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Fitch affirms MetLife ratings with stable outlook amid strong earnings
Fitch affirms MetLife’s AA- insurer financial strength ratings and A issuer rating, citing capital, earnings, market position and lower liability risk
Life insurers struggle to convert strong consumer demand into sales
Capgemini and LIMRA find strong global demand for life insurance, but complex buying journeys and weak post-sale contact continue to hurt conversion
Wonderful expands AI operating platform for insurance workflows
Wonderful is extending its AI operating platform across underwriting, claims, servicing and compliance for P&C, life and health insurers
Insurtech Sixfold launches AI Underwriter for life and health insurance
Sixfold launched an AI underwriting platform for life, disability, long-term care and critical illness, producing case recommendations with cited evidence
Manulife Asia Insurance and Ant Health explore cross-border healthcare services
Manulife Asia and Ant Health signed an MOU to explore cross-border healthcare services, digital health tools and insurance technology in Asia
Certua Life partners with Heka to offer Surely life insurance
Certua Life has partnered with employee benefits platform Heka to offer personalised individual life insurance through its Surely brand
Cathay Life joins Global Asia Insurance Partnership as Principal Partner in Asia
Taiwan’s Cathay Life joined the Global Asia Insurance Partnership as a Principal Partner to work on protection gaps and emerging insurance risks
US offshore life reinsurance reserves reach $1.3 tn
US life insurers ceded $1.3 tn of reserves offshore in 2025, nearly double 2020 levels, with Bermuda accounting for 85%, according to Fitch
Chariot Re raises $700 mn in third capital round, taking total capital above $2 bn
Chariot Re raised about $700 mn in equity and debt, taking total capital raised since its 2025 launch above $2 bn
Former Alabama sheriff’s deputy indicted in $24 mn life insurance fraud case
Federal prosecutors charged a former Alabama deputy and his wife in an alleged identity theft and life insurance fraud scheme involving $24 mn in policies
Delaware Life Insurance case puts insurer governance in focus
Fitch says Delaware Life’s investment reclassification shows governance pressure as U.S. life insurers add private credit and affiliated exposure
EIOPA presses private equity on long-term European insurer ownership
European supervisors want PE buyers of insurers to prove long-term support for policyholders, with scrutiny on private credit and affiliated deals
European insurers’ premiums reach €923 bn in 2025
European insurers maintained steady growth in 2025, according to the latest Mapfre Economics report. The continent’s 20 largest insurance groups recorded €922.8 bn
Delaware Life Insurance faces scrutiny over Mark Walter-linked credit bets
US prosecutors examine whether Walter-controlled life insurers disclosed private credit investments tied to affiliated ventures
Life insurance settlement payouts reached $627 mn in 2025
LISA members paid consumers $626.6 mn in 2025, with life settlements delivering nearly nine times policy surrender values
Festina Finance raises €25 mn to expand life insurance and pension technology across Europe
Festina Finance secured more than €25 mn from Birchway Capital to expand its cloud-native pension and life insurance platform across Europe
Canada life insurers use AI to close 42% insurance coverage gap
Manulife and PolicyMe expand AI underwriting as 42% of Canadians lack life insurance or remain unsure about their coverage
Global life insurance consolidation to keep pace in 2026
Fitch expects global life insurance consolidation to continue as insurers reshape balance sheets, with Germany, the UK, the US, and Japan driving deal activity
Private credit shock would hit European insurers and pension funds hardest
ECB stress exercise finds European insurers and pension funds face heavier private credit losses than banks, due to larger exposures and market revaluations
PZU is acquiring MetLife Ukraine, the leading life insurer in the Ukrainian market
Polish PZU will acquire 100% of MetLife Ukraine, strengthening its life insurance position in Eastern Europe while MetLife continues normal operations until completion
Iowa lawsuit targets premium-financed life insurance strategy
An Iowa widow has filed suit over a complex life insurance structure that, she claims, turned a debt-free farm into a leveraged risk
Liberty Mutual taps insurtech Ethos to launch instant digital life insurance
Liberty Mutual partners with Ethos to deliver a fully digital, no-exam life insurance journey with instant decisions
Life reinsurance capital tops $160 bn as third-party investors expand
Guy Carpenter says global life reinsurance capital is set to rise above $160 bn in 2025, with third-party backing and asset-intensive deals driving faster growth
Standard Life agreed to acquire Aegon UK for £2 bn in retirement savings push
Standard Life agreed to acquire Aegon UK for £2bn, creating the UK’s largest retirement savings and income business with 16mn customers
Brittni Mealy says Future ignored court-ordered $500,000 life insurance policy
Brittni Mealy asked a Georgia court to hold Future in contempt, alleging he failed to secure a $500,000 life insurance policy for their son Prince
China rolls out long-term care insurance as ageing pressure builds
China launched a long-term care insurance system to support people with lasting disabilities and ease pressure on families as the population ages
Insurtech Heathos launches unified life insurance platform for agencies
Heathos introduced a unified life insurance platform that brings carriers, workflows, and commission reporting into one system for agencies selling multiple products
AI is reshaping life underwriting workflows, Pacific Life survey shows
Pacific Life’s underwriting survey shows wider AI use, stronger demand for structured health data, and growing concern over underwriting talent
Insurtech Akur8 acquires Slope Software to expand into life actuarial technology
Akur8 acquired Slope Software to enter life and annuity actuarial modeling, broadening its platform beyond P&C with cloud-native tools
Insurtech Azos raises $24 mn to expand AI push in Brazil life insurance
Azos secured R$125 mn ($24 mn) to scale AI tools and grow in Brazil’s individual life insurance market, where Bradesco and Prudential still dominate
Washington requires life insurers to add lapse notices and third-party alerts
Washington mandates insurers notify policyholders and third parties before life insurance lapses, adding delivery proof rules from 2027
Certua Life launches as first new UK protection insurer in 20 years
Certua Life enters the UK market with embedded life insurance products, targeting unmet demand through fintech, benefits, and wealth platforms
Canada Life Insurance completes £80 mn Safeway pension buy-in
Canada Life finalises £80m buy-in with Safeway Pension Scheme, securing benefits for 1,800 members as trustees advance de-risking strategy
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch settles $8.5 mn suit against Pacific Life
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch resolves $8.5 mn lawsuit alleging Pacific Life and agent misled him on indexed universal life projections
German P&C and life insurance profit easing in 2026 after strong 2025 – Moody’s
Moody’s says German P&C and life insurers improved in 2025, but expects underwriting profitability to soften in 2026 as cat losses normalise
Deutsche Bank weighs return to life insurance via Frankfurter Leben
Deutsche Bank and DWS consider a minority stake in Frankfurter Leben, reopening life insurance exposure after a decade away from the sector
Insurtech Pasito raises $21 mn Series A to build AI workspace for benefits
Pasito secures $21 mn Series A led by Insight Partners to scale its AI-native workspace across group health, life, and retirement benefits operations
Insurtech Gain Life rebrands to Crosstie to scale AI insurance workflows
InsurTech Gain Life rebrands as Crosstie, expanding AI-driven workflow automation across P&C insurance operations, claims, underwriting, and customer self-service
Pacific Life seeks dismissal of Kyle Busch’s $8.5 mn life insurance suit
Pacific Life asks a federal court to throw out NASCAR driver Kyle Busch’s lawsuit over indexed universal life policies, calling the claims unfounded
Most of the leading Korean Life Insurers reported a drop in shareholders’ equity
Fitch Ratings’ assessment of the company profiles of its rated Korean life insurers takes into consideration the insurers’ operating scale, franchise value, business risk profiles
Insurtech Akur8 acquires Matrisk to add AI filings intelligence to pricing
Akur8 buys Matrisk and launches Akur8 Discover, adding AI-powered regulatory filings search and market intelligence to its P&C pricing platform
Dai-ichi Life backs first CCS bond with ¥4.7bn Port of Rotterdam deal
Dai-ichi Life invests ¥4.7bn, about $30mn, in the first carbon capture bond issued by the Port of Rotterdam, taking over half the deal size
Tiffany Norman to lead Hannover Life Re US as President and CEO
Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America names Tiffany Norman as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2026, following Pete Schaefer’s retirement
Hanwha Life acquires Velocity Clearing, Korean insurer entry into U.S. securities market
Hanwha Life has completed the acquisition of a 75% stake in New York-based financial services firm Velocity Clearing, marking a strategic expansion into U.S. capital markets
Globe Life launches Bermuda reinsurer Globe Life Re for affiliate business
Globe Life forms and licenses Globe Life Re in Bermuda to assume affiliated quota share reinsurance under arm’s-length arrangements
German life insurance sector run-off deals to accelerate in 2026 – Fitch
Fitch expects faster consolidation in German life insurance as closed-book sales rise, with up to EUR25bn in run-off transactions possible
Nippon Life Insurance moves to acquire MDV to expand health data strategy
Nippon Life launches a tender offer for Medical Data Vision, aiming to deepen use of health data and analytics across insurance and healthcare
Iowa Attorney back dismissal of Lockheed pension transfer lawsuit
Nine state attorneys general urged a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Lockheed Martin’s pension risk transfer to Athene
MetLife declares preferred dividends and closes $10 bn annuity transfer
MetLife sets preferred dividends and completes a $10bn variable annuity risk transfer to Talcott, cutting legacy exposure and trimming hedge costs
The US individual life insurance market delivered another growth quarter in Q2 2026, as total new annualized with excess premium reached $4.7 bn
The global insurance sector outlook remains ‘neutral’ at 2026, as business conditions have been resilient across most markets to the more challenging macroeconomic environment
U.S. life insurers posted modest Prism score gains, with resilient capital strength despite rising annuity volumes and investment risk pressures
US insurance sector outlook for 2025-2026: capital strength, social inflation risks, P&C returns peak, Florida reforms, life insurance resilience and alt capital trends