ACORD report highlights profitability gap driven by digital execution among global insurers
ACORD, the international organization responsible for insurance data standards, has released the 2026 Insurance Data Standards Insurance digital maturity research Assess how digital capabilities translate into business performance across industries. The analysis covered 210 of the world’s largest insurance companies across property and casualty, life and reinsurance businesses and found that only 7% of companies…
Data and AI give MGAs a competitive edge, says Xceedance’s Lillywhite
In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Gavin Lillywhite, senior vice president of business development at Xceedance, discussed how data analytics and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can enhance the managed general agent (MGA) business model. “There is much hype and hype around the potential of agent AI to transform the insurance and reinsurance industry. As…
Fuse introduces Mark, AI submission scoring system for commercial insurance using live market intelligence
Fuse, an AI intelligence platform focused on commercial insurance, has launched Mark, a new solution designed to evaluate insurance submissions based on real-time market data. This follows the company’s recent launch of Watch, a commercial insurance real-time risk dashboard that maps active risk events across the U.S. in real time for brokers and underwriters, and…
Lancashire reports Q1’26 GPW of $668.4m, insurance revenue up 2.1%
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Lancashire Holdings Limited has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2026, with gross written premiums (GPW) falling 6.1% year-on-year to $668.4 million. The reinsurer pointed out that excluding the impact of recovery premiums related to the California wildfires, the underlying decline in gross written premiums was only 1.2%. The…
Apollo expands reinsurance capabilities with new international casualty class
Apollo, part of Skyward Group, an innovation-focused insurance platform, has announced the launch of its international casualty reinsurance category, expanding its existing portfolio and expanding its presence in global markets. The firm views the addition as a strategic move to support clients with complex risk requirements while introducing a lower-volatility component to its overall portfolio….
Talanx reports preliminary €774m Q1’26 net income, outpaces expectations
Talanx Group, Hannover Re’s parent company and major shareholder, reported preliminary consolidated net profit of 774 million euros in the first quarter of 2026, significantly exceeding analysts’ expectations and heralding a strong start to the year. The German insurer said its preliminary results beat market consensus of about 673 million euros, compared with 604 million…
Allstate extends Nationwide occurrence cat reinsurance and adjusts aggregate protection
Major U.S. insurer Allstate expanded its national per-occurrence catastrophe reinsurance maximum limits by $2 billion at renewals in April, providing coverage for events of up to $11.5 billion in losses, and made some changes to its overall coverage. For Allstate’s primary 2026-2027 Nationwide Per Occurrence towers, retention is the same as the previous year at…
AXIS Capital’s net income climbs 33% to $247m in Q1’26
AXIS Capital has achieved strong results at the beginning of 2026, with gross premiums in the first quarter reaching US$3.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of US$303 million, or 11%, and the combined ratio also improved to 89.8%. At the same time, net income available to AXIS Capital common shareholders in the first quarter of 2026…
UK Government moves to enable protected cell companies for captive insurance
HM Treasury – the UK government department responsible for economic and financial policy – has outlined plans to advance legislation that will allow protected cell companies (PCCs) to be used within the UK captive insurance framework. The proposals form part of a wider consultation considering how the PCC structure could be extended to its current…
Everest delivers 91.2% CoR and improved net income of $653m in Q1’26
Everest Group, Ltd., a global reinsurance company headquartered in Bermuda, achieved a net profit of US$653 million in the first quarter of 2026, a year-on-year increase of more than 210%. Due to lower pre-tax net catastrophe losses, the group’s combined ratio increased by 11.6 percentage points to 91.2%. Group-wide, Everest performed strongly in the first…