Reinsurers Have Made Major Structural Changes to Improve Profits. Will Discipline Last? August 22, 2025 By L.S. Howard Reinsurance underwriting remains disciplined, with terms and conditions and attachment points largely intact, despite signs of rate moderation, according to...
‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN August 22, 2025 Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme...
How to Keep Small Business Insurance Customers From Jumping Ship August 21, 2025 Are property/casualty insurers facing a potential retention problem with small business customers? According to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Small...
Renewables Battling Climate Change Now Need to Insure Against It August 20, 2025 By Ishika Mookerjee and Minmin Low Solar and wind energy companies are betting on a novel form of insurance to protect their assets against wild and...
Swiss Re Tops List of Largest Reinsurers on Its Shift to IFRS-17 Accounting: AM Best August 18, 2025 By L.S. Howard Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers as a result of its adoption of the IFRS-17...
Homeowners Insurers Still Boosting Rates; Top Carriers Ranked: AM Best August 8, 2025 Last year’s sub-100 combined ratio for the homeowners line broke a five-year string of 100-plus figures for the U.S. insurance...
Great Barrier Reef Records Largest Annual Coral Loss in 39 Years August 8, 2025 By Rod McGuirk The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four...
Global Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Could Top $150B in 2025: Swiss Re Report August 6, 2025 By L.S. Howard Global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit US$80 billion in the first half of 2025, which is almost double the...
UK Firms Hire Contractors Instead of Employees to Cut Tax Bills August 6, 2025 By Irina Anghel UK businesses are turning to the self-employed in an effort to rein in costs as they try to navigate Chancellor...
Espionage, Including Theft of Intellectual Property, Cost Australia $12.5B in 2023-2024 August 1, 2025 Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a study by ASIO and the Australian Institute of Criminology. The...