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The next phase of AI and digital integration
From AI-driven pricing to interoperability hubs, insurtech professionals at RVS 2025 told GR that the industry has reached a pivot point for meaningful digital transformation, with only 10% of insurers so far claiming to embed AI into workflows.
Commodity traders face geopolitical turbulence, Willis warns
Tariffs, maritime disruption and regional conflicts are reshaping global commodity flows, as a Willis report highlights the sector’s exposure to escalating geopolitical and geoeconomic risk
Smith to succeed Gates as global head of claims at Chaucer
Long-serving claims leader David Smith will take over from Tony Gates in January 2026, as Chaucer marks a seamless leadership transition after Gates’ 35-year career with the group
Insurance Development Forum launches $340m fund for resilient infrastructure
The Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund aims to mobilise insurance capital into sustainable infrastructure projects across emerging and developing economies
AM Best: Sub-Saharan reinsurers post strong results despite economic headwinds
Report from AM Best says the region’s reinsurers achieved double-digit returns on equity in 2024, supported by disciplined underwriting despite macroeconomic volatility
Canopius appoints Webber as head of reinsurance in London
New hire from Trans Re strengthens Canopius’ UK reinsurance ambitions as the group looks to expand its treaty reinsurance business
Baden-Baden: Swiss Re warns of $300bn cat year as geopolitical and civil unrest risks rise
Reinsurer Swiss Re used its pre Baden-Baden reinsurance meeting press conference to highlight escalating catastrophe losses, rising secondary perils and growing overlap between natural disasters and social unrest.
QBE Re appoints Foo as head of Asia treaty reinsurance
Appointment marks key step in reinsurer’s regional growth strategy, as Singapore becomes the hub for its expanding Asian operations
Kuhn stresses profit discipline as Westfield Specialty trims property and builds in E&S
Westfield Specialty’s Jack Kuhn says the carrier will finish 2025 near $1.8bn in premium after two profitable years, prioritising cycle-proof returns while easing back on property and leaning into E&S casualty, financial lines and cyber.
Miller appoints Robinson and Ross to lead MGA platform
New leadership duo to drive broker’s expansion into specialty underwriting, with focus on building an underwriting-led, data-driven MGA platform.
Agility meets scrutiny: The rise of direct-to-reinsurer and fronting carrier MGAs
Tension between agility and oversight sits at the heart of the MGA model’s future, writes Charles Rowley, director at DA Strategy
Aon reshuffles UK broking leadership with Beverely and Gleeson appointments
Two more senior broker appointments at Aon in London, adding to a slew of recent appointments.
Chisholm appointed chairman of Asia reinsurance at Aon
Veteran broker Simon Chisholm takes on new leadership role to deepen client relationships and drive Aon’s reinsurance strategy across Asia.
Munich Re Specialty expands into German primary specialty market
Move marks the next stage of the firm’s European growth strategy, introducing construction, property, renewable energy and surety products under new managing director José David Jiménez García (pictured).
APCIA: ‘Proactive’ reinsurers fuel innovation as US property softens – Gallagher Re’s Schwebach
US reinsurance broker’s head of North American property says reinsurers are showing creativity as the property market softens, with growing use of multi-year deals
South African business ‘favours reinsurers’ – ASR’s Paradine
South Africa remains favourable for property reinsurers, while softening has been limited for other African business, according to ASR’s head of treaty
Global M&A surges as dealmakers outperform expectations, Willis reports
WTW data show strongest quarterly performance since 2021 as confidence returns to cross-border dealmaking
Ransomware attacks forecast to surge 40% by 2026, QBE warns
Report from cyber insurer QBE and Control Risks links rise in cybercrime to rapid AI adoption and cloud vulnerabilities
Acrisure Re names Ximenez to lead new Brazil reinsurance arm
Launch of Acrisure Re Brasil marks the reinsurance broking firm’s first reinsurance investment in Latin America
Willis: Mining insurers compete on double-digit rate cuts as soft market deepens
WTW report highlights rising capacity, widening terms and new scrutiny of ESG and tailings risks
Nudo appointed US casualty reinsurance leader at Aon
Veteran reinsurance executive Nick Nudo takes on new leadership role to drive Aon’s US casualty strategy and product innovation.
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