🇨🇦 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)

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July 14, 2026

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IRDAI Is Reportedly Weighing Commissions Paid Over the Life of a Policy, Product-Wise Caps and Stricter Disclosure, With a Distribution Consultation Paper Expected by July's End

Business Today reported on July 9, 2026, citing unnamed sources, that India's insurance regulator is considering paying distributors commissions over a policy's term instead of mostly upfront, with product-wise caps and tighter disclosure, and that its chairman Ajay Seth said a consultation paper on distribution reforms was expected by the end of July; no percentages or schedule were given.


Business Today (July 9, 2026)July 14, 2026
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UK Designates Its First Four Critical Third Parties From July 13, 2026, Giving the Bank of England, PRA and FCA Power to Set Rules for Cloud and Technology Providers

HM Treasury designated four global cloud and technology providers as critical third parties on July 10, 2026, effective July 13, so the Bank of England, PRA and FCA can apply operational resilience rules to the critical services they supply to UK financial firms, with firms' third-party registers due from March 18, 2027.


A&O Shearman and Morrison Foerster (summaries of HM Treasury's designations, July 2026)July 14, 2026
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