Skyward Specialty launches specialised Power Generation insurance solution

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., a division of Skyward Group, has launched a new specialized power generation insurance solution for small and medium-sized entities. The launch further diversifies the company’s existing product portfolio and expands product offerings to meet the evolving needs of power producers and brokers across the United States. Skyward Specialty’s new power…

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Cincinnati makes three senior leadership appointments

Cincinnati Financial Corporation re-elected current directors and appointed corporate officers to its U.S. subsidiaries, which held regular shareholder and board meetings this month. The following employees have been named executive officers and elected to the Board of Directors of all property casualty subsidiaries: Fu Luyang was appointed as senior vice president and chief actuary. In…

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Kairos launches AI driven analytics platform

Singapore-based boutique insurance solutions consultancy Kairos Risk Solutions has launched the Weather Data Platform, an advanced analytics tool designed to improve climate risk assessment and enhance the use of parametric insurance solutions through localized, data-driven weather forecasts. The company said traditional weather models tend to lose reliability beyond short-term forecasts, limiting insurers’ ability to plan…

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Liberty Specialty Markets names Edrick Tang as Senior Underwriter, APAC

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Edrick Tang as Asia Pacific (APAC) senior underwriter, effective immediately. In this role, Tang will oversee the underwriting performance of the product line and lead the execution of the product’s growth strategy in Asia. The appointment aligns with Liberty’s strategic focus to…

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Data centre risks shift as market develops: Lockton

As data centers have grown from modest buildings to complex, multi-billion-dollar campuses, the insurance industry has been focusing on risky engineering, an attractive proposition that has also fostered competitive rating structures, brokerage Lockton reported. In its recent data center market update, Lockton noted that despite asset sizes reaching unprecedented heights, a surge in new capacity…

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Reduced cat losses drive $35.3bn US underwriting gain in 9M’25: Verisk & APCIA

Reductions in extreme weather losses and continued growth in premiums are expected to result in net underwriting earnings for the U.S. insurance industry reaching $35.3 billion in the first nine months of 2025, according to Verisk and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA). The results are based on annual statements filed with insurance regulators…

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Lockon Re, MENA appoints Gup Carpenter’s Bayan Ismaeel as Senior Client Manager

Lockton Re, MENA announces the appointment of Bayan Ismaeel as Senior Account Manager for its Life & Health business. Ismail brings eight years of industry experience, combining commercial insight and actuarial expertise. She joins Lockton Re from Guy Carpenter, where she most recently served as Assistant Vice President. Prior to this, Ismaeel spent two years…

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Premiums rise YoY in Jan ’26 across all lines except Workers’ Comp: Ivans

Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, released Ivans Index results for January 2026, showing year-over-year increases in average premium renewal rates for commercial auto, business owner’s policy (BOP), general liability, commercial real estate and Umbrella. Conversely, workers’ compensation premium renewal rates declined during the same period. On a month-to-month basis, premium renewal rate change decreased…

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Umbrella only line to see premium renewal rate rise in December Ivans Index

Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, released Ivans Index results for January 2026, showing year-over-year increases in average premium renewal rates for commercial auto, business owner’s policy (BOP), general liability, commercial real estate and Umbrella. Conversely, workers’ compensation premium renewal rates declined during the same period. On a month-to-month basis, premium renewal rate change decreased…

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