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Athene taps Goldman Sachs for new head in Japan

Reinsurer has completed more than $20bn of reinsurance business in the country so far

MS Amlin commits $50m to Natural Disaster Fund

The public-private partnership has paid out $61.6m since its creation

Data centre boom sharpens focus on construction and outage risks

A 45-minute outage at a large data centre could produce a $24m service credit loss

Funded re driving greater offshore ceding in Japan

Aggregate reinsurance leverage tripled since 2020, AM Best research finds

Parametric product has first payout after rainfall hits Vietnamese coffee farms

Meta and Google social media rulings could "significantly widen insurers' exposure"

Insurers may have to reassess pricing models and risk appetite

MetLife achieves record PRT sales, clocking over $14bn in 2025

The US life insurer's PRT volumes totalled $6.7bn in 2024

Parametrix raises $27m to scale data centre and downtime cover

AI is transforming MetLife's actuarial processes, explains modelling expert

Adrian Parris says the insurer's AI efforts combine a top-down and grassroots approach

Zurich and MetLife complete £6bn longevity swap with BBC pension scheme