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Health Insurance Amendment (Incentive Payments and Other Measures) Act 2026 ↗
Home insurance premiums fall again as Defaqto warns of claims pressures ↗
Home insurance prices fell 2.4% in Q3 with monthly drops; Defaqto warns of claims pressures.
Also: Insurance Post, Insurance Times, Insurance Business (UK), actuarialpost.co.uk
Tunisia: Government unveils 2027 Budget measures for insurance sector development ↗
Tunisia's government has unveiled 2027 budget measures aimed at developing the insurance sector.
Turkiye: Takaful contributions jump by 45% in Jan-Sep period ↗
Takaful contributions in Türkiye rose 45% over January to September.
Morocco: Regulator launches digital platform for handling insurance-related complaints ↗
Morocco's insurance regulator has launched a digital platform for handling insurance complaints.
South Africa: Geopolitical risks shift from peripheral concern to core strategy for non-life insurers ↗
South African non-life insurers are moving geopolitical risk from a peripheral concern to a core strategic issue.
FCA finds AI governance lagging behind deployment across financial firms ↗
The FCA's first AI practice paper finds oversight retrofitted, accountability diffused and monitoring gaps across financial firms.
Young drivers can cut insurance premiums to under €1,000 with ‘black box’ cover ↗
Also: irishtimes.com
Moody’s forecasts further growth in German insurers’ private credit investments ↗
Moody's expects German insurers to grow private credit holdings for higher returns and asset-liability matching, with valuation and liquidity challenges.
Big Interview: Simon Hunt, HDI ↗
HDI UK and Ireland CEO Simon Hunt discusses growth in corporate and specialty lines via a new Lloyd's syndicate and new classes.
Insurance technology represents key opportunity for the Kenyan market ↗
‘Full-circle moment’: Warden returns to Chubb to lead P&C ↗
Kathleen Warden has started as Chubb's head of property and casualty for Australia and New Zealand.
Also: Insurance Asia News
Gallagher hires former Austbrokers Corporate chief ↗
John Mutton has been appointed managing director of affinity at Gallagher Australia, effective next year.
Final call for UAC Leadership Academy intake ↗
NIBA crowns community hero ↗
Brokers ‘deserve credit’ for code’s stronger strata rules ↗
WR Berkley Reports Q3 Net Income Decrease, Operating Income Up ↗
W.R. Berkley's Q3 2026 net income fell about 12.7% to roughly $446 million, while operating income rose to $456.5 million.
Psychological Reactance: The Hidden Bias in Claims Negotiation ↗
A claims professional examines how psychological reactance can bias claims negotiations with claimant attorneys.
AXA XL appoints Erin Bouren as Underwriting Manager for E&S Casualty ↗
Ghost broking is evolving and so is the IFB's response ↗
Insurance Fraud Bureau director Ursula Jallow discusses how insurers are responding to increasingly sophisticated ghost broking scams.
How Organizations Can Build Cyber Resilience in an Era of AI-Driven Threats ↗
Advice piece urging a preparedness culture, employee awareness and the right insurance partner to build cyber resilience against AI-driven threats.
Ergo Insurance appoints Prasirt Rerkumnuaychok as chief distribution officer ↗
Quebec broker Ellipse launches Ellipse Collective ↗
Quebec P&C broker Ellipse has launched Ellipse Collective, increasingly targeting group benefits for commercial clients.
Canadian commercial buyers enter 2027 in a soft market despite heavy cat year: Aon ↗
Aon reports ample capacity keeps pricing flat to down for well-run Canadian commercial risks, with underwriters focusing on data.
Broker-focused carriers keep lining up behind IBAC’s national campaign ↗
Centerra Gold’s April Savchuk wins Canada’s top risk management honor ↗
Auto finance fraud reaches $10.4 billion as criminals shift from theft: NICB ↗
As workers’ comp rates soften, safety records carry more weight at renewal ↗
Insurance moves: Burns & Wilcox, Ironpeak, Title Resources, Group 1001, Clyde & Co ↗
Crum & Forster’s Travel Insured embeds cover in Tern’s travel advisor platform ↗
Crum & Forster's Travel Insured is embedding plans in Tern's platform so advisors can quote and sell inside client itineraries.
Delray Beach homeowner says insurance went up $300 a year after replacing her roof through state program ↗
A Delray Beach homeowner reports insurance rising $300 a year after a state-program roof replacement.
Also: wptv.com
Insurance moves: Chaucer, Berkshire Hathaway, Simply Business and Gallagher ↗
Hailstorm Raphaela sets Europe convective storm loss record ↗
PERILS estimates late-August Hailstorm Raphaela losses at €3.3 billion, Europe's costliest convective storm on record.
Mox Bank Adds Home Insurance to its Mox Insure Digital Suite ↗
Senior care liability claims grow costlier ↗
Senior living liability rates are stabilising on added capacity, but claim costs and severity concerns are rising, sources say.
Property owners invest in resilience, but insurers slow to recognize efforts ↗
Commercial owners are funding roof, sprinkler and leak-monitoring upgrades, but insurers are slow to credit them.
Opioid prescriptions plunge, but questions remain over alternative pain treatments ↗
Workers compensation opioid prescribing has fallen sharply after a decade of reduction efforts, raising questions about alternative pain treatments.
Data center boom brings premium growth, risks ↗
Data centre construction is driving insurance demand, with insurers' main challenge being accumulated exposure rather than capacity shortage.
Basic cybersecurity controls remain critical as threats evolve ↗
European commercial insurers earn high ratings, but several are assessed by just one agency ↗
Litmus scores show high ratings for European commercial insurers, though several are rated by only one agency.
Perspectives: Data centers, government uncertainty and the next wave of D&O risk ↗
Commentary links the AI-driven data centre boom and unclear regulation to a coming wave of D&O liability risk.
View from the top: Felix Morgan, Trucordia ↗
Profile of Trucordia CEO and chairman Felix Morgan, who joined the Utah brokerage in 2021 as CFO.
Data spotlight: Drug utilization per pain management claim ↗
Prediction markets gain role in risk transfer ↗
A tea importer uses the Kalshi prediction market to hedge tariff and shipping risks, an alternative to traditional risk transfer.
Alternative capital finds wider acceptance ↗
Alternative capital such as cat bonds and sidecars has grown over three decades but remains concentrated in property risks.
Insurance Times Awards 2026: C&C Insurance Brokers on its record-breaking year ↗
Insurance Times Awards 2026: Centricity on representing the future of commercial broking ↗
India: Travel insurance on all rail tickets, whether online or offline, will be mandatory from 27 October ↗
Australia-New Zealand: Four Nations, including Australia and New Zealand, form an Insurance Alliance to confront the rising risks threatening economic resilience ↗
Malaysia: Government readies affordable health insurance plan, after surge in surrender of private health plans ↗
Malaysia's government is preparing an affordable health insurance plan after a surge in surrenders of private health policies.
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