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Using Captive Insurance to Reinsure Surety Bonds: A Growing Opportunity
Captive insurance is expanding into surety bond reinsurance, allowing companies to deploy capital more effectively while enhancing risk control and financial flexibility. This emerging strategy enables large, well-capitalized captives to participate as reinsurers, creating new opportunities in alternative risk financing and improving access to the reinsurance market. Read More
Cayman Adds 32 New Insurer Licenses in 2025 Through Third Quarter
Cayman's captive insurance sector added 32 new licenses through the third quarter of 2025, signaling continued growth. With 719 licensed insurers and $173 billion in assets, the jurisdiction remains a leading offshore insurance domicile. Upcoming insights will be shared at the Cayman Captive Forum, December 2–4, 2025. Read More
HUB Report Highlights Mixed Market Signals Across US Insurance Lines
HUB's 2025 Outlook third quarter Rate Report reveals a shifting US insurance market, with stabilization in property and cyber lines and continued pressure on auto and casualty. The report emphasizes proactive planning, strong risk management, and early renewal strategies as key to securing favorable insurance terms amid economic uncertainty. Read More
Howden Re Report Examines Innovation in a Hard Market Softening Cycle
Howden Re's "Who Dares Wins: Innovation in an Era of Hard Market Softening" report examines how reinsurers and cedents can sustain profitability through innovation, diversification, and disciplined underwriting amid easing rates, global volatility, and structural risk premiums that continue to shape the reinsurance market. Read More
Triple-I Defends Risk-Based Pricing as Key to Affordable Insurance
Insurance Information Institute's (Triple-I's) new report explains risk-based pricing in property insurance, defending it as fair and financially necessary. The brief addresses public concerns, cites supporting data, and urges collaboration to tackle affordability. It highlights climate change, inflation, and regulation as key pressures affecting insurers' ability to maintain adequate pricing and policyholder protection. Read More