Reinsurance News

AM Best keeps outlook for US L/A insurers steady

Credit rating agency AM Best continues to hold a stable outlook for the US life and annuity (L/A) insurance sector, citing steady premium growth, strong capital positions, and solid risk-adjusted measures. According to AM Best, these factors under...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

S&P revises Saudi Re’s outlook to positive

S&P Global Ratings has revised Saudi Re’s outlook to positive from stable citing improved performance indicators, mainly the company’s strengthening competitive position and robust capital buffers. The rating agency also affirmed its ‘A-...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

HDI Global introduces Cyquins and secures AWS cyber competency partner status

HDI Global, an international insurer specialising in commercial and industrial clients, has introduced Cyquins, a new cyber insurance option designed for fast digital evaluation and tailored protection. With a focus on midmarket organisations, Cyq...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Aspida Holdings appoints Suzanne Sadlier as Head of Regulatory Affairs

Aspida Holdings Ltd., a life insurance and annuity company, has appointed Suzanne Sadlier as Head of Regulatory Affairs. In her new role, Sadlier will oversee regulatory engagement across Aspida’s US, Bermuda, and Cayman platforms. Sadlier has ove...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

ASR’s Syndicate 2454 expands to South Africa alongside regional underwriting buildout

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the developing-markets-focused re/insurance group, has launched Syndicate 2454 in South Africa to underwrite insurance and reinsurance risks across the country and neighbouring markets from its base in Sandton. Reader...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Sam Batstone joins Markel’s new Construction & Engineering practice as underwriter

Markel International has announced the appointment of Sam Batstone as an Underwriter within its newly launched Construction & Engineering practice. Launched in November 2025, Markel’s Construction & Engineering practice within its internat...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

UK insurers integrate sustainability as core risk but seek regulatory clarity to drive greater impac...

The UK insurance sector is making notable strides in embedding sustainability across investment, underwriting and risk management, according to Insurers for Purpose – Navigating sustainability integration across the insurance sector, a report by P...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

DUAL to support biodiversity net gain with new insurance product

Specialty insurer DUAL has launched a new insurance product designed to support biodiversity uplift at the Highlands Rewilding Bunloit project in Scotland. This pioneering product aims to help protect habitats impacted by biodiversity loss and ens...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Ping An leads “Ancient Tree Guardian Action” and green finance technology

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. has introduced its landmark biodiversity initiative, “Ancient Tree Guardian Action,” at the 30th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 30) in Belém, Brazil. Ping An’s programne integrate...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

AM Best assigns credit ratings to AIG subsidiary American International Reinsurance Global

Credit rating agency AM Best has assigned American International Reinsurance Global (AIRG), a Bermuda-based AIG subsidiary, a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+” (Excellent), and assigned a posit...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

LatAm reinsurance market faces competitive shift, says SCOR’s Alfredo Lomeli

In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Alfredo Lomeli, Chief Underwriting Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean at SCOR, a global reinsurer, highlighted the evolving dynamics of the region’s reinsurance sector as it heads into the 2026...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Wildfire strategist Jessica Morse joins Delos as government affairs consultant

Jessica Morse, a government wildfire management expert, has joined MGA Delos Insurance Solutions as a government affairs consultant to property insurance. Her appointment signals a strategic move by Delos to enhance its support for California home...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

AI replacement fears fall sharply among underwriters and actuaries: hyperexponential

In 2025, there has been a marked fall in the fear of becoming obsolete or replaced by artificial intelligence (AI), with less than half of underwriters (48%) and actuaries (49%) now fearing replacement by AI, down from 74% and 80% respectively in...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Generali’s financial strength lifted to A2 following Italy rating upgrade

Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Generali’s insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) to A2 from A3, following the one-notch upgrade of the Italian government’s rating. “Generali’s ratings are partly constrained by the Italian...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Majority of UK SMEs have experienced a cyber incident: Coalition survey

In the last five years, nearly three-quarters of UK SMEs have been impacted by a cyber incident, according to a recent survey by Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks. Coalition’s study, conducted by an independent resea...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Radian Guaranty secures $373m of XoL reinsurance coverage

US-based company primarily known for mortgage insurance, Radian Group Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Radian Guaranty, has agreed to the principal terms of an approximately $373 million excess of loss (XoL) reinsurance arrangement with a panel of...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

MAPFRE RE secures €125m cat bond targeting European wind risk

MAPFRE RE has returned to the catastrophe bond market by sponsoring a new €125 million, three-year issuance specifically designed to protect its European risk portfolio against extreme wind events, which constitute the firm’s main catastroph...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Westfield Specialty International appoints Robert Copp as Head of US Marine Treaty

Westfield Specialty International, a specialty insurance provider, has announced the appointment of Robert Copp as Head of US Marine Treaty. In his new role, Copp will focus on US ocean marine, inland marine and offshore energy reinsurance for Nor...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Tokio Marine to enhance specialty offerings in US agricultural sector with CIH acquisition

Global insurance group Tokio Marine has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Commodity & Ingredient Hedging (CIH), a provider of risk management solutions for the agricultural and commodity sectors, from Falfurrias Capital...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

ICIEC welcomes Republic of Sierra Leone as Member Country

The Republic of Sierra Leone has become the 51st member of the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a Shariah-based multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank Group. This move highligh...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Robert Gagliardi named CEO of SRS Titanium

Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), an independent insurance company manager, has appointed Robert Gagliardi as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SRS Titanium, a specialised initiative delivering captive insurance solutions for Fortune 500 and other gl...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

MGA Clearwater UW secures majority investment from Aquiline

Clearwater UW Limited, an expanding specialty managing general agent (MGA) based in London, has received a majority investment from Aquiline, a private investment firm. Aquiline’s backing is set to significantly accelerate Clearwater UW’s strategi...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

MSIG USA names Ryan Kratz as Head of Cyber, North America

MSIG USA, a provider of specialty commercial insurance, has appointed Ryan Kratz as Head of Cyber, North America, reporting to Siobhan O’Brien, the firm’s Global Head of Cyber. This addition follows MSIG USA’s continued expansion...

Posted: Nov 26, 2025

Lloyd’s Europe to implement Reinsurance Collateral Deposit from Jan 1

Lloyd’s Europe will implement a Reinsurance Collateral Deposit (RCD) from 1st January 2026 for the 2026 Year of Account (YoA) onwards to meet regulatory expectations, following market engagement with support from the LMA. Lloyd’s, the specialist i...

Posted: Nov 25, 2025

Nadia Zacheo joins SRS Altitude as Senior Actuary and Property Underwriter

SRS Altitude, a Managing General Underwriter (MGU) specialising in Alternative Risk Transfer solutions and part of the Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) group, has appointed Nadia Zacheo as Senior Actuary and Property Underwriter, effective early Jan...

Posted: Nov 25, 2025