🇺🇸 CNO Financial's Third-Quarter Operating Income Jumps 41% to $179.1 Million and Guidance Is Raised, but $44.9 Million of Actuarial-Review Gains and a Lower Book Value Complicate the Picture — CNO Financial Group (PR Newswire, October 29, 2026)🇺🇸 Erie Indemnity's Third-Quarter Net Income Holds at $182.0 Million as Management Fees Rise 2.6% and Higher Agent Incentives Take Commissions Up $24 Million — Erie Indemnity Company (PR Newswire, October 29, 2026)🇨🇦 Ontario Regulator Finds Two-Thirds of Sampled Life Agents Skipped Needs and Suitability Assessments, and Warns Insurers That 'Delegation Does Not Mean Abdication' — Insurance Business Canada (October 27, 2026), reporting on FSRA's Phase 1 observations🇨🇦 Ontario Court Approves a C$213.5 Million Sun Life Universal Life Settlement, Which Class Counsel Calls the Largest of Its Kind in Canada, With Cost-of-Insurance Freezes for Flexiplus Holders — Insurance Business Canada (October 28, 2026)🇨🇦 Alberta's Care-First Auto Model Starts January 1: 90% of Net Income Replaced, Up to $306,580 for Catastrophic Injuries, and a Projected Average Saving of About $297 — Insurance Business Canada (October 28, 2026)🇫🇷 AXA's Nine-Month Premiums Rise 5% to €93 Billion as AXA XL Shrinks 1% in a Softening Market, Hail Losses Breach the Cat Budget and the Solvency II Ratio Slips to 213% — Insurance Business (October 29, 2026), reporting AXA nine-month results🇺🇸 Markel Group's Nine-Month Adjusted Operating Income Rises 14% to $707 Million as Investment Losses Turn a Year-Ago Profit Into a Comprehensive Loss — Markel Group (PR Newswire, October 2026)🇺🇸 Heritage Insurance Reports Third-Quarter Net Income of $51.1 Million on a 73.0% Combined Ratio, With a New $50 Million Buyback Despite a 4.2% Drop in Policies — Heritage Insurance Holdings (PR Newswire, October 28, 2026)🇬🇧 High Court Holds a Roofer's 'Reasonable Precautions' Hot-Works Condition Is Absolute, Leaving Attleys Roofing Without Cover for a School Fire Against QBE — Insurance Business UK (October 28, 2026)🇦🇺 IAG's FY26 Profit Reached A$1.02 Billion After 109 Weather Events, While Its Bid for RAC WA Now Hinges on a Competition Tribunal Process — Insurance Business Australia (October 14 and 23, 2026)🇺🇸 CNO Financial's Third-Quarter Operating Income Jumps 41% to $179.1 Million and Guidance Is Raised, but $44.9 Million of Actuarial-Review Gains and a Lower Book Value Complicate the Picture — CNO Financial Group (PR Newswire, October 29, 2026)🇺🇸 Erie Indemnity's Third-Quarter Net Income Holds at $182.0 Million as Management Fees Rise 2.6% and Higher Agent Incentives Take Commissions Up $24 Million — Erie Indemnity Company (PR Newswire, October 29, 2026)🇨🇦 Ontario Regulator Finds Two-Thirds of Sampled Life Agents Skipped Needs and Suitability Assessments, and Warns Insurers That 'Delegation Does Not Mean Abdication' — Insurance Business Canada (October 27, 2026), reporting on FSRA's Phase 1 observations🇨🇦 Ontario Court Approves a C$213.5 Million Sun Life Universal Life Settlement, Which Class Counsel Calls the Largest of Its Kind in Canada, With Cost-of-Insurance Freezes for Flexiplus Holders — Insurance Business Canada (October 28, 2026)🇨🇦 Alberta's Care-First Auto Model Starts January 1: 90% of Net Income Replaced, Up to $306,580 for Catastrophic Injuries, and a Projected Average Saving of About $297 — Insurance Business Canada (October 28, 2026)🇫🇷 AXA's Nine-Month Premiums Rise 5% to €93 Billion as AXA XL Shrinks 1% in a Softening Market, Hail Losses Breach the Cat Budget and the Solvency II Ratio Slips to 213% — Insurance Business (October 29, 2026), reporting AXA nine-month results🇺🇸 Markel Group's Nine-Month Adjusted Operating Income Rises 14% to $707 Million as Investment Losses Turn a Year-Ago Profit Into a Comprehensive Loss — Markel Group (PR Newswire, October 2026)🇺🇸 Heritage Insurance Reports Third-Quarter Net Income of $51.1 Million on a 73.0% Combined Ratio, With a New $50 Million Buyback Despite a 4.2% Drop in Policies — Heritage Insurance Holdings (PR Newswire, October 28, 2026)🇬🇧 High Court Holds a Roofer's 'Reasonable Precautions' Hot-Works Condition Is Absolute, Leaving Attleys Roofing Without Cover for a School Fire Against QBE — Insurance Business UK (October 28, 2026)🇦🇺 IAG's FY26 Profit Reached A$1.02 Billion After 109 Weather Events, While Its Bid for RAC WA Now Hinges on a Competition Tribunal Process — Insurance Business Australia (October 14 and 23, 2026)

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October 30, 2026

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CNO Financial's Third-Quarter Operating Income Jumps 41% to $179.1 Million and Guidance Is Raised, but $44.9 Million of Actuarial-Review Gains and a Lower Book Value Complicate the Picture

CNO Financial Group reported third-quarter 2026 net operating income of $179.1 million, up 41%, and raised its 2026 operating EPS guidance, with $44.9 million of that coming from its annual actuarial review; reported book value per share fell to $25.34 while the statutory RBC ratio was an estimated 374%.


CNO Financial Group (PR Newswire, October 29, 2026)October 30, 2026
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Insurance

Erie Indemnity's Third-Quarter Net Income Holds at $182.0 Million as Management Fees Rise 2.6% and Higher Agent Incentives Take Commissions Up $24 Million

Erie Indemnity reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $182.0 million, or $3.48 per diluted share, almost level with a year earlier, as higher management fees were offset by a $24.0 million rise in commissions and a Class A dividend of $1.4625 per share.


Erie Indemnity Company (PR Newswire, October 29, 2026)October 30, 2026
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Ontario Regulator Finds Two-Thirds of Sampled Life Agents Skipped Needs and Suitability Assessments, and Warns Insurers That 'Delegation Does Not Mean Abdication'

Phase 1 of Ontario regulator FSRA's review of insurer and MGA relationships found that 66% of 50 sampled life agents did not complete needs and suitability assessments, 74% gave no policy illustrations and 53% gave incomplete disclosures, and that insurers reviewed 0% to 4% of their active agents.


Insurance Business Canada (October 27, 2026), reporting on FSRA's Phase 1 observationsOctober 30, 2026
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Ontario Court Approves a C$213.5 Million Sun Life Universal Life Settlement, Which Class Counsel Calls the Largest of Its Kind in Canada, With Cost-of-Insurance Freezes for Flexiplus Holders

The Ontario Superior Court has approved a C$213.5 million national class action settlement in Fehr v. Sun Life over three legacy universal life products sold by MetLife agents between 1987 and 1998, with direct payments, a permanent freeze on Flexiplus charges and a cap on future Universal Plus costs of insurance.


Insurance Business Canada (October 28, 2026)October 30, 2026
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Alberta's Care-First Auto Model Starts January 1: 90% of Net Income Replaced, Up to $306,580 for Catastrophic Injuries, and a Projected Average Saving of About $297

Alberta's Care-First auto model replaces lawsuits with no-fault benefits from January 1, 2027, offering income replacement of 90% of net income, treatment until maximum medical recovery and lump sums that Intact estimates at up to $306,580, with the rate board projecting average savings of about $297 a vehicle.


Insurance Business Canada (October 28, 2026)October 30, 2026
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AXA's Nine-Month Premiums Rise 5% to €93 Billion as AXA XL Shrinks 1% in a Softening Market, Hail Losses Breach the Cat Budget and the Solvency II Ratio Slips to 213%

AXA reported nine-month 2026 premiums and other revenues up 5% to €93 billion, with AXA XL's insurance business down 1% on lower prices, natural catastrophe losses above budget after hailstorms in France, Switzerland and Italy, a Solvency II ratio of 213%, and full-year underlying earnings guidance of about €8.6 billion.


Insurance Business (October 29, 2026), reporting AXA nine-month resultsOctober 30, 2026
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