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High stakes and smart retreats: the biggest 2025 deals
High stakes and smart retreats: the biggest 2025 deals
29 December 2025   From Gallagher’s $13.45bn blockbuster buy to Markel’s exit from global reinsurance, 2025 delivered surprises on both ends of the M&A spectrum. We take a closer look at the deals and retreats that shook the market.
The great reshuffle: people moves that jolted re/insurance in 2025
The great reshuffle: people moves that jolted re/insurance in 2025
24 December 2025
What regulators have in store for Britain in 2026
What regulators have in store for Britain in 2026
23 December 2025
A year in review: Bermuda’s biggest re/insurance news of 2025
23 December 2025
Cyber rates to fall again as growth prospects remain ‘constrained’
19 December 2025
Swiss Re closes $400m catastrophe bond for Farmers
19 December 2025
Another US federal reinsurance programme goes before Congress
19 December 2025
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Gallagher Re sets up captives risk transfer team
19 December 2025   Will offer solutions for single-parent captives across North America, internationally.
Markel Insurance bolsters war and terrorism underwriting with Axis hire
19 December 2025   Appointment comes at pivotal time as geopolitical tensions drive demand.
Mosaic bets on senior hire to head up Americas expansion
19 December 2025   Insurer taps BHSI leader as it builds out financial institutions platform.
NFP looks to USI VP to lead Atlantic region complex property operations
19 December 2025   New leader looks to expand broker’s offerings in the complex property market.
AIG launches $300m Lloyd's syndicate covering portfolio solutions
19 December 2025   Hails novel structure involving an insurer, distributor and private equity.
Soft rates are no quick poison for earnings or stock outlook: UBS
19 December 2025   ‘We don't believe a famine immediately follows the feast,’ UBS says.
Scor extends contingent capital protection to 2028 with $352m facility
19 December 2025   Warrants could lift Scor’s share capital, with dilution capped at 10%.
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