Reinsurance News
Augmented, a tech-powered managing general agent (MGA) launched in July 2025, has announced the appointment of Luke Overall as Head of Underwriting. In his new role, Overall will lead the underwriting team, working closely with brokers and carrier...
Posted: Nov 18, 2025
The insurance market across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) is experiencing a notable softening, with price reductions increasingly available for preferred and well-managed risks across most geographies and lines of business, driven by...
Posted: Nov 18, 2025
Relation Insurance Services, a full-service insurance brokerage, announced that Douglas Turk has joined the company as President, Specialty Lines, overseeing the growth and development of Relation’s specialty business. Turk brings more than 20 yea...
Posted: Nov 18, 2025
Global insurance broker Lockton has announced the establishment of new offices in Zurich and Geneva, strengthening its presence in Switzerland, with Stephan Bachmann appointed CEO of Lockton Switzerland GmbH. The expansion follows years of success...
Posted: Nov 18, 2025
AM Best has revised its market outlook for the delegated underwriting authority enterprise (DUAE) segment to stable from positive, driven by moderating growth and emerging headwinds. Despite the shift, insurers and reinsurers remain broadly optimi...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Willis, a WTW business, has partnered with NATS, a UK provider of air traffic control services, to provide risk and resilience advisory services and tailored solutions to global aviation stakeholders. Under the partnership, Willis and NATS have si...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Growth in life and non-life insurance premiums is projected to decelerate in 2026 amid a slowing UK economy and softening household incomes, according to a new EY ITEM Club report. EY expects overall UK non-life premium growth to ease from 4.6% in...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
HDI Global, a commercial and specialty lines insurer, has announced continued growth in both revenue and net income for its 9-month results, totalling EUR 7.6 billion and EUR 409 million respectively. According to the insurer, the main drivers beh...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Applied Systems has released the third quarter 2025 results of the Applied Commercial Index, the Canadian insurance industry’s premium rate index, showing that average renewal rate change decreased across all of the most commonly placed commercial...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Send Technology Solutions Ltd (Send), an insurtech firm, has announced the appointment of Daniel Pass as Chief Technology Officer. In his new role, Pass will lead Send’s technology vision, oversee the development of its next-generation platform, a...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group has established the WAQF ReTakaful Facility, a first-of-its-kind Sharia-compliant reinsurance initiative aimed at advancing climate resilience and inclusive finance in ARC member states, facilitated by AlHuda...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
James Mahon, Reinsurance Pre-Sales Lead at DXC Technology, said that softening rates, abundant capital, and strategic repositioning are setting the stage for 2026 to be a defining year for reinsurance mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In an inte...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of global insurance broker Lockton, has appointed Mike McCann as US Casualty Product Leader, based in New York. McCann has nearly two decades of reinsurance industry experience, most recently serving as the Sen...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
McGill and Partners, the independent global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced an increase in capacity for Auton, its digital cross-class auto-follow facility. Entering its second year, the facility will increase its maximum...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry, has entered into a Strategic Technology Ecosystem Partnership with Envoy Insure, a digital distribution platform for insurance brokers. Under the partnership, CyberCube’s an...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Japanese insurance group MS&AD Insurance Holdings, through its subsidiary, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. (MSI), is set to acquire an 18% equity stake in Barings, a global asset management subsidiary of MassMutual. Barings delivers innova...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Swiss Re Public Sector Solutions, the arm of the global reinsurer that works with governments, international institutions, and the broader public sector on risk transfer solutions, has suggested now is the time to invest more boldly in insurance-l...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Bobcat Re, a newly formed US-based MGA backed by private investors including members of the former K2 CAT team, has launched with a focus on delivering property treaty underwriting, portfolio management, and distribution expertise to capacity prov...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Dale Underwriting Partners, the trading name for Dale Managing Agency Limited’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1729, and MGA platform K2 Insurance Services, have received ‘in principle’ approval from Lloyd’s to establish a new Special Purpose Arrangement (SPA)...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Willis, a WTW business, has appointed Anthony Wong as Head of Casualty in Asia, effective immediately. Wong has over 20 years of experience in insurance and risk management, including serving as a risk manager at a major Asian conglomerate. He has...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, a property and casualty (P&C) specialist insurer, has announced that Christopher Peirce will join its Board of Directors, effective 1st February 2026. Peirce brings 30 years of experience from Liberty Mutual...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Volt Underwriting, a specialty Managing General Agent (MGA), has entered the Ports & Terminals insurance class under a binder led by Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK). The MGA will deploy an initial line of $15 million in capacity, focused on underwriti...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
As part of the strategic participation in the Citizens take-out program, Tampa-based property and casualty insurance holding company, American Integrity Insurance Group, has assumed 7,087 policies from Florida’s insurer of last resort. This adds a...
Posted: Nov 17, 2025
Lloyd’s, the London-headquartered specialist insurance and reinsurance market, has announced a couple of updates to its Council membership: the re-election of Richard Dudley, and Duncan Dale’s election. These changes follow elections to fill two w...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025
Amiga Specialty, a Managing General Agent (MGA) focused on specialty insurance lines, has announced that it has secured multi-year, multi-product capacity through the Accelerant Risk Exchange. This agreement will support Amiga’s portfolio across C...
Posted: Nov 14, 2025