HDI Global sees insurance revenue climb 5% in latest results

Corporate and specialty insurer HDI Global has seen its total insurance revenue grow by 5% – after a 2% adjustment for “currency effects” relating to the euro – to €10.3bn (£9bn).

This is according to the firm’s latest full year results, released today (24 March 2026), which also revealed HDI Global’s earnings before interest and tax climbed by 4.3% to €732m (£642m) between years.

Combined operating ratio (COR), however, rose by 0.3 percentage points to 90.3% between periods, while the return on equity seen by shareholders fell by 0.3 percentage points to 17.3%.

The firm said its increased earnings were largely driven by “new business growth, disciplined underwriting and inflation-related price adjustments”, alongside a “strong underlying underwriting performance with significant growth across key lines of business” in its UK and Ireland division.

Strong underlying results

Simon Hunt, interim chief executive at HDI Global UK and Ireland, said: “HDI Global UK&I achieved strong underlying underwriting results, particularly in short‑tail segments, and saw notable growth in accident and health, cyber, credit risk and home and fine homes.

“At the same time, we made significant investments across captives and international programmes, liability, cyber and climate risk. Just as importantly, we continued to invest in our people.”

He continued: “Looking ahead to 2026, we see an exciting year of opportunity for our UK&I business. We will continue to build our capabilities and bring new propositions to market, particularly across energy, power and ESG, reinforcing our role as a long-term partner in transformation for clients and brokers.

“A strong focus will be on targeted deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics to the benefit of our clients and broker partners, alongside proactive risk engineering and leading claims management.”