Reinsurance News

Commercial P&C pricing environment textured and nuanced, says Chubb CEO

In a letter to shareholders following the disclosure of record 2025 results, Evan G. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chubb, highlighted the firm’s underwriting discipline as key to navigating multiple hard and soft market cycles...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Ed Ashby succeeds John Johnson as CEO, DUAL North America

International underwriting agency Dual Group has appointed Ed Ashby as Chief Executive Officer, DUAL North America, marking the division’s next phase of growth. From 23 March 2026, Ashby will be leading the US business from New York, reporting to...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Kindley Re accelerates growth with $250m capital raise

Kindley Re, a Bermuda-domiciled life and annuity reinsurance platform, has successfully secured $250 million of additional equity capital commitments. This latest funding was supported by a group of leading institutional investors across the U.S.,...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Verisk forms new General Insurance UK & Ireland business unit led by Chris Sawford

Verisk, a strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, has announced the establishment of Verisk General Insurance UK & Ireland, a new business unit that unifies its offerings across underwriting, claims, a...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Rising legal exposure for ultra-processed food manufacturers amid new government-led lawsuits: Swiss...

Research published by the reinsurance company Swiss Re in sigma insights 05/2026 examines the evolving legal exposure connected to ultra-processed foods (UPFs). The analysis, written by Jonathan Anchen, Head of Market Intelligence at Swiss Re, and...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

OdysseyRe appoints Philip Klecan as Chief Agent of Canada

Odyssey Reinsurance Company (OdysseyRe), the property and casualty reinsurance arm of Odyssey Group Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, has appointed Philip Klecan as its Chief Agent in Canada, effective March 27th,...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Guy Carpenter names FloodFlash co-founder Ian Bartholomew as Global Head of Parametric Advisory

Reinsurance Broker Guy Carpenter has hired Ian Bartholomew PhD, Co-Founder and former Chief Underwriting Officer of parametric flood insurer, FloodFlash, as Global Head of Parametric Advisory. Dr. Bartholomew takes on his new role at Guy Carpenter...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Carrick Group names Matt Brand as Head of Governance

Carrick Group Limited, a Bermuda-based international non-life legacy insurer, has appointed Matt Brand as Head of Governance. Brand joins from Hampden Group, where he spent a decade, most recently serving as Group Head of Operations. In his new ro...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Carrick Group appoints Matt Brand as Head of Governance

Carrick Group Limited, a Bermuda-based international non-life legacy insurer, has appointed Matt Brand as Head of Governance. Brand joins from Hampden Group, where he spent a decade, most recently serving as Group Head of Operations. In his new ro...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Strong earnings recovery solidifies SCOR’s positive outlook: Fitch

French reinsurer SCOR SE has demonstrated significant financial recovery in its 2025 results, which confirm the group’s resilience and capacity to deliver strong capital and earnings performance, according to a credit comment from Fitch Ratings. S...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

BirdsEyeView introduces cat exposure and risk analytics modelling platform, CERA

BirdsEyeView, a European Space Agency-backed insurtech specialising in natural catastrophe modelling and exposure management, has launched CERA, an enhanced ‘Catastrophic Exposure and Risk Analytics’ platform. This aims to represent the next gener...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Certua Life launches as first new UK life insurer in nearly two decades

Certua Life Limited has officially launched, becoming the first new protection-focused life insurer to be authorised in the UK in nearly two decades. Certua Life combines an insurance licence with technology designed to embed life insurance into t...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Talanx extends CEO’s contract until June 2030

The Supervisory Board of Talanx AG has decided to reappoint Torsten Leue as Chairman of the Board of Management, extending his contract ahead of schedule until June 2030. According to Talanx, the early extension recognises the Executive Board team...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Markel announces John Riley as Senior Claims Adjuster for Financial Institutions

Markel Insurance, the insurance business of Markel Group Inc., has appointed John Riley as Senior Claims Adjuster – Financial Institutions, effective immediately. His appointment supports the transition of the remaining Commercial Directors &...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Overall softening trend to likely remain despite Middle East turmoil: Morningstar DBRS

While the ongoing Middle East conflict is likely to produce “temporary and localised” price spikes within certain specialty reinsurance lines, the overall softening trend will likely remain unless loss patterns are significantly reshap...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

RiverStone International launches in Australia with local acquisition and Zurich legacy deal

RiverStone International, an acquirer and reinsurer of legacy and discontinued insurance business, has launched in Australia through the acquisition of a locally domiciled insurer and a significant legacy portfolio transaction with global insuranc...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Swiss Re enters US retiree market with landmark $2bn longevity reinsurance deal

Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, has entered into its first longevity reinsurance transaction covering US retirees, building on the firm’s global track record in the longevity risk transfer space. The reinsur...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

US P&C rating upgrades outnumbered downgrades in 2025: AM Best

In 2025, rating upgrades outnumbered downgrades for the US P&C industry for the first time in several years, driven by the commercial lines segment, according to AM Best’s recent report. AM Best noted that both upgrades and downgrades declined...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

London market and global specialty insurers most directly exposed to Iran conflict: Fitch

The ongoing Iran conflict is expected to most directly affect the London market and global specialty insurers, given their direct exposure to marine/aviation war, political violence, trade credit and energy lines, according to credit ratings agenc...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Rokstone strengthens NA Casualty team

Rokstone, an international specialty re/insurance managing general agent (MGA), has announced the appointment of Claire Lill as Senior Underwriter, North American Casualty. In her new role, Lill will collaborate closely with Rokstone’s North Ameri...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Amiga Specialty launches in Hong Kong

Amiga Specialty, an independent international Managing General Agent (MGA), has commenced trading in Hong Kong after successfully securing a licence from the Hong Kong Insurance Authority. Under the leadership of Ralph Sherbahn, Managing Director...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Nexus appoints Walid Youssef as Head of UK Financial Institutions

Nexus Underwriting, an Arrowhead Intermediaries company, has announced the appointment of Walid Youssef as Head of UK Financial Institutions. In his new role, Youssef will manage Nexus’s UK Financial Institutions portfolio and drive the line’s str...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Willis partners with Qover to expand GB affinity technology ecosystem

Insurance broker Willis, a WTW business, has entered into a strategic partnership with Qover, a European leader in embedded insurance orchestration, to further expand its GB Affinity technology ecosystem. As part of the collaboration, Willis and Q...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Pacific Life Re appoints Dion Russell as Managing VP, Business Services, Protection

Pacific Life Re, the reinsurance arm of Pacific Life, has announced the appointment of Dion Russell as Managing Vice President, Business Services, Protection. Russell has more than 25 years of experience in the life insurance industry, having work...

Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Howden unveils regional structure changes, creates EMEA broking unit

Global insurance broker Howden has announced that it will now align its International Growth Markets (IGM) businesses with their respective regions, leading to a number of leadership appointments and regional structure changes effective April 1st,...

Posted: Mar 16, 2026