Outbreaks of the Ebola virus and Andes hantavirus are putting a renewed focus on the insurance implications of rare communicable disease spreads and the need for proactive risk management, according to a new AM Best commentary.
Losses from extreme weather are no longer confined to isolated assets or sectors but increasingly emerge through shared systems - including infrastructure, supply chains, insurance markets and public services - on which all economic actors depend, according to a new report produced by Carbon Disclosure Project.
A new study has identified more than 250 priority climate adaptation and resilience solutions for Asia, grounded in the region's unique climate risks, hazards, and priorities, and between 2021 and 2025, climate adaptation and disaster resilience financing received over $100bn.
Generali has recorded strong performance for the first quarter of 2026, driven by robust growth across its life, P&C, and asset & wealth management segments.
A report by Clearwater Analytics highlights a rapidly expanding and increasingly complex global insurance investment outsourcing market. The 2026 Insurance Investment Outsourcing Report (IIOR), produced with DCS Financial Consulting, covers $5.5tn in third-party general account insurance assets under management across 96 asset managers.
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.