International & Reinsurance News for June 2025
- Business Moves: Howden Acquires Chilean Retail Broker; United Risk Purchases Australian Facultative Reinsurance MGA, Pinnacle Underwriting
- China Warns of More Floods as Extreme Storms Hit World’s No. 2 Economy
- Rio Tinto Reaches $138.75M Settlement With Investors Over Mongolian Mine
- Iran Hijacking Home Security Cameras to Spy Within Israel
- UK Car Theft Crisis Pits Manufacturers Against High-Tech Gangs
- Toyota’s Japanese Insurer Files $361 Million South Africa Claim
- Update: Hurricane Erick Weakens Over Mexico, Leaving Trail of Damage in its Wake
- Clear Group Acquires UK Commercial Broker, C.R. Toogood & Co.
- Mideast Ship Insurance Costs Jump Following Iran-Israel Attacks
- Planetary Waves Linked to Wild Summer Weather Have Tripled Since 1950: Study
- Spain Reveals Details of Chain Reaction That Caused Outage
- Brookfield’s Insurer Trims Private Credit, Citing Crowded Trade
- Iran-Israel Conflict Spreads to Hacks on Banks, Crypto
- UBS Confirms Data Stolen After Hack at External Supplier
- Parametric Insurer Descartes Receives Investment From Battery Ventures
- Finnish Insurer Sampo Picks Thorsrud as CEO to Succeed Magnusson
- Asset Owners With $9.5 Trillion Call for Stopping Deforestation
- People Moves: Hamilton Re and Hamilton Global Specialty Announce CEO Appointments, as Graves Retires; Aon Promotes Rieth to Global Cyber Leader
- China’s Financial Opening Up Offers Opportunities for Global Capital, Regulator Says
- Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships Promise Cleaner Transport but Could Be Hard to Insure
- Viewpoint: Navigating Strategic Capital Options for Insurance Brokerages
- Israel War Risk Ship Insurance Costs Soar After Iranian Attacks, Sources Say
- Private Equity Firm B.P. Marsh Acquires 27% Stake in UK MGA Cameron Specialty
- ECB Amends Bank Capital Reviews to Reflect Extreme Weather Risks
- Update: Two Tankers Catch Fire After Collision Near Strait of Hormuz
- New Ratings Firm to Track Climate Hit on Infrastructure Assets
- Air India Crash Seen Triggering $475 Million in Insurance Claims
- Morocco’s Wafa Assurance to Acquire Egypt’s Delta Insurance
- Everest Launches Unified International Specialties Business, Led by Trueman
- Canada’s WestJet Probes Cybersecurity Incident Affecting App and Internal Systems
- People Moves: Specialist Risk Group Names Former Lockton Executive Nimmo as CEO – UK; CFC Taps Line From Markel as Chief Underwriting Officer
- Update: Deadly Air India Crash Will Harden Aviation Reinsurance Market: GlobalData
- Markets/Coverages: Marsh Launches €1B Facility for Data Center Construction Projects
- Finland Accuses Crew of Russia-Linked Ship in Damage of Baltic Undersea Power Cable
- Ship Signal Jamming in Persian Gulf Worsens as Conflict Widens
- Premium Insurance Demand Rises With Global Travel Disruptions
- People Moves: Beazley Taps Swiss Re’s Wunderlich as Head of Parametric Insurance; QBE Promotes Browne to UK Casualty Director
- European Homeowners Battle Insurers Over $2.9 Trillion Climate Risk
- Ships Warned to Avoid Red Sea, Log Hormuz Voyages After Israel Hits Iran
- Regulators Are Harming UK as a Financial Center, Lords Warn
- ‘I Got Up and Ran’: How One Man Survived Plane Crash That Killed 241
- Search for Answers Gathers Pace in Deadly Air India Crash
- Most G-7 Members Ready to Lower Russian Oil Price Cap Without US
- Markets/Coverages: MGA Optio Launches $150M Political Violence & Terrorism Cover
- Update: Boeing 787 Headed to London from India Crashes With 242 on Board
- UK Risk Managers Identify ‘Tech, AI and Cyber’ as Top Concern in AIRMIC Survey
- Taiwan Life Insurers’ $700 Billion Bet on the US Is Backfiring
- Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Increases Stake in Lloyd’s Insurer Canopius
- Insurers Must Pay Up for Jets Seized by Russia, UK Judge Rules
- Apollo to Tap Rich, Retail Clients in Asia for Asset Growth
- Markets/Coverages: MGA Aurora Launches Lloyd’s-Backed Property Insurance Offering
- Expanding Missile Threats and Airspace Closures Are Straining Airlines
- EU Proposes Nord Stream Ban, Lower Oil Cap to Hit Russia
- China’s Resort Island Hainan Braces for First Typhoon of Season
- After 46-Day Cyberattack Pause, British Retailer M&S Resumes Online Orders
- Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Forms International Renewable Energy MGU
- New Push to Reframe DEI in London Shifts Away From Diversity
- UK Judge Warns of Risk to Justice After Lawyers Cited Fake AI-Generated Court Cases
- Fitch Warns of Rising Mortgage-Bond Risk Due to Extreme Weather
- Financier Lex Greensill Decries ‘Code of Silence’ Around SoftBank Deals
- Howden Acquires Peruvian Reinsurance Broker Innova Re
- Chevron CEO Warned Staff of Rising Safety Issues Before Fatal Angola Platform Fire
- South African Insurers to Face Climate Stress Test, SARB Says
- Extreme Weather Is Stress-Testing India’s Infrastructure Drive
- UK’s Visa Crackdown Leaves City of London Immigrants in Limbo
- Credit Suisse, SoftBank Fight Over Greensill Losses in $440 Million London Lawsuit
- New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Team Agrees Sponsorship Deal With Broker Gallagher
- Cyber Incidents in Canada Triple in 2 Years: QBE Research
- Satellite Data Capturing Burned Acres Show Canada Wildfire Season off to Wild Start
- Russia’s Aeroflot to Settle Deals for Last 36 Planes Leased From West
- World’s Auto Supply Chain Is in Hands of a Few Chinese Bureaucrats
- OpenAI Finds More Chinese Groups Using ChatGPT for Malicious Purposes
- UK Bankers Criticized for Lack of Risk Appetite in Green Finance
- Burning Ship Abandoned in Pacific Carried Several Chinese Car Brands
- China Considers Safety Rules for Driving Assistance Systems
- Hackers Abuse Modified Salesforce App to Steal Data, Extort Companies, Google Says
- Howden Acquires Granular Investments for Credit Risk Transfer Capabilities
- London MGA Amiga Specialty Officially Launches
- Trump’s Attack on DEI Hits UK as Corporate Sponsors Abandon LGBTQ Pride
- Burning Cargo Ship Carrying 3,000 Vehicles Abandoned Off Alaska
- Microsoft Offers to Boost European Governments’ Cybersecurity for Free
- EU Sees Progress in US Talks Despite Trump’s Steel Tariff Hike
- China Calls for France to Help Resolve Trade Differences With EU
- Musk’s X Aims to Soothe EU Regulators With Blue Check Disclaimer
- People Moves: Al Fardan Named Non-Exec Chairman, Burns & Wilcox MENA; Aon Appoints Marcell to CEO of Global Solutions
- Alberta Wildfires Shut About 7% of Canada’s Oil Production
- Above-Average Number of Storms Predicted for North Atlantic in 2025: Munich Re
- More Than 1,000 Former Rugby Players in Concussion Lawsuit
- EU Votes to Curb China’s Access to Medical Device Procurement
- EU Says it Will Make Strong Case for US Tariff Cuts This Week
- People Moves: Lloyd’s Makes Executive Team Changes
- Rate Moderation Continues During June’s Property-Cat Renewals: Howden Re
- Sweden to Boost Insurance Checks on Foreign Ships as Worries About Russia Rise
- Highways Baking at 158F Signal a Red-Hot Summer From China to the US
- European Utilities Rush to Hedge Against Acute Wind Drought
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