🇨🇦 Manulife's Third-Quarter Core Earnings Rise 4% to C$2.1 Billion and Core EPS Hits a Record C$1.24, While Reported Net Income Falls to C$1.4 Billion on Market Losses — Manulife Financial Corporation (third-quarter 2026 press release, Form 6-K filed with the SEC, November 4, 2026)🇨🇦 Sun Life's Third-Quarter Underlying Net Income Rises 9% to C$1.15 Billion, but Reported Net Income Falls 29% to C$785 Million and Wealth Outflows Reach C$32.7 Billion — Sun Life Financial Inc. (third-quarter 2026 results release, Form 6-K filed with the SEC, November 4, 2026)🇺🇸 Aflac's Third-Quarter Net Earnings Drop to $303 Million After $1.1 Billion of Portfolio-Repositioning Losses, While Adjusted EPS Edges Down 2.4% to $2.43 and Japan's Margin Narrows — Aflac Incorporated (third-quarter 2026 earnings release, SEC Exhibit 99.1, November 4, 2026)🇺🇸 Prudential Financial's Third-Quarter Adjusted Operating Income Falls to $1.32 Billion as the Prudential of Japan Sales Suspension Cuts Japan Earnings 25% — Prudential Financial, Inc. (third-quarter 2026 earnings release, SEC Exhibit 99.1, November 3, 2026)🇺🇸 Lemonade's Third-Quarter In-Force Premium Jumps 34% to $1.55 Billion and Revenue Rises 73% to $336 Million, With the Net Loss at $43.7 Million and a Positive-EBITDA Quarter Promised for Q4 — Lemonade, Inc. (third-quarter 2026 shareholder letter, Form 8-K exhibit filed with the SEC)🇺🇸 Corebridge Financial's Third-Quarter Operating EPS Rises 27% to $1.22 as the Share Count Falls 17%, With the Equitable Merger Reported to Be Making 'Significant Progress' — Corebridge Financial, Inc. (third-quarter 2026 earnings press release, Form 8-K, November 2, 2026)🇺🇸 Jackson Financial's Third-Quarter Adjusted Operating Earnings Rise to $517 Million as Record RILA Sales of $3.0 Billion Lift Retail Annuity Sales 22% — Jackson Financial Inc. (third-quarter 2026 earnings release, SEC Exhibit 99.1)🇨🇦 Fairfax Financial's Third-Quarter Net Earnings Fall to $1,097 Million as an $859 Million Investment Loss Offsets Higher Insurance Revenue and a Stronger Underwriting Result — Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (third-quarter 2026 interim report, Form 6-K filed with the SEC)🇦🇺 A Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Off South Australia Shook Adelaide: What Australian Home Insurance Covers and Why Earthquake Deductibles and Aftershock Clauses Matter — Insurance Business Australia (reporting Geoscience Australia and insurance commentary)🇮🇳 SBI Life's First-Half FY27 Profit Rises 17% to Rs 1,270 Crore and Value of New Business Climbs 19% to Rs 3,270 Crore, While Costs Take a Larger Share of Premium — Kotak Neo (report on SBI Life Insurance's H1 FY27 results)🇨🇦 Manulife's Third-Quarter Core Earnings Rise 4% to C$2.1 Billion and Core EPS Hits a Record C$1.24, While Reported Net Income Falls to C$1.4 Billion on Market Losses — Manulife Financial Corporation (third-quarter 2026 press release, Form 6-K filed with the SEC, November 4, 2026)🇨🇦 Sun Life's Third-Quarter Underlying Net Income Rises 9% to C$1.15 Billion, but Reported Net Income Falls 29% to C$785 Million and Wealth Outflows Reach C$32.7 Billion — Sun Life Financial Inc. (third-quarter 2026 results release, Form 6-K filed with the SEC, November 4, 2026)🇺🇸 Aflac's Third-Quarter Net Earnings Drop to $303 Million After $1.1 Billion of Portfolio-Repositioning Losses, While Adjusted EPS Edges Down 2.4% to $2.43 and Japan's Margin Narrows — Aflac Incorporated (third-quarter 2026 earnings release, SEC Exhibit 99.1, November 4, 2026)🇺🇸 Prudential Financial's Third-Quarter Adjusted Operating Income Falls to $1.32 Billion as the Prudential of Japan Sales Suspension Cuts Japan Earnings 25% — Prudential Financial, Inc. (third-quarter 2026 earnings release, SEC Exhibit 99.1, November 3, 2026)🇺🇸 Lemonade's Third-Quarter In-Force Premium Jumps 34% to $1.55 Billion and Revenue Rises 73% to $336 Million, With the Net Loss at $43.7 Million and a Positive-EBITDA Quarter Promised for Q4 — Lemonade, Inc. (third-quarter 2026 shareholder letter, Form 8-K exhibit filed with the SEC)🇺🇸 Corebridge Financial's Third-Quarter Operating EPS Rises 27% to $1.22 as the Share Count Falls 17%, With the Equitable Merger Reported to Be Making 'Significant Progress' — Corebridge Financial, Inc. (third-quarter 2026 earnings press release, Form 8-K, November 2, 2026)🇺🇸 Jackson Financial's Third-Quarter Adjusted Operating Earnings Rise to $517 Million as Record RILA Sales of $3.0 Billion Lift Retail Annuity Sales 22% — Jackson Financial Inc. (third-quarter 2026 earnings release, SEC Exhibit 99.1)🇨🇦 Fairfax Financial's Third-Quarter Net Earnings Fall to $1,097 Million as an $859 Million Investment Loss Offsets Higher Insurance Revenue and a Stronger Underwriting Result — Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (third-quarter 2026 interim report, Form 6-K filed with the SEC)🇦🇺 A Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Off South Australia Shook Adelaide: What Australian Home Insurance Covers and Why Earthquake Deductibles and Aftershock Clauses Matter — Insurance Business Australia (reporting Geoscience Australia and insurance commentary)🇮🇳 SBI Life's First-Half FY27 Profit Rises 17% to Rs 1,270 Crore and Value of New Business Climbs 19% to Rs 3,270 Crore, While Costs Take a Larger Share of Premium — Kotak Neo (report on SBI Life Insurance's H1 FY27 results)

Daily Brief

June 16, 2026

6 verified stories from global sources

US property casualty insurance industry underwriting profit combined ratio 2026 (illustrative)
Insurance

US Property and Casualty Insurers Post Their Best First-Quarter Underwriting Result in 25 Years, With an 89.5 Combined Ratio

S&P Global Market Intelligence says the industry earned about $22.1 billion from underwriting in the first quarter of 2026, helped by a quiet catastrophe period, while competition in auto, falling commercial property rates and casualty claims inflation loom as headwinds.


Insurance Journal (citing S&P Global Market Intelligence)May 22, 2026
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UAE Dubai health medical insurance market mandatory coverage growth 2026 (illustrative)
Healthcare Insurance
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UAE Insurers Wrote Dh74.8 Billion of Premiums in 2025, With Health Cover Growing 16% After Mandatory Insurance Reached All Emirates

Central Bank of the UAE data reported by Khaleej Times shows gross written premiums of Dh74.8 billion in 2025, up 14.9%, with health premiums of about Dh30 billion (up 16.3%), industry profit of Dh4 billion and a solvency ratio of 199%; mandatory basic health insurance for private-sector employees and domestic workers took effect across the emirates on January 1, 2025.


Khaleej Times (Central Bank of the UAE annual statistical report) and Gulf NewsJune 10, 2026
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