Reinsurance News
Pen Underwriting, a multi-class and multi-territory managing general agent (MGA), has entered into a multi-year strategic arrangement to support its non-standard household insurance portfolio across the UK, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man. From 1...
Posted: Apr 08, 2026
Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, the reinsurance division of global broker Aon, has announced the appointment of Jose Maria Lopez as Marine Product Coordinator for EMEA Facultative Reinsurance. This role is in addition to Lopez’s current responsibilit...
Posted: Apr 08, 2026
Club Vita, an independent longevity analytics partner for pension plans, insurers, reinsurers, and advisers, has announced four senior promotions across its US and Canadian teams to strengthen its North American leadership. In the US, Erik Pickett...
Posted: Apr 08, 2026
Bridgehaven Europe Specialty DAC, a European insurer focused on commercial and specialty risks, has entered into its first Managing General Agent (MGA) capacity agreement in Europe with Arrow Risk Management GMBH (Arrow). This agreement comes afte...
Posted: Apr 08, 2026
Goosehead Insurance, an independent personal lines insurance agency, has announced the appointment of Martin Thornthwaite as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, succeeding John O’Connor, who will be departing the company and pursuing other op...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Kalepa, a company specialising in AI-powered underwriting solutions, has appointed Audrey Howell as Head of Product to lead product vision and strategy, and drive innovation with AI advancements across the platform. In her new role, Howell aims to...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
KatRisk, a provider of catastrophic risk modelling software to the insurance and financial services industries, has acquired RED, a specialist provider of catastrophe models, including earthquake, flood, landslide, and wind risk models. This acqui...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re), the Swiss based reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Simon Parten as ILS Portfolio Manager, effective 1st June 2026. In his new role, Parten will further develop SI Re’s Insurance-Linked Securitie...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Topsail Re, a reinsurance company, has confirmed the promotion of Michael Swartz to Senior Vice President, Underwriting, and the appointment of Jason Callaway as Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, joining the firm’s Executive...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Federato, an AI-powered underwriting platform for the insurance industry, has announced the appointment of Tim Mossing as Chief Customer Officer (CCO) to help scale customer delivery and long-term outcomes. As COO Mossing will lead the expansion o...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a specialty insurance platform, has launched SPG Life & Annuity, unifying its life insurance and annuity distribution businesses under a single national platform. AgencyONE, Brokers’ Service Marketing G...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance group Aon has announced the appointment of Winnie Loh as real estate and data centre leader for Southeast Asia, effective immediately. Based in Singapore, Loh, who brings over 20 years of experience in the insuranc...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Autonomous, a financial research and analytics firm, reports that the reinsurance sector is navigating a persistently soft market, with solid profitability continuing to influence renewals. According to Autonomous, the first month of the year saw...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Arch Insurance North America has expanded its primary cyber coverage solution, Arch CyPro, to include Canada, effective April 1st, 2026. The cyber coverage, which builds on Arch’s established excess layer cyber capabilities, will be available in C...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Parametrix, a provider of digital business interruption solutions, has disclosed in a new whitepaper that critical cloud service outages declined in 2025 after several years of sustained increases. However, the firm warns that outage risk remains...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
ICG, an alternative asset manager specialist, has appointed Luke Schlafly as Global Head of Insurance within its Client Solutions Group (CSG), reporting to Alan Isenberg, Global Head of CSG. In his new role, Schlafly’s primary focus will be to enh...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Old Republic International Corporation, a specialty insurer operating in property & casualty and title insurance, has established Old Republic Property, Inc., to underwrite specialised property insurance products through a national retail brok...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
The Indian government is reportedly considering a $1.5 billion fund to provide reinsurance cover to Indian vessels travelling through conflict zones, such as the Strait of Hormuz, which remains effectively closed to most international shipping due...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) ClimateWise has appointed Tokio Marine Kiln’s Vivek Syal and RenaissanceRe’s Ian Branagan as co-chairs of its C-suite Insurance Advisory Council. ClimateWise brings together th...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Assessing insurers’ vulnerability to an adverse scenario in which the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed until June 2026, Fitch Ratings has warned that a spike in inflation or supply chain disruption could drive up claims costs, putting p...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Ascot, a global specialty insurance and reinsurance group, has appointed Ian Lowe as Head of Bermuda Property Treaty. In his new role, Lowe succeeds Simon Kimberley, who has resigned to pursue other opportunities. He will report to Marc Amen, Chie...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Chubb have revealed six additional American insurance partners that will provide reinsurance for the DFC’s Maritime Reinsurance plan: Travelers, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Berks...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Munich Re, one of Europe’s big four reinsurance companies, has appointed Andreas Moser as Global Head of Credit, Surety and Political Risk Reinsurance, effective April 1st, 2026. Having joined Munich Re in 2004 and the firm’s Financial...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Global reinsurer Arundo Re generated net income of €100.9 million and recorded a 5% rise in gross written premiums (GWP) to €1.427 billion in the 2025 fiscal year. In 2025, year-on-year premium growth was 6% to €1.026 billion in non-life, supporte...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026
Rokstone, the international specialty re/insurance managing general agent (MGA), has announced the appointment of Jackie Lan as Underwriter in its Singapore marine team. Rokstone established its Singapore marine MGA in June 2025 with a multi-year...
Posted: Apr 07, 2026