News in Focus

Juniper, the trailblazing insurtech start-up co-founded by Ambra Zhang, is setting out to revolutionise reproductive healthcare with its innovative approach to health insurance.

Canada's natural catastrophe loss bill is projected to exceed C$8bn ($5.7bn) this year, driving adjustments in pricing, attachment points and deductibles, according to Jolee Crosby, CEO of Swiss Re Canada.

Dellwood Insurance Group’s founding CEO Michael Price has said that the success of the start-up will be driven by matching the “expertise and speed” of wholesale trading partners, adding that current P&C market conditions have a “multi-year runway”.

There is no expectation of a widespread shift in business away from the E&S market, with the sector’s freedom of rate and form allowing it to address challenging issues on the admitted side, according to Westfield Specialty’s founding president Jack Kuhn.

Dellwood Insurance Group’s founding CEO Michael Price has said that the success of the start-up will be driven by matching the “expertise and speed” of wholesale trading partners, adding that current P&C market conditions have a “multi-year runway”.

There is no expectation of a widespread shift in business away from the E&S market, with the sector’s freedom of rate and form allowing it to address challenging issues on the admitted side, according to Westfield Specialty’s founding president Jack Kuhn.

Moves by carriers to establish dedicated wholesale operations and a commitment to dual distribution has led to continued growth in submission counts, despite stabilising market conditions, according to Amwins brokerage co-presidents Jeff McNatt and Sam Baig.

Cyber pricing is being driven down by less disciplined market entrants taking a generalist approach to the segment, according to Westfield Specialty’s Jeff Kulikowski, who added that the insurer is willing to walk away from unprofitable business.

The level of threat activity has remained “reasonably consistent” in 2024, according to Coalition’s Chris Hendricks, who said it was “shocking” that threat actors are still finding success with attack methods that aren’t new.

Crawford & Company is targeting loss adjusting personnel with a very specific skillset as the role has experienced a “rapid evolution”, the firm’s CEO for international operations has told The Insurer TV.

David Vigier, chief commercial officer and head of captives strategy at HDI, told The Insurer TV that France’s regulatory overhaul in 2023, that led to it becoming a captive-friendly domicile, took years of lobbying from the risk management community.

California insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara’s recent moratorium on non-renewals is further tightening the state’s already-strained property insurance market, according to Michael Ray, CEO at Lloyd’s capacity-backed MGA Wildfire Defense Insurance Services.

Risks associated with AI currently face a coverage gap, Armilla AI CEO Karthik Ramakrishnan told The Insurer TV on the sidelines of this year's Ferma Forum.

CFC’s head of innovation George Beattie has described the company’s carbon credit insurance strategy as a “deep bet” on the carbon market’s future shift from voluntary participation to mandatory government schemes.

An influx of capital to meet the growing demand for cyber coverage in Europe is expected to keep rates stable, according to Ralph Brand, president of Continental Europe Commercial P&C Insurance at Sompo.

The unofficial theme of this year’s insurance conference season has been the ongoing crisis in the US casualty market.

Risk managers are having to continuously adapt their insurance strategies as complexities within the risk transfer market grow, according to the chief executive of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma).

Events like the recent Valencia floods are expected to become more frequent in Europe due to the warming of the Mediterranean, according to Anke Sielker, head of the reinsurance practice and head of insurance for EMEA at ICEYE.

Industry body the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) has predicted that the president-elect’s proposed tariffs are unlikely to have a direct impact on the insurance industry, while the potential effects of his proposed tax cuts will largely depend on the final balance of the House of Representatives.

MS Amlin is expanding its general liability offerings for SMEs through delegated markets as it seeks to avoid the effects of social inflation on the casualty sector, according to the carrier’s chief underwriting officer Martin Burke.

The capital seen pouring into the insurance sector in recent years has attracted more eyeballs from investors and others, including regulators, which Ryan Stokes of Xceedance sees as “totally a positive” for the industry.

Serene Davis, global head of cyber at QBE Insurance, and Gamze Konyar, head of cyber and SVP at Marsh Europe, told The Insurer TV they expect the softening in the European cyber market to decelerate in 2025 and for dynamics to align more with the US market.

Corporate insurance buyers across Europe are increasingly turning to parametric solutions as risk managers’ understanding of the type of solutions available continues to grow, according to a panel hosted by

Demand for standalone terrorism cover is rising across Europe amid concerns around contested elections and sub-limits being placed on strikes, riots, and civil commotion (SRCC) exposures in property placements, according to Beazley’s Fred Kleiterp.