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Rachel Dalton is the lead reporter for Insurance Insider. She covers broking and treaty and facultative reinsurance.

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Catastrophe losses

2025 insured cat loss load to hit $107bn: Swiss Re

Los Angeles wildfires and SCS pushed US losses to $89bn.

Rachel Dalton, 16 December 2025
Catastrophe losses

Perils pegs Australian east coast SCS loss at A$1.1bn

The storm outbreak follows similar events in the area in 2020 and 2023.

Rachel Dalton, 15 December 2025
Catastrophe losses

Hannover Re to book multi-hundred-million-euro Melissa loss

The (re)insurer has a higher-than-average Jamaican market share.

Rachel Dalton, 10 November 2025
Capital raising

Walleye Capital pulls plug on Lloyd’s FaL investing plan amid oversupply

The hedge fund had significant investment aims for the London market.

Fiona Robertson, 10 November 2025
Catastrophe losses

Melissa insured losses to land between $2.2bn and $4.2bn: Verisk

Widespread underinsurance and low exposures will limit losses.

Rachel Dalton, 03 November 2025
Catastrophe losses

Low exposure to keep Hurricane Melissa insured losses limited for London

Many commercial risks will have London coverage, but insured values are relatively low.

Ayesha Venkataraman, 31 October 2025
Catastrophe losses

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
Renewals

GC calls for ‘proper sharing of fortunes’ between cedants and reinsurers

EMEA CEO Laurent Rousseau said reinsurance must retain its relevance to investors.

Rachel Dalton, 20 October 2025
Catastrophe losses

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
Renewals

Munich Re emphasises partnership approach in softening market

The reinsurer stressed it “did not shy” from cat business in 2023.

Rachel Dalton, 16 October 2025
Brokers

Aon Re names Srivastava as global CBO

The executive has worked at Aon for almost two decades.

Rachel Dalton, 03 October 2025
ILS investors

Augment Risk and Cohen launch casualty ILS facility

The facility will initially focus on US, Bermudian and European business.

Rachel Dalton, 02 October 2025
M&A

CyberCube secures $180mn+ investment from Spectrum

Spectrum joins investors ForgePoint, Hudson and MTech.

Rachel Dalton, 01 October 2025
Catastrophe losses

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

Perils pegs European flood loss at EUR2.15bn

The economic loss from the event was around EUR7.6bn.

Rachel Dalton, 22 September 2025
Bermuda

Akinova plans agg umbrella offering for bluechip insureds

The tech firm is building a joint stock company with insurers and investors.

Liz Bury, 11 September 2025
Reinsurance

Navigating the step-down: Reinsurers buoyant despite rising competition

Terms are expected to hold, underpinning the stronger recent performance of reinsurers.

Fiona Robertson, 09 September 2025
Renewals

Short-tail reinsurance pricing to fall ~5% at 2026 renewal: S&P

The ratings agency warned negative PYD on US casualty will likely continue.

Rachel Dalton, 02 September 2025
M&A

Sompo-Aspen: Fitting the portfolios together

The Japanese carrier faces integration challenges to make a success of the deal.

Rachel Dalton, 02 September 2025
Reinsurance

Reinsurers beat cost of capital in 2024: AM Best

Last year marked the second consecutive year in which carriers made a positive return.

Rachel Dalton, 27 August 2025
Reinsurance

Swiss Re net profit up 24.2% to $2.6bn for H1

The P&C division booked a combined ratio of 81.1% for the first half of 2025.

Rachel Dalton, 14 August 2025
Catastrophe losses

NOAA and CSU tweak hurricane predictions

Both organisations still predict an above-average hurricane season.

Rachel Dalton, 11 August 2025
Claims and losses

Perils ups Eowyn estimate 7% to EUR747mn

The figure updates an April estimate of EUR696mn.

Rachel Dalton, 28 July 2025
Reinsurance

Wenning to retire as Munich Re CEO at year end

CFO Christoph Jurecka will succeed as management board chair.

Rachel Dalton, 23 July 2025
Catastrophe losses

H1 insured cat losses to hit at least $100bn: Aon

US events accounted for more than 90% of global insured losses.

Rachel Dalton, 15 July 2025
Florida

Nephila continues to lead Citizens’ 2025-26 cat XoL programme with 26% line

The programme’s total limit this year is down $594mn to $1.36bn.

Rachel Dalton, 30 June 2025
Regulation

Lloyd’s welcomes scrapping of US ‘revenge tax’

The measure could have landed insurers with extra tax on US business.

Rachel Dalton, 30 June 2025
Brokers

ILW broker Rothstein among Guy Carpenter departures for Willis Re

A group of Bermuda staff also left the broker.

Rachel Dalton, 26 June 2025
Reinsurance

Arch Re promotes Soares, Jal and Seyller

William Soares moves from casualty and specialty CUO to president.

Rachel Dalton, 03 June 2025
Catastrophe bonds

Vermont seeks $200mn cover via Baldwin Re

The bond will provide protection for storms, quakes and fires in seven US states.

Rachel Dalton, 02 June 2025

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