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• Higher reserve releases help Validus to earnings beat

  30-10-2015 02:16
  Higher reserve releases helped offset losses from Tianjin and a
  Chilean earthquake at Validus Holdings as the Bermudian reported
  operating profits of $73.6mn for the third quarter.
  The performance was below the $84.9mn generated in the
  prior-year period, but at $0.86 a share was a modest beat on Wall
  Street consensus of $0.78 a share.
  Gross written premiums were up by a noticeable 11.9 percent,
  driven by the inclusion of Western World in results.
  Validus said the GWP growth was...
  
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• Nvidia turns to insurers to spread the risk of AI build-out

  29-09-2026 06:04 via ft.com
  World’s largest listed company looks for new ways to draw Wall Street deeper into the financing of the AI boom
  
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• The booming business of insuring against US gun violence

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Companies, political campaigns and even schools are taking out policies to shield themselves from litigation that can follow attacks
  
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• How gun violence became a cost of doing business

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Companies, political campaigns and even schools are taking out policies to shield themselves from litigation that can follow attacks
  
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• Blackstone’s insurance plans will help London, if not its old guard

  25-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The sector is one area where major international investors still think the UK capital is a world leader
  
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• Australian insurer draws a line under Greensill with Credit Suisse settlement

  25-09-2026 05:47 via ft.com
  IAG settles with Swiss bank over A$2.8bn claim, ending a test case for global insurance sector
  
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• L&G to cut a tenth of its workforce

  23-09-2026 12:33 via ft.com
  Move to slash 1,000 jobs comes as part of broader effort by chief executive António Simões to restructure FTSE 100 group
  
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• Why Blackstone’s latest plans at Lloyd’s of London have sparked a firestorm

  22-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Private capital investors are now competing head-on with insurers, shaking up the sector
  
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• Over-80s turn to annuities as rates climb

  19-09-2026 07:13 via ft.com
  Growing interest comes amid a rise in larger annuity purchases
  
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• Ex-Apollo executive admits to improperly using company documents

  18-09-2026 18:41 via ft.com
  Imran Siddiqui had been sued by US private capital group over his rival start-up
  
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• The real risk of private credit’s involvement in the pension business

  18-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The critical issue is liquidity and ensuring that long-term promises to pay retirement benefits are met
  
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• The real risk of private credit’s involvement in the annuity business

  18-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The critical issue is liquidity and ensuring that long-term promises to pay retirement benefits are met
  
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• The $200mn shortfall that exposed strains in Mark Walter’s insurance empire

  18-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Flows raise questions about whether financier drew on insurance assets to help ease financial troubles elsewhere
  
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• Private equity turns to financial engineering to lure insurance billions

  18-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Structured financing helps fuel growth of secondaries funds by making investments more attractive to risk-averse investors
  
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• How money moved across Mark Walter’s empire

  18-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Flows raise questions about whether financier drew on insurance assets to help ease financial troubles elsewhere
  
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• Santander wins £677mn legal appeal over PPI mis-selling bill

  15-09-2026 14:10 via ft.com
  Court of Appeal overturns earlier ruling in long-running battle between Spanish bank and French insurer Axa
  
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• Michael Dell’s family office leads $7.7bn deal to take insurance broker private

  14-09-2026 02:45 via ft.com
  DFO Management and Sequence near acquisition of Baldwin Group as industry undergoes wave of consolidation
  
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• Michael Dell’s family office nears deal to take $4.1bn insurance broker private

  14-09-2026 00:14 via ft.com
  DFO Management in advanced talks with Baldwin Group as historically fragmented industry undergoes wave of consolidation
  
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• Sanctions loophole lets UK insurer cover tankers carrying Russian gas

  11-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  NorthStandard legally insuring vessels despite government expanding powers to restrict maritime services
  
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• Insurers Zurich and Allianz have exposure linked to Radiant World

  11-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Iron ore trader battling court claims from creditors around allegedly fraudulent documentation
  
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• China pumps $54bn into banks and insurers

  07-09-2026 11:26 via ft.com
  Beijing widens recapitalisation plan to more state-controlled institutions in bid to boost financial performance
  
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• China pumps $53bn into banks and insurers

  07-09-2026 06:21 via ft.com
  Beijing widens recapitalisation plan to more state-controlled institutions in bid to boost financial performance
  
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• Insurers pile on risk as payouts fall to lowest level in 20 years

  06-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Industry braces for downturn as influx of capital into property and casualty insurance pushes down premiums
  
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• The prime minister won’t cut spending — here’s how I’m cutting mine 

  05-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Cutting back feels self-defeating but October’s Budget will be punishing for broad-shouldered Britons
  
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• EQT strikes $2bn deal for insurance broker McGill

  04-09-2026 13:05 via ft.com
  Acquisition is latest example of private equity investing in insurance sector
  
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• Lloyd’s of London faces £1.4bn losses from US-Iran war

  03-09-2026 12:35 via ft.com
  Attacks on critical infrastructure in the Gulf lead to rise in insurance claims
  
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• KPMG warned Guggenheim unit over deficiencies in internal controls

  03-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Big Four auditor flagged up flaws in how private investment division accounted for revenue
  
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• Mbappé-backed health start-up expands to west Africa

  02-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Deal to buy Senegalese insurer Tanel comes months after fundraising valued France’s Alan at €5.5bn
  
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• Natural disasters set to cost the world $450bn a year

  01-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  More than half of losses not covered by insurance as carriers carve out risk and cut exposure
  
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• Disasters to cost world $450bn a year from climate change and development

  01-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  More than half of losses not covered by insurance as carriers carve out risk and cut exposure
  
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