While nearly a third of insurers around the world have fully digitised across the value chain, less than one in 10 have achieved the top tier of digital maturity. In fact, most insurers surveyed remain somewhere in the middle of their digitalisation journey.
Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group, has appointed Mr Sebastian Rice as Head of Global Development - Trade Credit, International.
Swiss Re has appointed Mr Trent Thomson as Head Global Specialty. He succeeds Ms Anne Lohbeck.
Swiss Re has appointed Mr Dean Galligan as Head of Transactions for the Life and Health Reinsurance (L&H Re) Business Unit, effective 1 August 2026.
Aon has appointed Mr Adam Rimmer as a Senior Property Specialty Broker and Mr Jimmy Mitchell as Vice President of Global ReSpecialty.
Miller has appointed Ms Lyndsey Bauer as Strategic Delivery Lead, Cyber. In her new role, she will be responsible for developing a more cohesive, joined-up approach to addressing cyber as a risk factor and managing cyber exposure across insurance portfolios.
Deutsche Rück has established a new International Growth Markets Division, bringing its recently established international market activities in property and casualty business into closer alignment.
Four of the eight countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region experienced more than 10 major disasters in 2025, according to data released by the Nepal based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
A new index to help insurers sharpen underwriting assumptions, reserving approaches and claims strategies has been published by the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA).