Strong U.S. annuity sales have driven a surge in reinsurance sidecar formations, with total ceded reserves climbing to over $90 billion in 2025, a notable increase from $64 billion in 2024, and $55...
While catastrophe bonds remain an attractive source of diversifying returns, investors focusing solely on public markets are overlooking a massive portion of the market. According to Cahal Doris, CIO...
As the reinsurance industry has transitioned into a softening market phase, analysts at Berenberg have indicated that a single $100 billion catastrophe event is unlikely to revert the industry back...
Jim Williamson, President and CEO of Bermuda-based re/insurer Everest Group, Ltd., said its selective approach to deploying property catastrophe capacity has allowed it to defy the gravity of where...
A substantial severe weather outbreak in the Midwest of the United States this week is seen as having the potential to result in a top-10 severe weather insurance industry loss event, which would...
Industry losses from the recent magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture are expected to be relatively lower than the devastating 2016 Kumamoto quakes, which caused US $53 billion in...
Nephila Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management revenues reported within parent Markel’s results have risen strongly by 23% in the second-quarter of 2026 and now by 30% for the...
Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. (MLCM), the Everest Group owned third-party capital management platform, has expanded its assets under management meaningfully over recent months, reaching $3.4...
Reinsurance firm Munich Re has estimated that global insured losses from natural catastrophe events reached US $44 billion in the first-half of 2026, below long-term averages, and a notable decline...
Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the insurance industry, has acquired McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), a geospatial intelligence and event response company specialising...