Carlyle Rethinks Portfolio Risk to Give Weather Insurance a Bigger Role

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Carlyle Group Inc. is unveiling a new framework for portfolio risk so that asset values reflect the insurance implications associated with severe weather shocks. The $475 billion Washington-based […]

Tanker Traffic Through Hormuz Picks Up After Slower Flows Due to Crossing Concerns

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, in a sign of traffic slowly picking up after Iran said it had again […]

Flexpoint investment in Novel to support continued expansion

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Novel Financial Holdings has secured an investment from Flexpoint Ford, a specialist private equity firm, to support its continued expansion as a diversified underwriting and insurance services holding […]

Inszone Still on a Tear With Acquisition of Georgia Agency

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Inszone Insurance Services, based in Sacramento, California, has continued its tear of mergers this year, most recently with the acquisition of Sanford, Bruker & Banks agency in Georgia. […]

People Moves: Eason Hired by WTW to Strengthen Actuarial Data Science Capabilities

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. WTW announced the appointment of Lizzie Eason as director and actuarial data scientist within its pricing, product, claims and underwriting (PPCU) consulting team in North America, effective June […]

Wiget to lead Swiss Re’s new Alternative Capital Solutions team

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the launch of a new business unit, Alternative Capital Solutions, a division that will encompass its retrocession buying activities, as well as […]

Howden Re Launches Office in Ireland, With Former McGill Exec Carpenter at Helm

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Howden Re, the global reinsurance brokerage arm of Howden Group, announced it has launched an office in Ireland to expand its European footprint. Ireland is now the fourth-largest […]

Xceedance names Vikas Wadhera SVP to support growth of catastrophe risk services

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Xceedance, a provider of technology-enabled services and operational solutions for the global insurance industry, has appointed Vikas Wadhera as Senior Vice President as the company seeks to further […]

Florida Citizens renews $2.82bn catastrophe program amid up to 30% rate decline

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has revealed it has placed its 2026 private risk transfer program of $2.82 billion. Of the total, approximately $691 million is in the […]

Swiss Re CorSo adds Richard Alexander as Head Property East

📰 Curated Industry Article This is a summary of a full article from a trusted insurance publication. Click “Read Full Article” below to read the complete story. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has appointed Richard Alexander as Head Property East. In his new role, Alexander will lead […]