Reinsurance News
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), an insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has announced the formation of a new international team dedicated to serving the insurance needs of UK subsidiaries of overseas corporates. This initiativ...
Posted: Oct 09, 2025
A new report from Neptune Flood has suggested that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) continues to assume risks the private market is “ready and better equipped” to handle, with roughly 95% of new policyholders eligible for private covera...
Posted: Oct 09, 2025
Westfield Specialty International, the London-based specialty insurance arm of Westfield, has announced the appointment of Andrew Richardson as Head of Open Market Property. In his new role, Richardson will be based in London and report directly t...
Posted: Oct 09, 2025
Delivering a keynote speech at the 29th Federation of the Afro-Asian Insurers & Reinsurers (FAIR) General Assembly in Mumbai, India, earlier this week, Hitesh R. Joshi, Executive Director at Indian reinsurance company GIC Re, said that re/insu...
Posted: Oct 09, 2025
Swiss reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Rückversicherungs AG (SI Re) is strengthening its presence in the Spanish, Portuguese, and German markets with the appointment of Maximilian Studer as Underwriting Manager and Eric Dal Moro as Head of Pricing. Studer,...
Posted: Oct 09, 2025
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., an international specialty insurance firm, has expanded the roles of Steve Keogh and Brendan Mulshine to include serving as Co-Presidents of Ryan Specialty. Currently, Keogh is the Chief Operating Officer, while Muls...
Posted: Oct 09, 2025
Crystal Venture Partners has closed $33 million Fund I, aimed to back early-stage companies modernising insurance, risk, and other complex systems through artificial intelligence (AI) and sector-specific innovation. Founded by solo GP Jonathan Cry...
Posted: Oct 09, 2025
The United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a provider of insurance, banking, and financial services for military members and their families, has named Rob Arena as President of USAA Life Insurance Company, effective January 5, 2026. Arena...
Posted: Oct 09, 2025
The U.S. workers’ compensation line of coverage remains a key driver of the profitability of property/casualty insurance, although economic uncertainty may lead to some short-to-medium-term turbulence for insurers, according to a recent AM Best re...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Applied Systems has announced the next wave of innovation within its Applied Insurance AI™, which includes insurance-specific AI solutions designed to embed intelligence into agency workflows to drive productivity and profitability. Applied Insura...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
MAPFRE, an international insurance company, has announced the creation of three new technology hubs as part of its broader transformation plan. The initiative focuses on strengthening the company’s technological structure and enhancing its ability...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, the reinsurance division of global broker Aon, has announced the appointment of Josh Carson as Dallas Business Leader. In his new role, Carson will collaborate across all client segments, supporting Aon’s unified U.S....
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Blenheim Partnerships has appointed Geoff Pryor-White to head up a new cyber unit, effective immediately. Pryor-White holds 29 years of experience building and scaling teams in the cyber and tech E&O and PI market. In 2016, Pryor-White founded...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Re/insurance took centre stage at this year’s Climate Week NYC, held September 21–28, as growing urgency drives the adoption of new strategies and practices to assess climate-related risks, according to S&P. Climate Week NYC 2025, organised by...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Corporate boards express confidence in their cyber readiness, yet board-level data tells a different story, showing that losses are longer, broader, and costlier than leaders expect, according to a recent report by Willis, a WTW business. Willis’...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Protecdiv, a re/insurance brokerage firm, has announced the appointment of Joe Monaghan as an Independent Non-Executive Director on its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Monaghan currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Euclid Mortg...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Increasingly frequent catastrophic weather events, seasonal surges, and a tightening skilled labour market have led UK insurers to struggle in responding nimbly to rising claims volumes, according to Gallagher Bassett’s latest analysis. Gallagher...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Hannover Re, the reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of Kantaporn Thejatunga (Jan) as General Manager of Life & Health at its Malaysian Branch in Kuala Lumpur. Thejatunga will be responsible for driving Hannover Re’s strategic i...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
The Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake (NHC) has announced plans to begin a new procurement process for reinsurance broking services, as it looks ahead to the next stage of its reinsurance programme starting in 2027. The Crown entity, which pr...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global insurer and reinsurer, has strengthened its Asia Pacific (APAC) team with the appointments of three new reinsurance underwriters. Darren Toh has been named Senior Underwriter, effective 6th October 2025. Based in Singa...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Isabella Costa Ximenez has been appointed as Executive Director, Head of Reinsurance of Acrisure Brasil Corretora de Resseguros LTDA. Her appointment coincides with the official launch of the Acrisure brand in Brazil, and marks Acrisure Re’s first...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Specialty brokers are “central to closing the innovation gap,” which is driving a widening protection gap, but their ability to innovate could be constrained without more support from regulators, governments, and the wider market, a report publish...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Insurance broker Howden US has announced the appointment of Michael Landa as Vice Chairman and Member of the US Executive Committee. Based in Miami, Landa’s responsibilities will include expanding Howden’s US retail broking footprint and sup...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
FurtherAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup for insurance, has announced that it has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, aimed to automate insurance workflows with artificial intelligence (AI). This fu...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025
Global insurer American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has announced the appointment of Tom Horn as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), EMEA. Horn succeeds Roberto Nard, who will retire from AIG at the end of 2025 after 36 years in the industry, inclu...
Posted: Oct 08, 2025