Reinsurance News

US P&C industry reports $35bn nine-month underwriting gain: AM Best

According to a report from the credit rating agency AM Best, the US property and casualty (P&C) industry posted a net underwriting gain of $35 billion for the first nine months of 2025, a substantial increase from the $3.7 billion gain recorde...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Howden appoints Nick Stace as Chief Global Impact Officer

Howden, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the appointment of Nick Stace OBE to the newly created role of Chief Global Impact Officer, effective January 2026. In his new role, Stace will lead and shape Howden’s strat...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Amynta Group completes acquisition of broker International Sureties

Insurance service provider Amynta Group has completed the acquisition of Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL, collectively known as International Sureties. Founded in 1972, International Sureties is a...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Amwins reports stabilising reinsurance rates amid abundant capacity and flexible high-layer coverage

Amwins, an independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products active across global reinsurance markets, offers an updated perspective on how conditions are shaping for the year ahead. This assessment draws on commentary from Jennife...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Insurance must evolve as data centres face rising risks: Beazley’s Tim Turner

Tim Turner, Group Head of MAP (Marine, Accident & Political) Risks at Beazley, stated that data centres are increasingly targets for protest and disruption, highlighting the need for insurance to evolve into a strategic enabler that helps orga...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Coalition enhances cyber product with addition of Deepfake Response Endorsement

Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has added a new Deepfake Response Endorsement to its Cyber Insurance policies worldwide. “Businesses can do everything right – lock down networks, ignore fraudulent funds tran...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Arch Insurance names Ernesto Medina Gomez as Head of Executive Assurance, Europe

Arch Insurance, a division of Bermuda-based re/insurer, Arch Capital Group, has appointed Ernesto Medina Gomez to the newly created role of Head of Executive Assurance for Europe at Arch Insurance (EU) dac (AIEU), effective immediately. In his new...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

US commercial insurance market maintains strength amid economic uncertainty: Lockton

Lockton, the privately held, independent insurance broker, reports that the US commercial insurance market remained broadly stable in 2025, though economic uncertainties are expected to influence conditions in 2026. The latest Lockton Market Updat...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Willis Re welcomes Non-Marine Property specialist Charlie Hall

Willis Re, a specialised reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Charlie Hall, a seasoned reinsurance executive with over a decade of experience in the Non-Marine Property market. Hall joins the firm following a successful tenure at G...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Generali & BPCE terminate discussions on establishing asset management JV

Italian-headquartered insurer Generali and banking group BPCE have jointly decided to terminate negotiations related to the establishment of a joint venture in asset management. On 21st January 2025, Generali and BPCE signed a non-binding Memorand...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

DNIR CEO A.R. Srinivasan resigns, Charbel Yazbeck appointed Acting CEO

Dubai National Insurance & Reinsurance PSC (DNIR), a Public Shareholding company operating in the United Arab Emirates, has announced that A.R. Srinivasan has resigned from his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Srinivasan has served in th...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Neutral sector view supported by strong capital amid higher loss variability: Morningstar DBRS

DBRS Morningstar, a credit ratings agency known for independent financial analysis and sector research, states that the outlook for Canada’s property and casualty (P&C) insurance market in 2026 remains neutral. According to DBRS Morningstar, t...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

DUAL Europe appoints new Managing Directors for Transactional Liability Business

DUAL Europe, part of Howden, today announces the immediate appointments of Amaury Berhault and Jaume Benajiba as Managing Directors of its Transactional Liability business in Europe. Berhault and Benajiba each bring over 17 years of expertise in t...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Direct Commercial names Steve Knights as London Market New Business Underwriter

Direct Commercial Limited (DCL), a specialist insurance provider, has appointed Steve Knights as London Market New Business Underwriter, effective 9 December 2025. Based at the company’s Lime Street office in London, he will join the New Business...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Pen Underwriting and Zurich expand multi-year fleet capacity deal

Pen Underwriting, a multi-class multi-territory managing general agent (MGA), has announced the extension of its decades-long strategic collaboration with Zurich in the UK, with a newly expanded multi-year specialist fleet capacity deal. Building...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

NFP promotes Noel to EVP and CFO

NFP, an Aon company and provider of property and casualty (P&C) brokerage and benefits consulting, has promoted and expanded Caleb Noel’s role to Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Noel is based in Austin a...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Marine insurance sector faces rising geopolitical and climate-related risks: Kennedys

Rising geopolitical tensions, ongoing trade disputes, climate-related hazards, and post-Brexit regulatory challenges are creating a complex and volatile risk environment that is testing the resilience of the global marine insurance industry, accor...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Munich Re’s HSB Managing Director Terry Dyson to retire in March

HSB (UK & Ireland), a provider of engineering insurance and inspection services, has announced that Terry Dyson, the Managing Director, has decided to retire at the end of March 2026. Dyson has an insurance industry career spanning four decade...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Oaktree and Lane42-backed Avocet Partners launches, to acquire EMC Life

Avocet Partners, a new insurance-focused investment and operating platform, has launched backed by $500 million of committed equity capital from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Lane42 Investment Partners, LLC. Led by an exper...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Geopolitical alignment essential in new era of tariff deals: Willis

Geopolitical alignment has now become essential for internationally exposed firms’ risk management strategies amid a new trade paradigm, Willis, a WTW business, argues in its latest Political Risk Index. The global trade landscape has been fundame...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

IQUW Bermuda appoints Tristram Prior to lead latest product expansion

Specialty insurer and reinsurer IQUW Bermuda has announced the appointment of Tristram Prior as Head of Professional Lines & Cyber Insurance, where he will lead the launch of its Directors’ & Officers’ (D&O), Financial Institutions (FI...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Aon provides enhanced access to Latin America catastrophe models via Oasis LMF

Aon plc, a professional services firm, has announced that its Impact Forecasting team is now providing ERN’s Latin America catastrophe models to clients through the Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (Oasis LMF). Latin America is emerging as a key reg...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Younes to lead Tysers Marine team in Dubai as Divisional Director

Tysers, an independent Lloyd’s insurance broker, part of the Australian AUB Group, has announced the appointment of Younes Younes as a Divisional Director within its Marine team in Dubai. In his new role, Younes will help to drive the development...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Younes to lead Tysers Non-Marine team in Dubai as Divisional Director

Tysers, an independent Lloyd’s insurance broker, part of the Australian AUB Group, has announced the appointment of Younes Younes as a Divisional Director within its Non-Marine team in Dubai. In his new role, Younes will help to drive the developm...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Younes to join Tysers Non-Marine team in Dubai as Divisional Director

Tysers, an independent Lloyd’s insurance broker, part of the Australian AUB Group, has announced the appointment of Younes Younes as a Divisional Director within its Non-Marine team in Dubai. In his new role, Younes will help to drive the developm...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025