Full underwriting permission is expected in the coming months

Coalition is moving upmarket on cyber, Verve has launched a fresh Lloyd's-backed FI capacity option, and a Sedgwick finance hire with an M&A background signals where the claims administrator's growth ambitions sit

Beijing's financial regulator wants insurers to hold five times more capital to operate, open the door to equities and gold, and give itself sharper tools to unwind failing companies

South Africa's largest general insurer weathered its most severe catastrophe period in years

Gallagher picks up WTW's global renewables lead, BHSI extends its European surety rollout to France, and HWF Partners opens a dedicated tax insurance desk for structured finance and MEA clients

Huge deal set to take overtop 5 UK specialty insurer

Record ILS capital and the steepest reinsurance pricing decline in a decade are not contradictory. They are symptoms of the same abundant-capital environment - and the question for the January 2027 renewal is how long that environment holds