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Zurich warns data centre boom is outpacing insurance capacity – report

Kelly Kinzer, the company's global head of construction and surety, told Bloomberg that securitisation products – which would channel data centre risk to a wider base of investors – do not yet exist in any meaningful form.

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Lloyd’s launches Hormuz marine war risk consortium with Chubb

Under the arrangement, up to $200m of capacity is available for hull and P&I risks, with a separate $200m dedicated to cargo.

MSCI to acquire climate risk data company First Street

Once integrated, First Street's capabilities will be folded into MSCI's existing climate and geospatial tools.

Interview: People not technology are insurance’s real legacy platform, says Sapiens CRO James Hannay

In an interview with Satarupa Bhowmik, Sapiens CRO James Hannay calls out the industry’s failure to move AI past boardroom talk into real deployment and signals a “widespread appetite for change”.

Over a third of UK motor and home insurance customers pay monthly

GlobalData surveying found that 36.4% of motor insurance consumers and 38.5% of household insurance consumers pay for their policies on a monthly basis.

Howden Re expands European footprint with new Dublin office

Alongside the office launch, the company has appointed David Carpenter as director of Howden Re Ireland.

AXA XL names new country manager for Austria and CSEE

Simon Schäfer, who will be based in Vienna, will replace Eduard Billovits.