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California Wildfire Risk Has Created a $2 Trillion Capital Hole, McKinsey Warns

California’s insurance market is approaching a structural breaking point, with McKinsey warning that wildfire-driven risk has opened a $2 trillion capital gap that will require both financial restructuring and physical risk reduction to solve.

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Insurers Hardwire Private Yield, Shift Public Assets to Liquidity “Infrastructure”: BlackRock

Insurers are no longer “rotating” into private markets — they are structurally rewiring around them, BlackRock’s 2025 survey makes clear.

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As Travelers Leans Into AI Risk Selection, Wall Street Worries About Premium Growth

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BlackRock Doubles Down on Insurance Asset Management Through Private Credit

BlackRock is leveraging its $12 billion HPS acquisition to capture a greater share of the $700 billion insurance asset management market.

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Private Credit Draws Both Caution and Confidence for Insurers

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Trump Administration Priorities Reshape New Federal Insurance Report

AI, crypto, and litigation take center stage as the agency itself faces an uncertain future.

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