Investor concerns over the potential for AI to disrupt the insurance market spread more widely across the market this week

Zurich’s £8bn takeover of Beazley and strong quarterly results lift insurance and reinsurance stocks

Takeover target Beazley remains the top-performing stock for the year-to-date, up 36%, as January draws to a close

Beazley shares surge 37%, with Hiscox and Lancashire also enjoying gains, as global stock markets fall in the wake of Trump’s Greenland threats

Insurance and reinsurance stocks endure another week of underperformance, falling 1.4% on average

The US insurance giant was the worst-performing stock in a poor week for insurance and reinsurance shares

Aviva and Talanx are the year’s top-performing insurance stocks, with Marsh McLennan and Everest the worst performers

Munich Re shares climb on December 11 following publication of ambitious five-year strategy 

Poor week for re/insurance stocks sees Lloyd’s sub-group fall 2.3% and European insurance majors drop 1.8%

2025 outlook revision and Bermuda investment spooked markets as Talanx marches on

Fairfax Financial was the only stock to rise this week, as global stock markets tumbled amid fears of an AI bubble 

Lancashire falls as shares go ex-dividend and Hiscox downgraded by analysts