Aon has expanded its Claims Copilot platform as a claims management solution across multiple countries in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Building on a successful pilot launched in November 2025, the expansion of Aon Claims Copilot reportedly marks a major milestone in the global…
Talanx announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026. Net profit increased by 28% year-on-year to 774 million euros, and the combined ratio improved to 88.7%. Compare these figures to net profit of €604 million in the first quarter of 2025 and a combined ratio of 92.8%. In the first quarter of 2026,…
Alternative capital is rewriting the reinsurance rules, and while it appears to be here to stay, a recent report from Guy Carpenter highlights that its rapid consolidation poses clear structural challenges. The report “The Convergence of Financial and Reinsurance Capital: How Cat Bonds, Sidecars and Financial Investors Are Redesigning the Architecture of Global Reinsurance” examines…
axa The new unit will be led by Libby Benet, currently AXA XL’s global chief underwriting officer. Benet joined AXA XL in 2020 as Cyber ​​chief underwriting officer and was appointed global chief underwriting officer in 2022. Prior to joining AXA XL, she managed her own consulting firm and held leadership positions at Beazley, General…
Great-West Lifeco’s Capital and Risk Solutions (CRS) reinsurance business, Canada Life Re, maintained its strong momentum in the first quarter of 2026, with net profit reaching a record C$353 million, a 92% increase from C$184 million in the same period last year. After a strong performance late last year on increased demand for capital efficiency…
Markel, the insurance business unit of Markel Group Inc., has appointed Raphael Da Costa to lead its U.S. cyber and technology E&O portfolio in New York. As previously announced, in his new role, da Costa will oversee Markel’s U.S. cyber and technology E&O underwriting strategy, portfolio management and product development. Additionally, he will work closely…
Beazley Security, the cyber security services arm of specialist insurance company Beazley, has released its Quarterly Threat Report Q1 2026, details a significant increase in exploited vulnerabilities as cybercriminals increasingly use AI-driven methods to accelerate attacks and target software supply chains. The report found that exploited vulnerabilities increased by 43% in the first quarter of…
XS Global, an independently owned managed general underwriting (MGU) platform, is expanding its presence in Europe with the opening of offices in Madrid and Paris. Together, the two offices will operate as XS Global Europe, serving as the group’s dedicated regional platform to strengthen its presence in the EU. The establishment of XS Global Europe…