insurance

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has lowered its estimated insured losses from Cyclone Alfred to AU $2.250 billion, down 12% from the initial loss estimate of AU $2.568 billion issued in April 2025, six weeks after the event.

European insurers are increasingly revisiting aggregate catastrophe cover to protect against high-frequency events, with alternative capital providers showing greater interest in supporting these structures, according to Hamish Dowlen, Managing Director and Head of EMEA at Gallagher Re.

Specialty insurer Beazley is enhancing its property parametric underwriting capabilities with the appointment of Swiss Re’s Stefan Wunderlich as Head of Parametric Insurance.

Mereo Advisors, the Bermuda based insurance, reinsurance and asset management group that also manages insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, has been rebranded as Cedar Trace.

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has issued its fourth and final industry loss estimate for the floods that impacted southern Germany between May 31 and June 6, 2024, putting the insured market loss at €1.564 billion.

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has appointed Dan Hartung as global head of event response within its Risk Capital division, as the firm seeks to strengthen its real-time catastrophe intelligence capabilities amid increasing demand for responsive and integrated disaster analytics.

The final week of May brought a wave of damaging severe convective storms and flooding across the southern United States, with insured losses likely to reach into the billions, according to global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon.

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. has bought $110 million more in reinsurance limit at its 2025 renewal, taking the top of the reinsurance tower for its subsidiaries to $2.526 billion, with ILS manager Nephila Capital once again cited as a key counterpart.

At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, a high-profile panel of industry figures discussed how the maturing catastrophe bond market can better navigate capacity crunches, volatility, and communication gaps as it continues to grow at record pace.

The UK Met Office has joined calls for above-average levels of 2025 Atlantic hurricane season activity, forecasting 9 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes as the most likely number to be experienced, citing signals for continued neutral El Niño conditions and vertical wind shear at near to or below-normal levels.