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Italy's Unipol profit grows 42% in first half of 2026

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Italian financial group Unipol reported a 42% year-on-year rise in its half-year n...

7th August, 2026

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Zurich Insurance lifts profit goal for life insurance, but Farmers miss hits shares

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Zurich Insurance reported a half-year operating profit above market expectations o...

6th August, 2026

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UK speciality insurer Beazley reports 53% drop in first-half profit

Aug 4 (Reuters) - British speciality insurer Beazley reported a 53% fall in first-half pre-tax profi...

5th August, 2026

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Analysis-Europe's wildfire season exposes climate insurance gap

By Jemima Denham, Elizabeth Howcroft and Michael Jones LONDON/PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Domestic insu...

4th August, 2026

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Houthis' Red Sea attacks prompt London insurers to widen high-risk zone

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - London's marine insurance market has widened the area in the Red Sea it...

30th July, 2026

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European wildfires likely to increase insurance demand, Swiss Re says

ZURICH, July 28 (Reuters) - The ongoing wildfires in France and Spain are likely to increase insuran...

28th July, 2026

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Swiss regulator opens enforcement proceedings against Zurich Insurance

ZURICH, July 27 (Reuters) - Zurich Insurance said on Monday that Swiss finance regulator FINMA has o...

27th July, 2026

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Insurer Mapfre estimates Venezuela quake losses at €25 million

By Marta Serafinko and Mireia Merino July 24 (Reuters) - Spanish insurer Mapfre said on Thursday tha...

24th July, 2026

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Sicily's Cyclone Harry tests Italian mandatory insurance plan

By Giselda Vagnoni CATANIA, Italy, July 23 - A cyclone that wreaked more than €1 billion ($1.14 bill...

23rd July, 2026

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British couple saved from Spanish ravine after deadly wildfire

LOS GALLARDOS, July 11 (Reuters) - Firefighters in Spain's southeastern Almería province would start...

11th July, 2026

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Italy ready to intervene on changes to ownership base of its insurance companies

By Giuseppe Fonte ROME, July 2 (Reuters) - Italy is ready to intervene on changes to the ownership s...

2nd July, 2026

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Aegon to move legal seat to Delaware and overhaul board

May 28 (Reuters) - Dutch insurer Aegon said on Thursday it would move its legal seat to Delaware and...

28th May, 2026