What Berkshire’s CEO Abel Said About Insurance

Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive had the unusual task of reporting lower 2025 underwriting and investment income for GEICO and other insurance and reinsurance operations in his first report to ...

AI Got Beat by Traditional Models in Forecasting NYC’s Blizzard

Two days before New York's biggest snowstorm in a decade began, forecasters were still unsure how much snow would fall. One traditional U.S. model had consistently predicted a major hit, while newer ...

Global InsurTech Funding Surges on Record Re/Insurance Investments: Gallagher Re

Investments in global InsurTech rose 19.5% during 2025 to $5.08 billion from $4.25 billion in FY 2024, marking the first annual increase since 2021, according to Gallagher Re's Q4 Global Insurtech ...

Reinsurance Program Could Wipe Out Need for Calif. FAIR Plan: Legal Exec

Merritt Farren, a former high-ranking legal executive at Disneyland and Amazon, has launched a bid to become California's next insurance commissioner. His platform ...

Earnings Wrap-Up: AXIS Expanding Insurance Biz, Shrinking Re Book

Looking for clues about property/casualty insurance carrier profit potential and market conditions for 2026, Carrier Management listened to earnings conference calls for six publicly traded insurers ...

Outlook on Reinsurance Has Changed; Pre-’23 Property Pricing Back: AM Best

AM Best's outlook for the global reinsurance segment is no longer positive, the rating agency announced Monday, citing the uptick in property reinsurance price drops and concerns about casualty ...

Market Softening Accelerates During 1/1/2026 Re Renewals

Expanded reinsurance capacity resulted in accelerated softening of pricing across many lines during the Jan. 1, 2026 renewals, according to Guy Carpenter, which also indicated a double-digit drop in ...

What to Expect in 2026: U.S. P/C Results More Like 2024

With premium growth slowing to around 3 or 4 percent, and hurricane activity likely returning to normal levels, analysts at Fitch Ratings foresee 2026 underwriting results for property/casualty ...