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TWIA Board approve new catastrophe model weights, 2026 PML expected $4bn - $4.5bn

At a meeting of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Board today, the recently proposed new weighting methodology for a blending,.. Read More

Burst Pipe Earth Movement Exclusion | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

A Connecticut case shows how a burst pipe earth movement exclusion, paired with anti-concurrent causation, can erase coverage. Learn what,.. Read More

A Burst Pipe Becomes an Earth Movement, Defeating The Purpose of Insurance | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

November 4, 2025 A recent federal decision out of Connecticut, Dalmac Realty LLC v. Scottsdale Insurance Company, 1 perfectly captures how,.. Read More

W. R. Berkley hits record $482m in Lifson Re sidecar ceded premiums in Q325

US-headquartered insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation has continued to expand its use of its Lifson Re collateralized reinsurance,.. Read More

Vantage expands Partnership Capital platform & reinsurance division with key promotions

Bermuda headquartered re/insurer Vantage Risk has expanded its leadership team with a number of key promotions across its Reinsurance division,.. Read More

Nephila Capital assets under management rose $600m in a year to $7.6bn

Nephila Capital, the specialist insurance-linked securities and catastrophe reinsurance investment manager had a successful twelve months of capital raising, with,.. Read More

Soft property re/insurance a "pricing correction" after market over-reacted: Aon's Peiser

The insurance and reinsurance market over-reacted in the fourth-quarter of 2022 and now with property pricing softening across the board,,.. Read More

CEA seeks $600m Ursa Re II 2025-2 cat bond to grow capital markets quake reinsurance

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has returned to the catastrophe bond market to sponsor its third issuance this year and,.. Read More

Cat bond market yield falls to 8.81% at Oct 31st 2025, risk spreads lowest since Nov 2019

The declined to 8.81% as of October 31st 2025, falling back to levels last seen in June 2022, while,.. Read More

Singapore to extend ILS grant scheme to cover non-APAC cat bond risks again

Having made its insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme more restrictive back in 2023, to only offer the grant to catastrophe,.. Read More

Hurricane Melissa: Verisk estimates insured losses at between $2.2bn and $4.2bn

Verisk’s Extreme Event Solutions division estimates that insured industry losses to onshore property in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa will likely,.. Read More

No adverse ILS market reaction expected from Melissa cat bond payout: Fitch

As Jamaica awaits an official determination on a potential $150 million payout from its parametric catastrophe bond from Hurricane,.. Read More