Reinsurance News
With natural hazard costs rising sharply to AU$1.319 billion in H1 2026, Suncorp executives have indicated the group may revisit its use of additional protections, including the potential purchase of a new aggregate reinsurance treaty, amid increa...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Gallagher, a global insurance broking and risk management company, has announced the appointment of Adriana Carvalho Assuncao, a specialist international tax and M&A lawyer, as a Director within its fast-growing Private Equity and M&A prac...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Applied Systems, an insurance technology provider serving brokers, insurers and agencies, has released its fourth quarter 2025 findings from the Applied Commercial Index, which tracks premium rate movements across the Canadian commercial insurance...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
BayPine, a private investment firm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Relation Insurance Services, a US independent insurance broker, from Aquiline Capital Partners LP in an undisclosed transaction. According to the announcement,...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Conduit Re, a Bermuda-based global reinsurance company, has grown its top-line from nought to more than $1.2 billion in the five years since its inception, and while very robust, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Neil Eckert told Reinsurance News that...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Sompo Holdings, Inc. has reportedly received the necessary antitrust and insurance regulatory approvals required to complete its acquisition of 100% of the issued Class A ordinary shares of Aspen Insurance through a wholly owned subsidiary of Somp...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Zurich-domiciled global reinsurance company Swiss Re has appointed Anne Lohbeck as Chief Risk Officer for P&C Re, effective 1st May 2026. Lohbeck will report to Bernhard Kaufmann, Group Chief Risk Officer, and join the Risk Management Executiv...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Verisk, a strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, has reported total revenue of $3.073 billion for 2025, an increase of 6.6% compared with 2024. According to the firm, underwriting revenues rose 7.7% from...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), a US-based trade association representing the insurance industry and providing research and data on risk trends, reports that 2025 saw a rapid succession of deadly floods across the country, undersco...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited, the Bermuda-domiciled re/insurer, has promoted Shane O’Donovan as Group Chief Actuary. In his new role, O’Donovan will continue to report to Jonny Strickle, Group Managing Director, who continues to oversee the...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Goosehead Insurance, Inc., an independent personal lines insurance agency, has reported total revenues of $105.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, representing a 12% increase compared to the same period a year earlier. Core revenue, a non-GAA...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
BMS, the independent insurance and reinsurance broker, has confirmed five appointments to its newly formed Accident & Health (A&H) division, based in London. The new team will work alongside BMS’s established A&H relationships, providi...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Life reinsurer Pacific life Re has strengthened its presence in the Dutch market with the completion of a €1.3 billion longevity swap reinsurance transaction with Aegon Levensverzekering N.V., part of the a.s.r. group. This agreement is Pacific Li...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Fuse International, Inc., a company specialising in data-driven solutions for the insurance sector, has launched Radar, an artificial intelligence-powered market intelligence platform aimed at enhancing decision-making for commercial and specialit...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Bermuda-based reinsurer Conduit Re recorded a 6.9% rise in gross premiums written (GPW) for the full year 2025, driven by the casualty segment with modest growth in property, as the firm’s undiscounted combined ratio rose by 4.4 percentage p...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Despite natural hazard costs rising sharply to AU$1.319 billion in H1 2026, from AU$503 million a year earlier, Suncorp said its underlying business “remains resilient”, and its capital position continues to be strong. “While Suncorp’s H126 report...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Global insurer QBE has appointed Jesús Prieto Santa-Cruz as the Europe Technical & Business Performance Manager. In his new role, Santa-Cruz will focus on strengthening the insurer’s portfolio management capability across Europe and work close...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Pinion Insurance, a newly formed specialty insurance carrier incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in London, has officially launched with a preferred equity commitment of up to $180 million from global asset manager, Barings. The new insurer...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Following the mutually agreed-upon expiration of their strategic partnership on December 31, 2025, Talanx AG, a major German-based multinational insurance and reinsurance group, has acquired the shares held by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company i...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Property insurance payouts in the UK reached £6.1 billion in 2025, the highest annual total on record, according to recent data by the the Association of British Insurers (ABI), with total claims increasing by £400 million, or 7% year-on-year. Pay...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc, (MUFG EMEA) has appointed Caroline Oehm as Managing Director (MD), Head of Insurance Coverage, Financial Institutions in EMEA. The move aligns with the firm’s commitment to expand its global coverage of t...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Global reinsurance broker Howden Re is boosting its catastrophe analytics presence in Asia with two key senior hires: Renuka Janwalker has been appointed as Head of Catastrophe Analytics, Asia, and Ramdeo Gupta joins as Senior Catastrophe Analyst,...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
The Ardonagh Group, a global independent insurance broker, has acquired a majority stake in Risk Management Insurance Brokerage Limited (RMIB), a Hong Kong-based specialist insurance brokerage. The move aligns with the group’s long-term plan...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Artificial Labs (Artificial), a provider of digital broking and underwriting technology for specialty and commercial insurers, has launched AgLabs, a new division dedicated to research and product innovation. AgLabs will concentrate on the future...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A new report from Fitch Ratings has suggested that M&A activity among European insurers is likely to accelerate in 2026, as softer pricing and stable interest rates constrain organic growth and limit margin expansion. The rating agency said ac...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026