Reinsurance News
Willis, a WTW business, has announced the appointment of James Tedder as Director within its International Property team, part of Willis Direct & Facultative Global Specialty. Tedder brings more than 15 years of industry experience. He joins W...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
Munich Re Thailand, part of the global reinsurer, has appointed Chotima Puasiri as Chief Representative, effective March 1st, 2026. She joins from the reinsurer’s primary insurance arm, ERGO Insurance (Thailand) Co., Ltd., where she served a...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has escalated its significant event declaration to an Insurance Catastrophe for the dozens of bushfires impacting Victoria since 7 January, which have collectively burned about 985,000 acres. According to A...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
AM Best has reaffirmed a stable outlook for India’s non-life insurance sector, pointing to favourable macroeconomic conditions and strong demand, supported by regulatory initiatives and reforms. While the segment’s growth slowed in 2025 due to fir...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
ICW Group, a national insurance carrier providing specialised risk and coverage solutions, has expanded its ICW Specialty business unit with the introduction of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) solutions and the appointment of Travis Murnan as Head...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
Optalitix, an InsurTech in underwriting and pricing, has entered into a strategic partnership with Intermont, a Dutch MGA and part of the Acrisure group, to accelerate its digital transformation and deliver a flagship Optalitix deployment in the N...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
The London Market Forum of Insurance Lawyers has elected Ling Ong, Partner at law firm Weightmans, as President, succeeding Fleur Rochester, Partner at Kennedys. London Market FOIL is a division of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) that focuse...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
eMaxx, a specialty managing general agent (MGA) and attorney-in-fact providing policyholder-owned alternative risk insurance solutions, has announced the launch of the eMaxx Reciprocal Insurance Exchange, a commercial property and casualty (P&...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
Arch Insurance International, part of Arch Capital Group and a provider of specialty insurance solutions across multiple lines, has promoted Simone Lewis to London Market Professional Indemnity (PI) Underwriting Manager. In her new role, Lewis wil...
Posted: Jan 16, 2026
Reinsurance is entering a new era with a systemic shift in how capacity is sourced and managed, driven by a convergence of granular data analytics, widespread technology adoption, and a diversifying pool of global capital, Send analysts stated in...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Brenda Stewart has been promoted to Head of Captive Management & Advisory at global insurer American International Group (AIG). In her new role, Stewart will be responsible for leading the global captive management, segregated cell and advisor...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Insurance and risk management firm Travelers Companies, Inc., and AI research company Anthropic announced a collaboration to expand Travelers’ AI-enabled engineering and analytics capabilities. About 10,000 of Travelers’ engineers, data scientists...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Willis and Synthetik have extended their long-term partnership, giving the WTW business access to Synthetik’s complete suite of Political Violence and Terrorism (PVT) software modeling tools. By integrating Synthetik’s individual risk models...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., part of Skyward Group, has broadened its Excess & Surplus (E&S) property offerings by introducing excess coverage. The expansion is part of the Company’s ongoing efforts to provide a wider range of...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Seasoned finance professional Prateek Maheshwari has joined Hannover Re India as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Maheshwari transitioned to the Indian branch from Hannover Life Re of Australasia, in Sydney, where he most recently served as...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Global specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint has entered into a new strategic partnership with Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), a multi-line program administrator, to support the expansion of the latter’s flagship general liabilit...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
International business insurer QBE has announced the appointment of Chris Reidy as Head of Core Claims and James Villiers as Head of Complex Claims for European Operations. Reidy, who is succeeding Scott Jacobs, has been with QBE for close to two...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation has announced the appointment of Lee Iannarone as executive vice president, succeeding Stephen Kennedy, who has been named senior vice president and general counsel. As part of his new responsibi...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
In its 2026 Predictions Report, CyberCube, a specialist provider of cyber risk analytics to the global insurance market, outlines how actionable data and operational efficiency are set to play a defining role for insurers and reinsurers in the yea...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
The International Underwriting Association (IUA), the representative body for companies underwriting business in the London insurance and reinsurance market, has confirmed two new appointments to its secretariat team. Both new hires will join the...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Markel Insurance, the insurance division of Markel Group Inc., has announced the promotion of Ben House to Director – Energy & Power. In his expanded role, House will oversee Markel’s Renewable Energy and Power portfolio across the Internation...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
In its 2026 supervisory priorities, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has noted that UK insurers face an uncertain environment, with elevated geopolitical tensions and sovereign debt pressures, highlighting the need to assess impacts on bu...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Cowbell, a cyber and specialty insurance provider focused on small and medium-sized enterprises, has appointed Simon Hughes as Chief Commercial Officer. In the new role, Hughes will oversee Cowbell’s global commercial strategy, including distribut...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Circuit, a digital asset infrastructure provider, has launched Response, a real-time risk containment system for crypto asset custodians, exchanges, and payment providers, which aims to help contain crypto hack risk. This launch follows Circuit’s...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has appointed Kulshaan Singh as Enterprise Client Leader, Asia Pacific (APAC), effective immediately. In his new role, Singh will be based in Singapore and reports to Craig Torgius, Chief Client O...
Posted: Jan 15, 2026