The headline combined ratio looks fine. The underlying one is rising, the corporation is warning syndicates about discipline, and property cat, cyber, and specialty are softening fastest. Here is what that means for placement
Paul Lucas Sep 03, 2026
Singapore has a front-row seat
The scale of damage raises questions over coverage, loss estimates and risk transfer
When internal controls break down across multiple life insurers simultaneously, brokers placing long-term business face unpriced counterparty risk
Regulatory divergence across Asia-Pacific jurisdictions makes unified carrier counterparties increasingly important for brokers placing complex cross-border programmes
Usurance has a Utah certificate of authority, no disclosed AM Best rating, and a stated intent to cover two segments where admitted capacity has been thin. For brokers with clients in either segment, the question is whether it can deliver
Ukraine's president tells commercial airlines that Russian skies are no longer safe to fly
Two explosions and a diplomatic escalation in 48 hours - the week Germany stopped treating hybrid attacks as background noise
The June MOU has expired and hostilities have resumed, raising immediate questions for brokers placing Gulf cover
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