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Baltimore Bridge insured losses could hit $4bn, says Morningstar DBRS

The incident could amount to one of the largest marine insurance losses in history, says Lloyd's chief

Baltimore bridge collapse: insured losses to run into billions of dollars

The disaster will also strongly impact the International Group of P&I Associations

Terrorism reinsurer Pool Re wins backing for treaty overhaul

The UK mutual consulted on a switch to a cat model treaty offering in 2022

Manulife seals largest Canadian universal life reinsurance deal

With this transaction, Manulife said it has released $11bn of capital since 2015

Japan Post Life reinsures JPY 650bn annuity book with RGA

Breakeven is best Asia's reinsurers can hope for underwriting in 2024, predicts S&P Global

Rating agency predicts more regular reviews of underwriting assumptions in future

Beazley's property premiums soar as it capitalises on US insurance crisis

Speciality re/insurer doubles pre-tax profits to $1.3bn, launches share buy-back

L&G maintains profits in 2023 amid difficult investment markets

But bulk annuity sales - and use of funded reinsurance - continue to rise

The red flags for private equity in insurance

Supervisors have their sights set on private equity-backed insurers, but what precisely are the business practices at issue? Christopher Cundy and Sarfraz Thind summarise the view from the market

Irdai publishes framework for collateralised reinsurance with foreign reinsurers