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Life and annuity reinsurer Martello Re raises $1.3bn in second financing round

Marcus Foley takes CRO role at Somers Re

UK's "dynamic" general insurance stress test will assess real-time reactions to events

Firms will be handed a sequence of stresses over three weeks in May 2025

Maximum Information and Aon secure funding for project to connect humanitarian aid with hurricane insurance

UK government-backed project aims to overhaul the way insurers and aid agencies manage cyclone risk

UK's life insurance stress test targets 11 bulk annuity providers

Prudential Regulation Authority consults on tests to be launched in 2025

Schroders Capital and Hannover Re unveil tokenised ILS blockchain pilot

GenAI could mean a 10%-30% boost for insurers' risk functions

Consultancy McKinsey says the insurance sector is still defined by manual processes and legacy systems

Suzanne Williams-Charles: Bermuda staying nimble is a key for growth in life business

The CEO of the Bermuda International Long-Term Insurers and Reinsurers (Biltir) association talks to Paul Walsh about the island's fast-growing life sector and her ambitions for the role

The mixed picture for life backbook deals in Europe

While life backbook consolidation in Germany seems to have stalled, in Spain it's a more a case of 'full steam ahead', David Walker finds

PE and insurance: perception versus reality

Private equity and alternative asset manager-owned life insurers have been accused of making risky investments and running opaque businesses intent on making a fast buck. The facts may not bear this out, as Sarfraz Thind reports in the first of a two-part article