International
Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Fall to Lowest 9-Month Level Since 2019: Report
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $92 billion during the first nine months of 2026, 29% below the 10-year average ($128 billion) and the lowest year-to-date insured loss total ...
A Timeline of Developments in AI Safety Since the Attack on Hugging Face
In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans. ...
Shipping Nations Warn Global Trade Is Fracturing — And Everyone Pays
The armed conflicts, trade wars, and extreme weather events hammering maritime supply chains are not one-offs, but rather signs of a "structural shift" for global trade, 18 of the most important ...
UN Warns Global Warming Will Exceed 1.5C and Must Be Reversed
Since countries signed onto the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United Nations has regularly reported on the world's progress at limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. A landmark UN ...
Lloyd’s Reports Improved Combined Ratio on H1 Underwriting Profit of £1.9B
Lloyd's of London reported an improved first-half combined ratio of 90.8, (H1 2025: 92.5), which drove an underwriting profit of £1.9 billion ($2.6 billion), compared with £1.5 billion ($2.0 ...
AI-Driven Cyber Risk Is Top Concern for Global Financial Stability, Watchdog Says
Financial Stability Board Chair Andrew Bailey said on Monday that the impact of AI on cyber risk was the most immediate concern for the global financial system, saying the technology could change the ...
World Inches Toward Catastrophic Climate Events: ‘Bigger Shocks Are On the Way’
In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future," a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The ...
Latin American P/C Insurers Enter Softer Market but Earnings Stay Resilient
Latin American non-life insurers are moving into a softer part of the cycle, but they are doing so from a position of relative strength. After two years of pricing adjustments in response to the ...