The full-year results come amid a shifting outlook for the segment. In November 2025, AM Best revised its outlook for the US E&S lines segment from positive to stable, citing moderating premium growth ...

Oil prices edged lower yesterday with ICE Brent settling 0.9% lower on the day amid concerns over tariffs, with the August 1 deadline fast approaching. While our oil balance indicates that the oil ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The global oil market is set to tighten in the medium to longer term, recovering from short-term weakness, executives from oil majors and trading houses said on Tuesday. Rising ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Demand for cobalt will rise faster than supply, allowing the market to reduce the 2024 surplus in coming years and swing to a deficit in the early 2030s, the Cobalt Institute said in ...

Even though oil prices have climbed more than 1% on Monday after OPEC+ agreed to only a modest increase in production for November, the underlying market surplus is likely to subdue any upside ...

Total U.S. surplus lines direct premiums written (DPW) reached another record level at nearly $130 billion with a year-over-year increase of 12.3%, notching the seventh straight year of double-digit ...

By Robert Harvey LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The global oil market will be in deep surplus in the first quarter of 2026, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, as so far excess supplies ...

The surplus lines market exists to provide insurance to consumers whose needs are not met by insurers regulated by the state as admitted carriers, and it functions as a supplement or complement to the ...