Wildfires, Storms Fuel 2025 Insured Losses of $108 Billion: Munich Re Report January 13, 2026 Global insured losses from natural disasters fell to $108 billion last year, Munich Re said in a report on Tuesday....
Companies Work to Handle Safety Challenges of New Venezuelan Oil Exports: Sources January 12, 2026 By Marianna Parraga and Arathy Somasekhar Oil companies aiming to participate in new exports of Venezuelan crude to the U.S. following the ouster of President Nicolas...
Business Moves: Nexus Acquires Medical Tourism MGA; SRG Buys North of England Broker Kennett; Jensten Buys 3 Brokers, Gaining 1st Entry in Scotland January 12, 2026 Nexus Buys Medical Tourism MGA Sure Insurance Services Nexus Underwriting, the London-based MGA and a Brown & Brown subsidiary, announced...
Markets/Coverages: Brit Launches Property Direct & Facultative in Bermuda January 12, 2026 Brit Group Holdings Ltd. announced it will begin writing property direct & facultative business in Bermuda through Brit Re. This...
US Seizes Fifth Vessel Taken in Venezuela Blockade January 12, 2026 The U.S. has seized the Olina tanker in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington steps...
Finnish Police Release Russia-Linked Ship Held in Cable Sabotage Case January 12, 2026 Finnish police said on Monday they had lifted the seizure of a ship which had been held on suspicion of...
Indian Insurer’s Worker Posts Draft Earnings in WhatsApp Status January 12, 2026 By Alex Gabriel Simon ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co., a unit of India’s second-largest private lender, said an employee uploaded undisclosed information about third...
One Dead in Australian Wildfires That May Burn for Weeks to Come January 12, 2026 By Peter Vercoe One person has died in wildfires in the Australian state of Victoria that have burned out an area slightly larger...
Switzerland Mourns Fire Victims as Country Seeks Answers; Insurers Assess Damages January 9, 2026 By Jan-Henrik Förster, Hugo Miller and Isabel Demetz With flags already at half-mast across Switzerland, a chorus of church bells rang out in churches across Switzerland at 2...
People Moves: Munich Re Syndicate Taps HDI’s Ogden as CEO; HDI Global UK & Ireland Names Hunt as Interim CEO in UK & Ireland as Ogden Departs January 9, 2026 This edition of International People Moves details leadership transitions at Munich Re Specialty and HDI Global. A summary of these...