October 31, 2026

SCOR reported third-quarter 2026 net income of €206 million, down 4.8%, with a P&C combined ratio of 84.1% against 80.9% on a 9.1% natural catastrophe ratio, a Group solvency ratio of 221% and an annualized return on equity of 20.4%, and said it will unveil a new strategic plan on December 3.

The Hanover Insurance Group reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $172.6 million and a record third-quarter operating EPS of $5.15 on a 92.3% combined ratio, with catastrophe losses of $109.7 million, net premiums written up 3% to $1.79 billion and $86 million of share buybacks in the quarter.

Hippo Holdings reported third-quarter 2026 gross written premium of $498 million, up 60.1%, a combined ratio of 98.4% and adjusted net income of $20 million, and raised full-year guidance for premium, revenue, combined ratio and adjusted net income as casualty grew 146% to 38% of gross written premium.

AM Best analysts say Canada's property and casualty industry has the balance sheet strength to absorb catastrophe losses on the scale of 2024 or worse without threatening its stable outlook, while naming catastrophe frequency, Ontario and Alberta auto reforms, tariffs, casualty pricing and claims inflation as the issues to watch into 2027.

The Ontario Superior Court approved on October 16, 2026 a C$150 million settlement by Aviva Canada of the country's largest COVID-19 business interruption class action, covering about 49,000 policyholders in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, with no admission of liability and no ruling on whether the policy wordings covered pandemic shutdowns.

Star Health and Allied Insurance reported a 70% rise in second-quarter FY27 normalised profit after tax to ₹390 crore, an underwriting profit of ₹99 crore against a ₹40 crore loss a year earlier, gross written premium of ₹5,275 crore up 19%, and a combined ratio of 98.0%, according to a report citing its stock exchange filing.