Analysts at Berenberg have laid out their top picks among European insurance stocks in 2025, as rising premiums continue to drive strong equity returns and cash distributions to shareholders across the sector.

Beazley has appointed Marsh’s Sebastian Lotz as aviation underwriter for the DACH region.

The combination of BPCE and Generali’s asset management businesses is a “credit positive” event for both parties, according to analysts at Moody’s.

European MGA Alta Signa has added Westfield Specialty International to its capacity panel, adding an additional €5mn ($5.24mn) of capacity for both D&O and financial institutions risks.

The recent Storm Éowyn, which struck the UK and Ireland late last week, serves as a "stark reminder" of the responsibilities of the (re)insurance industry to incentivise resilience-building measures, according to Swiss Re's Jason Richards.

Overall insured losses of $35bn from the LA wildfires would translate into aggregate losses among Europe's big four reinsurers equating to around 30 percent of the combined natural catastrophe budgets for 2025, Fitch Ratings has estimated.

Storm Éowyn struck the UK and Ireland on Friday, with several rare red weather warnings in place in the most vulnerable regions.

Norwegian insurer Gjensidige Forsikring posted a better-than-expected combined ratio of 83.3 percent for the fourth quarter of 2024 while its operating earnings for the period came in comfortably ahead of analysts’ consensus forecast.

The Ardonagh Group is to acquire a significant stake in Private Insurance Assuradeuren and Private Insurance Nederland, two prominent players in the Dutch insurance market for high-net-worth individuals.

Expansive intermediary Specialist Risk Group (SRG) has entered into the mainland European insurance market through the acquisition of Ecclesia Group's assets in Belgium and the Netherlands.