9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (616+ words) Insurance Business European heatwave mortality is pressing on insurer financials - but ratings are not yet at risk This summer's excess deaths are financially real for European life re/insurers. S&P's conclusion is that the market can absorb them. Its…...

9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (386+ words) The mechanism runs through the age profile of those most affected. Extreme heat exacerbates underlying conditions, including cardiovascular disease and dehydration, concentrated in elderly populations. That drives both mortality claims on life policies and higher demand for private medical services....

11+ hour, 34+ min ago   (202+ words) Hurricane Lala triggered a $200,000 payment on a policy built to protect a natural asset rather than a building. For an industry still selling the promise of parametric coverage, it's a rare real-world proof point. When Hurricane Lala hit the Big…...

16+ hour, 9+ min ago   (219+ words) Hooks will lead the establishment and growth of Clearwater's upstream energy offering, building a dedicated proposition for brokers and clients as part of the firm's strategy to diversify across a broader range of specialty and niche classes. At Clearwater, Hooks…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (364+ words) This summer's wildfires haven't just torched forests and farmland across Europe. They've been setting off bombs. In eastern Belgium's Liège province, home to the WWII-era battlefields of the High Fens, the regional governor confirmed sporadic detonations during recent fires, with…...

4+ day, 7+ min ago   (170+ words) Australian insurers have been under sustained pressure to show that investment in climate resilience translates into tangible outcomes for policyholders rather than simply better optics. The data on the government-backed cyclone reinsurance pool provides the clearest public test of that…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (461+ words) The UK is heading for a wet, stormy autumn, forecasters say, and with more confidence than usual. What's less clear is whether insurers' models can actually tell them what that means once the water starts moving through supply chains, mortgages…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (402+ words) Insurance Business Record El Niño arrives as reinsurance pricing hits cycle lows The Met Office's strongest-ever El Niño signal is building into a market that has never been softer The strongest El Niño in living memory is developing as reinsurance…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (472+ words) Insurance Business Five heatwaves, flash floods, and a 3.9% rise in rebuild costs - the case for reviewing sums insured Seven in 10 flood claims are now surface water events. Rebuild costs rose 3.9% to July 2026. A sum insured set two years ago may…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (315+ words) Wildfire risk pricing runs into a problem that hail and hurricane coverage never posed: the house next door matters nearly as much as the house itself. Vigus was careful to separate what's realistic for an individual homeowner from what requires…...