Reinsurance News
Willis Re, a specialised reinsurance broker, forecasts that in 2026 there will be continued new supply, alongside easing of conditions and greater competition between reinsurers for cessions. The broker notes that almost all segments showed a soft...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Chinese domestic insurer PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited (PICC P&C) has entered into reinsurance agreements with PICC Reinsurance and PICC HK, its sister entities under the ultimate parent PICC Group. PICC P&C entered into separ...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Specialty insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital has announced the appointment of Anita Mirzaian as Underwriting & Product Lead US Media. In this role Mirzaian will be tasked with accelerating the expansion of the company’s Media portfolio in the...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
US property and casualty (P&C) insurance is set to maintain strong underwriting profitability through 2026, despite a shifting landscape, marked by social inflation, slow economic growth, and heightening competition, according to a new report...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Bermuda-based collateralised reinsurer Fergus Re has appointed Sharmini Samuels as its new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), effective January 1st, 2026. This appointment follows that of Stewart Ritchie as Chief Executive Officer in October 2025,...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Guy Carpenter, a global reinsurance intermediary, has released its January 1, 2026 Reinsurance Renewal Report, outlining a cyber renewal season defined by disciplined execution, competitive pricing conditions and continued structural innovation, p...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Apollo, the specialist Lloyd’s re/insurance group, has announced leadership changes for the Construction line of business as Tim Cook prepares to retire from his role as Head of Construction on 31 December 2025. As part of a planned succession, Ma...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
W. R. Berkley Corporation, a commercial lines property and casualty insurance provider, has appointed Erin Rotz as President of Berkley Fire & Marine, effective immediately. Rotz has over two decades of inland marine and construction underwrit...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
IK Partners, a European private equity firm, has announced that its IK Small Cap IV Fund has acquired a majority stake in Ascora Group, a French multi-specialist insurance broker. The transaction, structured as a management buyout (MBO), is design...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Sompo Hong Kong, part of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., has announced the appointment of Will Wang as Head of Casualty for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, effective December 29th 2025. Wang will be based in Hong Kong and report to Alasdair Walker...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
The Cayman International Reinsurance Companies Association (CIRCA) has unveiled its Board of Directors and leadership team for 2026 to continue advancing the Cayman Islands’ reinsurance sector. Faramarz Romer, Group Chief Financial Officer at Gree...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
AdA, a Lloyd’s and regional Marine & Specialty insurer, has announced that AdA Syndicate 2024 has received “permission to underwrite” from Lloyd’s for the 2026 year of account. AdA Underwriters was established in May 2023 by Natasha Jodrell, J...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Sun Life, an international financial services company that offers a broad range of insurance, wealth, and asset management solutions, has received authorisation from the Dubai Financial Services Authority to establish an office in Dubai Internatio...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America (Hannover Re US) has announced the appointment of Tiffany Norman as President and CEO of Hannover Re US, effective January 1, 2026. This appointment is an update of the announcement on September 3, 2025...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Bermuda’s commercial long-term insurance sector continued to grow in 2024, with gross written premiums (GWP) increasing 17.8% year-on-year to reach US$200.1 billion, with total assets increasing by 19.1%, according to the latest figures from the B...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Higher interest rates delivered strong profitability for the life and health sector in 2025, but re/insurers will need to be diligent about emerging risks such as mental health, metabolic health, mortality trends, and upscaling technology as they...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Barbados-based reinsurer Active Capital Reinsurance, Ltd. (Active Re) has received authorisation to operate as an admitted reinsurer in Argentina. This aligns with the reinsurer’s long-term disciplined and selective growth strategy to streng...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
QBE, the Australia-headquartered global insurance and reinsurance company, has now successfully closed its latest catastrophe bond to secure the $400 million of international peak peril reinsurance from the Bridge Street Re Ltd. (Series 2025-2) is...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Verisk, a data analytics and technology provider to the insurance and energy industries, has terminated its definitive agreement to purchase AccuLynx, a SaaS platform providing end-to-end business management workflow for residential property contr...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter’s Global Property Catastrophe Rate on Line (ROL) Index was down 12% at the January 1st 2026 renewals, with per risk placements flat to down 15% depending on region. In its January 1, 2026 Reinsurance Renewal...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
HW International B.V., a privately owned specialist insurance broker group headquartered in the Netherlands, plans to adopt Dubois as its new trading name, effective early 2026. HW International B.V. supports clients globally, providing specialist...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Whitecap Underwriting Europe s.r.o., a reinsurance managing general agent, will commence its space underwriting capacity on January 1st, 2026, through its division Whitecap Aerospace. Utilising an A-rated insurer, Whitecap Aerospace will deploy up...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Cayman Islands domiciled reinsurance company, Topsail Re, will be added to Mutual Re’s ownership group effective January 1st, 2026, joining Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan, Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Moto...
Posted: Dec 29, 2025
Risksmith Insurance Services, a specialty managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on providing insurance solutions for complex excess and surplus (E&S) risks, has launched an earthquake programme offering flexibility, deep technical experti...
Posted: Dec 29, 2025
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon reports that competition among reinsurance companies was particularly strong in the US, as buyers of protection took advantage of favourable 1.1 renewal dynamics. Aon will release its full Reinsur...
Posted: Dec 29, 2025