5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (721+ words) Some commercial insurance brokers are beginning renewal discussions as much as five months before expiry as persistent casualty pressures raise the stakes around submission quality and carrier engagement. The extended timeline reflects an increasingly divided market. Average US commercial insurance…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (194+ words) By Camille Joyce Lisay Three appointments late last week point in different directions but share a common thread: each represents a deliberate expansion of capability rather than a straight replacement hire, whether that is new Lloyd's-backed underwriting capacity in financial…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (718+ words) By the time insurers are asked to cover a major infrastructure project, many of the decisions determining how difficult or expensive it will be to insure may already have been made. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) wants government to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1664+ words) Today, Guy Carpenter joins the likes of Benfield and TigerRisk as initially independent reinsurance brokers whose names were replaced with their parent company’s branding in recent years. Guy Carpenter’s eponym, born in 1869, managed the Cotton Insurance Association, a pool of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (684+ words) Cedents will enter the 2027 reinsurance renewals with ample capacity and greater freedom to choose between lower prices and rebuilding protections eroded during the hard market, according to Marsh Re. In a virtual briefing ahead of Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (474+ words) Retiring adjusters and thin talent pipelines are straining carrier teams just as policyholders expect faster, more accurate claims payments A car gets totalled on a Friday night. Saturday morning, the policyholder calls to ask when her claim payment will land....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) Insurance M&A activity improved modestly in Q2 2026, with tracked deal volume increasing to 127 transactions, up from 119 in Q1, though still 21 deals below Q2 2025 and below the three-year trailing quarterly average of approximately 160 deals. The quarter continued to reflect a disciplined transaction environment....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (669+ words) Willis, a WTW business, has appointed Paul Haas (pictured, left) as senior director of business development, based in Chicago, where he will lead new business development across the Midwest with a focus on financial institutions risk at the intersection of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (829+ words) Brokerslink has expanded its board of directors from eight to 10 members following a private placement that closed in June 2026, broadening the network's shareholder base. In line with the network's shareholder-led governance model, the enlarged board now includes three new directors…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (509+ words) Kenyan-based reinsurer-Kenya Re has challenged African insurance companies to rethink their business models and find ways of retaining more value locally. This, as it warns that foreign players continue to benefit from some of the continent’s most profitable insurance opportunities....