International & Reinsurance News for July 2026
- Supply Chain Insurance Is ‘Must-Have’ Cover During Geopolitical Tensions: GlobalData
- Japan Earthquake Halts Auto and Chip Plants, Testing Supply Chain Resilience
- 国产一福利 Change Made ‘Fire Weather’ in France, Spain More Likely
- French Insurer AXA’s Profit Rises 2% as Expected, Confident on Outlook
- Mapfre Acquires Stake in Insurtech Tuio; Bolsters Commitment to AI, Digital Innovation
- Insurers Are ‘Actively Evaluating’ New Catastrophe Risks as Europe Burns
- Business Moves: Acies MGU Launches Ports & Terminals MGA, TEDmar International; MISSION to Launch Dublin-Based Property MGA, Kyntra
- Houthis’ Red Sea Attacks Prompt London Insurers to Widen High-Risk Zone
- Japan Earthquake’s Insurance Claims May Top $1.1 Billion: Bloomberg Intelligence
- Update: Drone Strike at Egypt Port Near Suez Canal Ignites New Shipping Risks
- US Sanctions Iran’s ‘Extortion Network’ Over Hormuz Tolls
- Viewpoint: Who Gets Credit for Successful Renewal During Soft Reinsurance Market?
- Verisk Buys McKenzie Intelligence Services, a UK-Based Catastrophe Analysis Firm
- Viewpoint: French 国产一福利 Lawsuit Offers Window Into Next Round of Global Legal Fight
- Yemen’s Houthis Consider Imposing Fees on Ships Sailing Through Red Sea: Sources
- EU Plans to Sanction Record 1,600 Firms for Helping Russia
- Heat Pushes Rhine Toward 36-Year Low in Risk to Energy Supplies
- France and Spain Plan Economic Aid as Major Fires Still Burn
- Fitch Warns AI Market Correction Emerging as Major Global Credit Risk
- Powerful Quake Hits Southern Japan, Workers Missing After Shopping Mall Blast
- Australia’s Origin Energy Says About 900,000 Customers’ Data Accessed in Breach
- Google Rivals Line Up Seeking Damages After Record $1 Billion EU Fine
- Tankers Divert to Egypt as Houthi Threat Upends Red Sea Trade
- Zurich CEO Says Staff Let Go as Regulator Finma Imposes Partial Sales Ban
- France Finance Minister Warns of Economic Shock for Region Hit by Fires
- French Fire Burns Near Bordeaux as Spain Fights Blazes
- Viewpoint: Research Shows Australia Is Vulnerable to Attacks on Indian Ocean Shipping
- Why El Ni帽o’s Promise of Quieter Hurricane Season May Not Be Good News for Insurers
- Record-Low Danube Water Levels Leave Boats Beached, Reveal Decades-Old Shipwrecks
- Saudi Arabia-Bound Supertanker U-Turns Before Houthi Chokepoint
- Prudential Reimburses 2.85 Billion Yen After Misconduct Probe
- Insurer Mapfre Estimates Venezuela Quake Losses at 鈧�25 Million
- Munich Re Reports 鈧�2.2 Billion Profit on ‘Very Low’ Major Losses
- US and Allies Say Russian Hackers Stole Emails Without Social Engineering
- US Strikes Iran From South to North After Trump Threats Over Red Sea Shipping
- World Bank Estimates Quakes Cost Venezuela $20 Billion in Damage
- Russia’s Black Sea Waters Not Safe for Ships Amid Attacks, Moscow Warns
- Allianz to Buy HSBC’s Singapore Insurer in $2.1 Billion Deal
- War Risk Insurance Costs Surge for Southern Red Sea Voyages After Houthi Attacks
- Tech Update: Gallagher Enhances Digital Insurance Platform for Aviation Clients
- Wildfires Force France to Evacuate Tourists From Campsites
- Hacker Breaches South Korean Database of Nearly All Diplomats
- Q2 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Keep Dropping, Except for US Casualty
- Sicily’s Cyclone Harry Tests Italian Mandatory Insurance Plan
- Insurer Rewards Can Boost 国产一福利 Resilience Spending, Aon Says
- UK Lawmaker Lucy Rigby Appointed City Minister in Charge of Financial Services
- Chicken Back on Menu as Cyber-Hit Nichirei Restores Operations in Japan
- Three Tankers Carrying Saudi Crude Make U-Turns in Red Sea After Houthi Warning
- EU Insurance Regulator Demands Long-Term View From Private Equity Buyers
- Lloyd’s of London Says Former CEO Neal Breached Compliance Rules
- Heat Morphs Into a Major Economic Shock for an Unprepared Europe
- People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Names Spurgeon as Global Head of Cyber Reinsurance; Tokio Marine HCC Promotes Dagdelen as Head of Cyber 鈥� International
- Former Arch Execs Grandisson, Gansberg Named Vantage Chair, CEO; Best Comments
- Tankers With Saudi Crude Turn Back as Houthis Open New Front in US-Iran War
- Ten Workers Die After India Hydro Project Tunnel Collapses
- Red Sea War Insurance Costs Rise After Houthi Blockade, Sources Say
- Insurance Woes Amid US-Iran War Stall Airlines’ Return to Dubai
- Former Italian Motorway Boss Among 32 Convicted Over 2018’s Genoa Bridge Tragedy
- Yemen’s Houthis to Impose Maritime Blockade on Saudi Arabia
- Viewpoint: Do Heart Attack Patients Have More Micro and Nanoplastics in Their Blood?
- Two Dynacom Tankers Attacked off Oman Amid Escalating US-Iran War
- Iran and US Widen Attacks, Raising Fears for Gulf Shipping and Water Supplies
- UK Financial Services Firms Sharpen Staff Scrutiny as New Misconduct Regime Looms
- Iran Renews Attacks on Gulf States After Another Night of US Strikes
- Rhine Rises After Rain, but Low Levels Continue to Hinder Shipping
- US, Iran Each Attack Infrastructure in Risky Escalation of Conflict
- Global Energy Security at Risk if Strait of Hormuz Does Not Open in Weeks: IEA Chief
- London Broker Howden Plots Giant Capital Raise on IPO Path
- Wife of Ryanair Passenger Partially Sucked Out of Plane Window Recalls Incident
- Drones, AI and White Paint: Europe Races to Protect Infrastructure From Heat
- China Sends Robots Into the World to Learn How to Be Human
- Iran, US Step Up Attacks, Though Release of American May Signal Path to Climbdown
- HSB (UK & Ireland) Names Former Munich Re Exec G枚tz as Dir. of Strategy, Value Propositions; Antares Appoints Interim CEO After Death of van der Straaten
- London Offices Without AC Face New Price Risk Due to Heat Waves
- Iran Warns Strait of Hormuz Is a ‘Red Line’ and Will Resist Until the End
- India Bars Seafarers From Hormuz Voyages After Attacks
- UK Steps Closer to Creating ‘Internationally Competitive’ Captive Market
- After Hormuz, Iran Turns to Red Sea Gateway as New Pressure Point
- Russian Strike on Ukraine’s Odesa Kills Three as Moscow, Kyiv Battle Over Black Sea
- India’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant Hit by Data Breach
- UK Sets Out Rules to Create Captive Insurance Regime
- Antares’ CEO Michael van der Straaten Dies at 58
- Russia Accuses Ukraine of Terrorism in Sea of Azov as Kyiv Opens New Front in War
- Chemical Tanker Stolt Magnesium Hit by Explosion off Omani Coast, Manager Says
- UAE Oil Tankers Attacked While Sailing Dark Through Hormuz
- Iran and US Launch New Missile Attacks, Battle Over Control of Strait of Hormuz
- Canada Regulator Warns Banks About Cyber Risks of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos
- KKR Joins US Consortium to Buy Australian Broker Steadfast in $5.3 Billion Deal
- Trump Says US Reinstates Blockade of Strait of Hormuz After New Clashes With Iran
- Seafarers Attacked in Strait of Hormuz Sue Shipping Company in Thailand
- Low Water Hampers Rhine River Shipping in Germany, Transport Costs Rise
- Ryanair Passenger Partly Sucked From Jet After Window Breaks
- Europe Battles Growing Wildfires After Relentless Heat
- China to See Unusually Active Typhoon Season After Bavi Passes
- Ships Transit Hormuz in Secret as US and Iran Trade Strikes
- UK to Directly Regulate Cloud Service Providers to Protect Stability of Financial Sector
- Business Moves: MGA Fusion Specialty Acquired by UK Asset Manager Arrow Global; Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Canada’s Wilson M. Beck Insurance Services
- Western Europe Records Hottest June on Record, EU Scientists Say
- Southwestern Japan Prepares for Powerful Typhoon Bavi; Taiwan Expects Deluge of Rain
- Catastrophic Storms to Test China’s Resilience in 2026, Scientists Warn
- Europe’s Financial Stability Watchdog Examining Private Credit Risks, Adviser Says
- Conspiracies, Lies and US Influencers Drive UK Street Violence
- Hormuz Ship Insurance Demand Drops as Owners Get Nervous
- Viewpoint: Insurance, Cybersecurity Are Twin Pillars of Resilience for iGaming Industry
- Amwins and Dragoneer Consortium Reaffirm $5.3B Bid for Australia’s Steadfast
- Hormuz Ship Traffic Grinds to Near Halt After US, Iran Strikes
- UK Water Regulator Finds Severn Trent Breached Wastewater Duties
- Coffee Trader Seeks to Shield More Vietnam Growers With its Specialty Weather Cover
- InsuranceDekho Said to Pick Banks for $400 Million India IPO
- Some War Insurers Advise Shipowners to Pause Hormuz Voyages After Attacks: Sources
- Damaged Qatari LNG Tanker Awaits Salvage After Strike as Hormuz Risks Escalate
- Allianz Unit to Cut as Many as 1,800 Jobs in Push to Adopt AI
- London Moves to Expand Influence in $140 Billion ILS Market
- Private Equity Turns to Heat Detectives as 国产一福利 Risks Intensify
- Iran Tells UN It Has Right to Control ‘Parts’ of Hormuz Strait
- Ugandan Farmers to Challenge $5.6 Billion Pipeline in UK Lawsuit
- LNG Tanker at Risk of Exploding After Two Vessels Struck Near Strait of Hormuz
- ANV Completes Acquisition of London-Based Iris Insurance Brokers
- Banks’ Exposure to Heat-Related Losses Faces Scrutiny in EU
- CFC Names Former Direct Line Exec Winslow as Group CEO, Succeeding O’Shea
- Qatari LNG Ship Struck in Strait of Hormuz, Testing US Talks
- Financial Services’ AI Dangers Highlighted by UK Regulator’s Review
- Flood Risk Doesn’t Matter as Bargain Houses Tempt NZ Buyers
- Allstate’s SquareTrade Europe Launches Licensed Insurer Headquartered in Brussels
- Insurers Avoid 鈧�580 Million Hit From Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts
- Europe Faces Weeks of Extreme Heat as Fire and Power Risks Build
- Japan-Linked Ships Escaping Hormuz in Convoy Through Iran Route
- Google Loses Fight Against Record 鈧�4.1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine
- Europe Targets Shadow Fleet Tankers Falsely Using Cameroon Flag, Sources Say
- AI Poses Biggest Security Challenge of Decade, UK’s Cooper Warns
- The Race to Rescue 8,000 Sailors Still Stranded Behind Hormuz
- Cedents Find Competitive Market Conditions at Midyear Reinsurance Renewals: Brokers
- Flood Re to Cut Insurance Payouts to Richest UK Households
- Germany Charges Former Ukrainian Army Officer With Nord Stream Pipeline Attack
- Specialist Risk Group Acquires UK-Based Broker Superian Insurance Group
- Europe’s 国产一福利 Adaptation Efforts Have Lagged its Net-Zero Drive
- BlueCrest Slams UK as Bad for Business After Top Court Tax Case Loss
- Iran’s Floating Oil Hoard Swells as Major Buyers Stay Away
- People Moves: Everest Global Wholesale & Specialty Names 2 Key Leaders, Buonpane and Stewart; TMK Appoints Barnes as Departmental Head of Marine & Energy
- Markets/Coverages: Zurich Launches Life Sciences Insurance Offering in Europe
- The Fidelis Partnership Launches US SME Casualty Reinsurance MGA
- Iran Says Ship Ran Aground in ‘Unauthorized’ Hormuz Transit
- UK Investors Sue Binance in London for 拢150 Million
- 国产一福利 Change Keeps Adding to List of Uninsurable Assets, Allianz Executive Says
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