The Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has agreed to launch a second joint mystery shopping exercise in Europe’s insurance sector.

The growing links between climate change and human health are attracting increasing attention from researchers, with new studies highlighting not only the indirect effects of global warming, but also the potential direct impact of rising CO2 concentrations on human health.

Arch Insurance EU today announced the launch of its European property operations, alongside the opening of a new office in Milan writing accident & health, cargo & logistics, fine art & specie, general liability and property, effective immediately.

Apollo, a Skyward Group company, has appointed Tim Mackenzie to lead its newly launched international casualty reinsurance class of business, as the company continues to expand its global reinsurance footprint.

Optio Group, an independent specialty MGA, today announces a new capacity deal for its real estate product, increasing its binding authority from GBP 60 million to GBP 100 million total sum insured with effect from 1^st May 2026.

The number of people benefiting from voluntary health insurance in Romania exceeded 872,000 at the end of 2025, marking a 37% increase compared to 2022, according to an analysis conducted among the members of UNSAR.

“Munich Re is in an excellent financial condition,” stated Christoph Jurecka, Chair of Munich Re’s Board of Management in his address to the shareholders at the group’s AGM, voicing his satisfaction with the Group’s operational performance.

Marsh a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments and management consulting, announced a multi-year partnership with the global sport of Formula 1^® as the series’ first Official Risk Partner and Official Insurance Brokering Partner, marking a bold step as a unified, global brand.

On April 21, 2026, the PZU Życie SA Supervisory Board, following a qualification process, appointed Iwona Wróbel as President of the company's Management Board, the company announced on its website.

Jio Financial Services Limited (JFSL) and Allianz Group (Allianz), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Allianz Europe B.V., have entered into a binding agreement to form a 50:50 primary insurance joint venture (JV) – covering general insurance and health insurance – to serve the rapidly expanding Indian insurance sector.

Qala Sığorta, a top-5 insurer in Azerbaijan based on FY2025 results, reported net profit of AZN 2.89 million (~EUR 1.48 million) in the first quarter of 2026, down 35.21% from AZN 4.46 million in the same period of 2025, ABC.AZ reports.

Chubb Limited reported net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 of USD 2.32 billion, and core operating income of USD 2.69 billion. Book value per share and tangible book value per share increased 15.8% and 21.5%, respectively, from March 31, 2025 and now stand at USD 189.93 and USD 126.65, the company said in its report.

O‘ZBEKINVEST, one of the top three non-life insurance companies in Uzbekistan, held a series of talks with the heads of leading Nordic export credit agencies – Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) in Copenhagen, Denmark; Exportkreditnämnden (EKN) in Stockholm, Sweden; and Finnvera in Helsinki, Finland, the insurer said on its website.

Gross written premiums of UNIQA Group increased by 8.2% in 2025 to EUR 8.4 billion, driven by all business lines – with particularly strong growth in property and casualty insurance (+10.0%) and significant increases in health insurance (+6.3%) and life insurance (+5.1%).

Turkiye Sigorta, the country's biggest non-life insurer, has decided to double its paid-in capital to TRY 20 billion (USD 446 million) through a 100% bonus issue, with funds to be transferred from retained earnings, Middle East Insurance Review wrote.

The conference organized by the Slovak Association of Insurance Companies and the Slovak Insurers' Office, Insurance Forum 2026 will take place on May 19, 2026, in Bratislava, the Slovak Association (SLASPO) announced.

The Insurance Supervision Agency (ISA) of North Macedonia and the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) are deepening their cooperation to protect the rights of insured persons, ISA said on its website.

A spectacular increase in the number of cyber ​​insurance policies from 2022 to 2025 is found in the new study by the Association of Insurance Companies of Greece, based on data from eight insurance companies operating in the sector, insuranceworld.gr wrote.

On June 25, the 19th Insurance Conference will be held, by ethosEVENTS in collaboration with the financial and business portal banks.com.gr, the insurance magazine Insurance World and the portal insuranceworld.gr.

Albanian insurers recorded GWP worth EUR 61.80 million in Q1 2026, up by 9.5% y-o-y. Paid claims increased by 15.5% y-o-y (EUR 22.36) million. However, one should note that due to the Albanian currency appreciation vs. the precedent year, the growth rates in European currency are higher than those calculated with the premiums and paid claims values denominated in Albanian Lek.