USA Focus

Analysis

11 June 2026

Americas CRO of the year: Yibo Hu, Gibraltar Re and Lotus Re

The winning CRO in the InsuranceERM Americas awards reveals her approach to risk management

24 March 2026

Mutual benefit: how private equity is supplying capital to US mutuals

Mutual insurers can find it difficult to access capital and modern technology, but it's a challenge one private equity-backed US firm is trying to address. David Walker reports
10 December 2025

Finding the solutions to the US homeowners crisis

A surge in climate losses, inflation and market withdrawals has pushed parts of the US homeowners sector to breaking point. But proposals to stabilise the market reveal sharply different views over causes and solutions. Joshua Geer reports
05 November 2025

Asset-intensive reinsurers find a 'glass half-full' for AG 55

The US asset adequacy testing rules coming into effect at the end of this year represent another layer of formalities for life re/insurers, but participants are emphasising the positives. Christopher Cundy reports
29 October 2025

The BIS's hellish warning for life insurers

Life insurers face a Halloween horror show, according to some reports. The BIS is one such body that is cranking up the fear factor with its new review into the risks for the sector. Sarfraz Thind explains why this could hurt

News

  • Constellation Institutional Markets re-enters US PRT market

    06 July 2026

    The provider said the offering would be supported by its financial strength, ratings and institutional ownership

  • Insurers' Iran sanctions woes ease, but remain far from settled

    03 July 2026

    Strait of Hormuz fee or insurance payments and potential full lifting of US sanctions against Iran add complexity

  • New York motor insurance reforms aim to combat fraud and reduce premiums

    03 July 2026

    New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued new guidance to auto insurers

  • US PRT market has "plenty to go around" as focus shifts to deferred members

    01 July 2026

    Highlights from InsuranceERM and Banner Life family of companies webinar on US PRT market

  • Lemonade renews reinsurance programme with more catastrophe coverage

    01 July 2026

  • InsuranceERM award winner Zack Axelrod takes dual chief actuary roles

    22 June 2026

  • MS Amlin warns US has one-in-four chance of Cat 4/5 hurricane making landfall

    18 June 2026

  • California commissioner to hold public hearing on Long-Term Solvency Planning rules

    15 June 2026

    Insurers required to assess their business against climate and technology risks to 2050

  • NAIC to examine credit risk linked to data centres

    12 June 2026

  • Lincoln Financial makes trio of CRO, life insurance and annuity appointments

    11 June 2026

  • Winners of InsuranceERM's Americas awards 2026 celebrated

    10 June 2026

    Yibo Hu, chief risk officer of Gibraltar Re and Lotus Re, scooped the prestigious CRO of the year award

  • 26North Re strikes agreement to acquire Independent Insurance Group

    02 June 2026

    This will be 26North Re's first onshore platform and will complement is operations in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.

  • Liberty Mutual launches motor insurance quoting app in ChatGPT

    29 May 2026

  • Nationwide agrees $16bn life reinsurance transaction with MassMutual

    29 May 2026

    Deal covers more than 30,000 policyowners and is expected to close in Q2

  • Idaho assesses wildfire impact on its property insurance market

    19 May 2026

  • Farmers Insurance wins approval for California home insurance pricing overhaul

    12 May 2026

    It incorporates elements from insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara's Sustainable Insurance Strategy

  • Ex-NAIC president Eric Cioppa has passed away

    06 May 2026

    He became NAIC president in 2019 and was also superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance

  • Hannover Re US makes Rabin chief actuary

    01 May 2026

  • US insurers' private credit exposure faces tougher NAIC oversight

    14 April 2026

    NAIC plans to release a Credit Rating Provider Due Diligence Framework in spring

Conferences

5 November 2026, 8:00 AM

Global Life Reinsurance 2026, New York

Discuss what has become one of the fastest growing markets in the insurance world. New York, USA
16 September 2026, 8:00 AM

Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2026

The original CROs and CIOs hub for the insurance industry
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