Santam, South Africa's largest general insurer, has recorded a solid performance for the half year ended 30 June 2026, with growth of 10% (June 2025: 10%) in Gross Written Premium (GWP), an 8.1% (June 2025: 11.3%) Underwriting Margin (UWM) and a 6% (June 2025: 16%) rise in Net Earned Premium (NEP).
The Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA) will host its Singapore Conference 2026, beginning with a one-day Masterclass on 14 October, followed by the conference on 15 October 2026.
A new amendment passed by the New Zealand parliament bars any court from finding any person, including the Crown, liable in tort for climate-change effects arising from greenhouse gas emissions in current and future proceedings.
The Insurance Association of Turkiye (TSB) says that insurance can move beyond its traditional role as a post-loss mechanism and become an integral part of climate-risk reduction, resilience financing and investment.
A super El Nino event is expected this autumn and winter, based on the comprehensive marine monitoring, atmospheric circulation and multi-model forecast results from the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre. The possibility that the impact of this year's El Nino may surpass that of the historical super El Nino of 1998 cannot be ruled out.
Descartes Underwriting, a global provider of corporate parametric (re)insurance solutions for climate and emerging risks, and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), the business unit of Generali Group providing insurance solutions and services to medium and large companies in more than 180 countries, have renewed their strategic partnership.
Leading global reinsurers, have recorded 19.9% return on equity (ROE) for 1H2026, the second-highest half-year result recorded over the past decade.
Short-duration, high-intensity rainfall events are expected to intensify across Southeast Asia in both frequency and severity amid a warming climate, putting pressure on insurers. This is according to a new study by commercial property insurer FM and the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Natural catastrophe insurance premium rates have been revised in Algeria following the issuance of a new decree by the Ministry of Finance, that was published in the Official Gazette.
Insured losses are expected to be modest relative to economic losses with reinsurers expected to absorb a significant portion of the insured losses, says AM Best.