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Fuse International, an AI-powered commercial insurance intelligence platform, has announced the general availability of Watch, a new product that plots every active US peril on a single live map, purpose-built for commercial insurance brokers and underwriters.

In order for the current downward trajectory of pricing in property insurance and reinsurance to be meaningfully shifted broker Gallagher Re says that an anomalously high loss burden will be required.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is back in the market looking to sponsor another catastrophe bond, with an initial target to secure $450 million or more in reinsurance protection from a new Everglades Re II Ltd. (Series 2026-1), Artemis has learned.

American Coastal Insurance Company (AmCoastal Insurance) continues to seek $200 million in multi-peril reinsurance from the capital markets from its Armor Re II Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond issuance, but the company is now aiming to capitalize on investor appetite and has adjusted and tightened the price guidance for the notes on offer, Artemis has […]

A new report from global reinsurer Swiss Re has outlined that an array of sensor technologies has transformed how flood risk can be measured, from Internet of Things (IoT) flood sensors and satellite imagery to remote sensing and high-resolution flood models, all of which can play a key role in the future of parametric flood […]

Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has estimated that total insured catastrophe losses for the opening quarter of 2026 reached at least US$20 billion, 26% lower than the decadal average of $26 billion, and 47% below the most recent 5-year average.

Coming off a remarkable 2025, which saw the registration of new collateralized insurer class of companies in Bermuda climb to its highest level ever, early indicators for Q1 2026 suggest a continuation of this growth trend with seven new special purpose insurers (SPIs) and two new collateralized insurers having registered in Bermuda during the opening […]

Lloyd’s of London continued to demonstrate its attractiveness to investors throughout 2025, with individual syndicates delivering strong results, while the market has also seen an increasing number of new entrants and a growth in risk capital deployed through the market’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) structure London Bridge 2 PCC.

As the data centre build-out continues to expand as an emerging field across the industry, it appears very likely that insurers, reinsurers and various organisations may turn towards catastrophe bonds to source risk capital for these facilities, according to John Seo of Fermat Capital Management LLC.

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the northeastern Japanese coast along the Sanriku region of Hokkaido and Iwate prefecture at around 4.50pm local time Monday (8.50am UK), with small tsunami waves already reported and a warning of the potential for higher waves imminently.