Insurance
US and Bermuda Reinsurers Sustain Profitability Amid Softening Markets
Reinsurance profitability is decoupling from premium growth as major players prioritize underwriting discipline over aggressive top-line expansion. A new AM Best report
Insurance
Insurity and Radity Partner to Accelerate Insurance Modernization
Insurity is attempting to lower the technical barriers to digital transformation by integrating Radity’s engineering capabilities into its cloud-based ecosystem. This
Insurance
Agero Splits Leadership to Integrate Urgently Acquisition
Agero is restructuring its executive leadership to accelerate the integration of its recent acquisition of Urgently, signaling a strategic pivot toward specialized
Insurance
AM Best Analyzes Proposed UK Captive Insurance Regime
The United Kingdom is moving toward a specialized regulatory framework for single-parent insurance captives, potentially positioning the nation as a competitive domicile
Insurance
ANV to Acquire Car Care Plan from AmTrust
ANV Group Holdings Ltd. is aggressively expanding its specialty insurance footprint by acquiring Car Care Plan (CCP) from AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.
Private Markets
Stone Point Capital Acquires Ever.Ag Risk Management Business
Stone Point Capital is expanding its footprint in the specialized financial services sector by acquiring the Risk Management business unit from Ever.
Insurance
American Financial Group Increases Annual Dividend by 10.2%
American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) is signaling long-term capital stability by raising its regular annual common stock dividend. The Cincinnati-based insurance
Real Estate
First American Data: U.S. Home Price Growth Stagnates
A persistent stalemate between housing supply and buyer demand is preventing decisive movement in the U.S. residential real estate market, according
Insurance
Thoma Bravo to Acquire Accelerant in $4B+ All-Cash Deal
Accelerant (NYSE: ARX), a data-driven risk exchange platform specializing in the specialty insurance marketplace, has entered into a definitive agreement to be
Insurance
MassMutual Ascend Surpasses $2B in Advisory Annuity Sales
MassMutual Ascend has reached a significant milestone, surpassing $2 billion in lifetime advisory annuity sales. This achievement highlights the increasing integration of
Insurance
AM Best Assigns A- Ratings to Ledgebrook Insurance Group
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) to Ledgebrook Specialty
Payments
Radian Appoints Deluxe CEO Barry C. McCarthy to Board
Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) has announced the appointment of Barry C. McCarthy to its Board of Directors. This leadership addition comes
Insurance
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Arby’s Funding Notes
KBRA has assigned preliminary ratings to the Arby’s Funding, LLC, Series 2026-1 Class A-1 and Class A-2 Notes. This transaction is
Markets
Lincoln Financial to Buy Back $500M in Preferred Shares
Lincoln National Corporation has initiated concurrent, separate offers to purchase up to $500 million in aggregate liquidation preference of its outstanding depositary
Markets
KKR to Acquire Medicover India's Hospital Operations
Global investment firm KKR has signed definitive agreements to acquire Medicover India, the Indian hospital operations of Medicover AB. This strategic acquisition
Insurance
MetLife Approves $3 Billion Common Stock Repurchase
MetLife, Inc. has received board approval for a new $3 billion authorization to repurchase its common stock. This significant capital allocation move,
Insurance
Everest Sells Mexico Insurance Operations to Fairfax
Everest Group, Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Mexican insurance subsidiary, Compañía de Seguros Generales Everest México S.
Insurance
Ryan Hodges Wins Excellence in Risk Management Award
American Integrity Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: AII) has announced that Ryan Hodges, the company's Senior Vice President of Risk Management,
