Reinsurance News
Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm and part of Marsh, has appointed Helen Leis to the newly created role of Global Head of Leadership and Change, to guide clients through uncertainty and complex transformations. Leis steps into the new rol...
Posted: Mar 30, 2026
Converge, a company specialising in cyber risk management and underwriting, has secured additional underwriting capacity from Lloyd’s, the world’s oldest insurance and reinsurance marketplace, for companies with annual revenues up to $...
Posted: Mar 30, 2026
Henry Tinworth has joined Arch Insurance UK Regional Division as Senior Property & Casualty Underwriter, effective immediately, based in Leeds. In his new role, Tinworth will leverage his 10 years of UK insurance marketexperience to drive new...
Posted: Mar 30, 2026
Ocean International Reinsurance Company Limited (Ocean Re) has had its Financial Strength Rating upgraded to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and its Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating upgraded to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) by AM Best, wit...
Posted: Mar 30, 2026
The data centre industry is evolving into increasingly complex, high-energy-density facilities that concentrate risks within single sites, with underwriting success depending not only on capacity, but also on specialised technical assessment and d...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
XS Global, an independently owned managing general underwriting (MGU) platform, has announced the appointment of Daniel Abramson as Head of Construction Underwriting for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Abramson brings more than 25 years of insur...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
The Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF) Insurance Company, a regional initiative supporting disaster risk financing solutions, and the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre),...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Reassured, the UK domiciled life insurance broker, has reached the milestone of providing more than two million life insurance and critical illness policies to customers since 2009. In December 2025, the broker confirmed that it had recorded a 16%...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
A prolonged Middle East conflict is emerging as the most likely near-term scenario shaping terrorism and political violence reinsurance renewals, with the market already settling into a new equilibrium, according to WTW. Fergus Critchley, Global H...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Infosys, a provider of digital services, business consulting, and outsourcing services, is set to acquire Stratus, a technology solutions provider for the property & casualty (P&C) insurance industry. This acquisition, which is expected to...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Credit rating agency AM Best has removed the under review with positive implications status and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A+ (Superior) alongside the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “aa-” (Superior) for Sompo Japan Insurance Inc...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Specialist insurer, Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), has appointed Francesca Kevill as Underwriter within its Cyber & Enterprise Risk team, effective immediately. In her new role, Kevill will report to Ellie Webb, Head of Delegated Cyber & IP. Her...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
According to global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon’s weekly catastrophe report, back-to-back Kona Storms on March 10-24, which produced extreme rainfall and subsequent flooding across much of Hawaii, will result in total economic and...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has appointed Teodora Aldenhoff as Chief Pricing Actuary for Life & Health (L&H) Continental Europe. In her new role, Aldenhoff will join Swiss Re’s leadership team and report directly to Augusto Diaz-Leante, Head...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
PERILS, a Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider, has disclosed its initial industry loss estimate for the extratropical windstorm “Nils”, also known as “Ulrike”, noting the event has cost the insurance industry a total of €586 million....
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Conduit Holdings, the ultimate parent company of Conduit Re, a multi-line Bermuda-based reinsurance business, has appointed industry veterans Richard Lightowler, Peter Mullen, and Penny Shaw as Non-Executive Directors, effective March 26th, 2026....
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Athora, a European savings and retirement services group, has completed its acquisition of Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited, including its wholly owned subsidiary, Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC). The acquisition was first annou...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the expansion of its Automated Event Response (AER) service to include US Severe Convective Storms (SCS). This enhancement has been designed to assist insurers to better manage losse...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Reinsurance and capital solutions broker Augment Risk has appointed Lucy Carter as partner, MGA, effective immediately. Carter joins from BMS Group, bringing nineteen years of experience across the US insurance and reinsurance markets. Augment Ris...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
New commentary from a range of executives at Howden Re has suggested that the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following escalating conflict in the Middle East could act as a stress test for the re/insurance sector, but with the reinsuran...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
The Cayman International Reinsurance Companies Association (CIRCA) has supported the findings of a new report by the Society of Actuaries (SOA), which underscores the Cayman Islands’ growing role as an international reinsurance jurisdiction suppor...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
SageSure, the specialist catastrophe-exposed property managing general underwriter (MGU), has announced the appointment of Dave PaiMazumder as Director of Catastrophe Risk R&D. In his new role, PaiMazumder will lead SageSure’s catastrophe risk...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Chubb, a global property and casualty insurer, and Safe Harbor Marinas, the global leader in waterfront lifestyle, have entered into an exclusive partnership, with Chubb named the preferred insurance provider for Safe Harbor members. Safe Harbor i...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the promotion of Nicolas Rincé to President for the France, Belgium, and Luxembourg (FraBeLux) region. Rincé joined Gallagher Re in July 2025 as Directeur Général for France, Belgium, and Luxemb...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
The Lagos State government has contracted a parametric flood-risk insurance policy in the Nigerian insurance market, designed to protect up to 4 million vulnerable people, providing up to USD 7.5 million for flood response and recovery. The policy...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026