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  • Catastrophe losses
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    Category 3 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba
    Hurricane warnings are in place for Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas.
    Abbie Day, 29 October 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Melissa’s Jamaica landfall could result in industry losses of over $5bn: BMS
    Economic losses from the Cat 5 storm could run 30%-250% of the country’s GDP.
    Kyoung-son Song, 28 October 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 5 as it nears Jamaica
    A US landfall is not expected, but the storm could hit the Bahamas by Friday.
    Adam Kovac, 27 October 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    IBRD Jamaica bond on watch as Hurricane Melissa forecast to make landfall at Cat 5
    The storm could bring flooding to Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti.
    Rachel Dalton, 27 October 2025
  • North America
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    777 Partners co-founder Wander hit with federal fraud charges
    The executive is charged with defrauding investors out of nearly $500mn.
    Clark Mindock, 17 October 2025
  • Reinsurance
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    Lloyd’s attracting more trading interest, including ILS
    While rates have “definitely come down,” they were coming off a high base, Rachel Turk said.
    Rebecca Perkins, 16 October 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Q3 insured losses 72% below 21st century average at $12bn: Aon
    Nine-month insured losses still exceeded $100bn due to California wildfires.
    Rachel Dalton, 16 October 2025
  • Legacy
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    Juniper Re promotes Katz to head of ILS casualty and legacy
    Mory Katz joined the broker earlier this year.
    Rebecca Perkins, 15 October 2025
  • Brokers
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    Marsh McLennan to rebrand as Marsh
    Guy Carpenter will rebrand as Marsh Re, as a new central tech/operations unit is created.
    Adam McNestrie, 14 October 2025
  • ILS investors
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    Sage and Cedar Trace launch Lares Funds
    The funds will combine credit and ILS holdings.
    Abbie Day, 14 October 2025
  • Re/insurers
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    Liberty Mutual prepares to launch raise for casualty sidecar
    It is understood around $1bn of premiums could be ceded to the proposed vehicle.
    Adam McNestrie, 06 October 2025
  • Talent
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    Vantage Risk property cat SVP Steinhoff heads to Guy Carpenter
    The hire comes as Guy Carpenter fills the void created by the Willis Re raid earlier this year.
    Kyoung-son Song, 29 September 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    China evacuates nearly two million as Super Typhoon Ragasa nears
    Equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, Ragasa is the world's strongest storm this year.
    Rebecca Perkins, 24 September 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Super Typhoon Ragasa to make landfall in the Philippines
    The major storm is set to move on to mainland China later in the week.
    Rachel Dalton, 22 September 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Perils pegs European flood loss at EUR2.15bn
    The economic loss from the event was around EUR7.6bn.
    Rachel Dalton, 22 September 2025
  • Regulation
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    California lawmakers pass bills for Fair Plan cat bonds, create public risk model
    The measures also seek to encourage greater wildfire mitigation efforts.
    Clark Mindock, 16 September 2025
  • Property treaty
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    T&Cs, attachment points in property cat to hold up into 2026: Everest’s Beggs
    Reinsurer executives during a Aon reinsurer panel stressed that the industry worked hard on setting the right structure.
    Kyoung-son Song, 15 September 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Possibility of lower interest rates a hedge over cat bond growth: Aon
    The volume of property cat aggregates placed grew 50% in 2025.
    Adam Kovac, 05 September 2025
  • London market
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    Oak Re to launch second Lloyd’s syndicate writing property and specialty retro
    Syndicate 1440 was approved to assume business incepting January 2026.
    Kyoung-son Song, 03 September 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Average annual insured property loss rises to $152bn: Verisk
    The data modeling firm said losses previously averaged $132bn annually.
    Adam Kovac, 02 September 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Quiet Q2 for cat events results in lowest insured loss ratios for five years
    After the LA wildfires in Q1, carriers got some relief in Q2 ahead of wind season.
    Adam Kovac, 28 August 2025
  • Regulation
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    FEMA employees warn that agency cuts make Katrina 2.0 more likely
    The group claims the White House is undermining disaster preparedness.
    Clark Mindock, 26 August 2025
  • M&A
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    Aspen in talks with Sompo over acquisition
    The Bermudian firm has an active ILS division, unlike the Japanese conglomerate’s insurance divisions.
    Fiona Robertson, 20 August 2025
  • Florida
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    Slide ‘eyeing California for E&S’ as part of multi-state expansion: CEO Lucas
    The company plans to launch in New York and New Jersey next year.
    Sanvi Bangalore, 13 August 2025
  • Florida
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    Q2 Floridian earnings roundup August 12: Slide, American Integrity
    American Integrity grew GWP by 30% to $287mn and Slide GWP was up 25% to $435mn in Q2.
    Insurance Insider ILS team, 13 August 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    CatIQ revises down insured-loss estimate for Ontario and Quebec floods
    The estimate covers property and vehicle claims.
    Abbie Day, 12 August 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    NOAA and CSU tweak hurricane predictions
    Both organisations still predict an above-average hurricane season.
    Rachel Dalton, 11 August 2025
  • ILS managers
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    Hiscox Re & ILS fee income falls to $21mn in H1 due to wildfire loss
    Around 95% of the Hiscox Re & ILS portfolio is rated rate “adequate” or better.
    Liz Bury, 06 August 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    H1 insured nat-cat bill hits $80bn: Swiss Re
    California wildfires account for $40bn of the insured loss tally in H1.
    Rebecca Perkins, 06 August 2025
  • Commercial Lines
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    Progressive’s reinsurance coverage reached $2.2bn in Q2 2025
    The company also purchased $15mn of SCS parametric coverage.
    Adam Kovac, 05 August 2025
  • Commercial Lines
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    Berkshire Q2 reinsurance CoR improves as Guard weighs on primary arm
    The reinsurance CoR fell 2.3 points to 79.5% while the primary CoR rose 4.7 points to 98.7%.
    Jairo Ibarra, 04 August 2025
  • Interviews
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    Cat pricing at ‘risk-adequate level’: Scor’s Léger
    Scor's CEO said the P&C market had experienced a “competitive” first half.
    Abbie Day, 31 July 2025
  • M&A
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    Markel sells $1.2bn-premium global reinsurance renewal rights to Nationwide
    Nationwide will delegate management of the policies to Ryan Specialty.
    Jairo Ibarra, 31 July 2025
  • Commercial Lines
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    Aon urges clients to ‘take advantage’ of market conditions
    The broker has noted that double-digit reductions are increasingly available in property.
    Rebecca Perkins, 30 July 2025
  • Catastrophe losses
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    Major earthquake off Russia triggers Pacific tsunami alerts
    Millions are evacuating after one of the strongest earthquakes in modern history.
    Rebecca Perkins, 30 July 2025
  • Property treaty
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    Cincinnati Financial adds $300mn layer on property cat treaty renewal
    This brings the carrier’s total limit on the program to $1.8bn.
    Kyoung-son Song, 29 July 2025
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