Reinsurance News

Personal cyber insurance protection gap growing: Triple-I and HSB

Despite a large number of consumers being routinely victims of cybercrime, most of them do not have personal cyber insurance, according to a recent report by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and HSB. The Addressing the Personal Cyber...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Talcott enters major reinsurance agreement with Japan Post Insurance

Talcott Financial Group, a life insurance provider specialising in risk solutions, has announced a reinsurance agreement between its subsidiary, Talcott Life Re, Ltd., and Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. As part of the transaction, Talcott Life Re...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Everest promotes Jeanmarie Giordano to North America CUO

Global reinsurance and insurance firm Everest has announced the promotion of Jeanmarie Giordano to the role of North America Chief Underwriting Officer. With nearly three decades of industry experience, Giordano brings extensive expertise to her n...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Phoenix Specialty welcomes experienced construction underwriter

Phoenix Specialty (Phoenix), a construction-focused MGA, has strengthened its team with the addition of a new construction underwriter, reinforcing its commitment to growth following a year of significant expansion. Timothy Christmas joins Phoenix...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance to merge

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. announced its Board of Directors has decided to move forward with specific discussions and preparations for the merger of its two core domestic non-life insurance subsidiaries, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co....

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Deadly earthquake strikes Myanmar, triggering widespread devastation

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar, causing widespread devastation, triggering tremors as far as Bangkok, Thailand, leading to building collapses, significant loss of life, and prompting Myanmar to declare a state of emergency....

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Reinsurers must adapt strategies to align with risk introduced by GLP-1 therapies: Gallagher Re

Gallagher Re, a reinsurance brokerage and risk management services provider, has released a report on the impact of GLP-1 receptor agonists on medical trends and reinsurance. According to the report, as these therapies continue to reshape medical...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

EPIC appoints James Enelow as Executive Managing Principal, Client Engagement

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a provider of insurance and risk management services, has announced the appointment of James Enelow as Executive Managing Principal, Client Engagement. In this role, Enelow will lead a coordinated approach...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

2024 a strong year for insurance carrier earnings despite pricing shifts and rising peril losses: Ho...

In 2024, global insurance carriers experienced a year of improved underwriting performance and capital recovery, which contrasted with growing concerns around reserving volatility and widening loss gaps, according to a recent analysis by Howden Re...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

hyperexponential launches suite of AI-powered capabilities

Insurtech hyperexponential (hx) has launched a suite of AI-powered capabilities, hx AI, at its first AI event in London. According to the insurtech, hx AI is designed to revolutionise pricing, actuarial and underwriting productivity and decision-m...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Tokio Marine Kiln appoints James Wilson as Head of Special Risks

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), a global specialty insurer, has appointed James Wilson as Head of Special Risks, starting in the autumn. In his new role, Wilson will report to Vivek Syal, Chief Underwriting Officer for TMK, and is tasked with expanding t...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

European reinsurers experience ROE improvement: Goldman Sachs

Following strong returns in 2023 and 2024, return on equity (ROE) has improved for the European reinsurance sector, which has now exceeded cost of equity in three of the last four years, according to Goldman Sachs. Prior to 2023 and 2024, the rein...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance agrees to acquire 15% of W. R. Berkley stock from third parties

Japanese property and casualty (P&C) insurer Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. (MSI) has agreed to acquire 15% of commercial lines P&C insurance holding company, W. R. Berkley Corporation’s outstanding common stock via open market...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Strategic hires to power Arbol’s growth in AI, insurance and other sectors

Global climate risk solutions platform Arbol has expanded its leadership team with strategic hires to drive growth across artificial intelligence (AI), insurance, agriculture, and energy storage. Arnav Tripathy, who has joined Arbol as its new Hea...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Assurex Global expands network with Cowan Group partnership

Assurex Global, a privately held commercial insurance, risk management, and employee benefits brokerage group, has announced the addition of Cowan Group Ltd. to its network, effective March 17, 2025. Established in 1927, Cowan Group Ltd., through...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Venerable appoints Alvites VP, Head of Audit and Ellis as VP, Compliance

Venerable, owner and manager of legacy variable annuity business, has announced the appointment of George Alvites and Angie Ellis as Vice President, Head of Audit and Vice President, Compliance, respectively. The firm also announced the promotion...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Allianz Trade appoints Wongi Kim to succeed Andy Ryoo as Country Head, South Korea

Insurer Allianz Trade in Asia Pacific has appointed Wongi Kim as the Country Manager for South Korea, effective April 1st, 2025, succeeding Andy Ryoo. Ryoo, a seasoned trade credit professional retires from the role after a career spanning over 22...

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

US tariffs hit personal lines insurers hardest, J.P. Morgan reports

J.P. Morgan, a financial services firm, recently conducted an in-depth analysis of the potential effects of US tariffs on the insurance industry. Their findings suggest that personal lines insurers, which include companies providing auto and home...

Posted: Mar 27, 2025

Ryan Specialty appoints former Aon exec Steve Keogh as COO

Ryan Specialty has appointed former Aon executive Steve Keogh as the Chief Operating Officer, effective May 1st, 2025. Keogh is an industry veteran who started his career at Aon Global Risk Consulting as a Financial Analyst in 1988, subsequently s...

Posted: Mar 27, 2025

Xceedance invests in Friendly to drive L&H AI solutions

Xceedance, a global provider of technology and digital solutions, has strategically invested in Friendly, a San Francisco-domiciled artificial intelligence company focused on life & health (L&H) underwriting, claims management, and risk as...

Posted: Mar 27, 2025

Cowbell Connectors expands to 30+ integrations to enhance cyber risk assessment

Cowbell, a cyber insurance provider for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has announced the expansion of its Cowbell Connectors to more than 30 integrations with top security and cloud service providers. Cowbell Connectors enhance cyber r...

Posted: Mar 27, 2025

South Korea battles worst wildfires on record

Won Myung-soo, Director of Satellite Imagery Analysis, National Forestry Service, stated that the Uiseong fire in South Korea quickly began spreading on Wednesday, reaching the coastal county of Yeongdeok 51 km (32 miles) away in just 12 hours, wi...

Posted: Mar 27, 2025

Allianz makes executive changes to Commercial arm

Allianz UK has appointed Adam Lloyd as Chief Underwriting Officer and Claire Buck as Chief Technical Officer, a newly created role, in its Commercial arm covering Mid Corp, Fleet, and Digital/SME, effective April 14. According to Allianz, both Llo...

Posted: Mar 27, 2025

RenRe’s integrated underwriting strategy better serves clients: O’Donnell, CEO

Kevin J. O’Donnell, President and CEO of RenaissanceRe, explained that the company’s underwriting approach combines property lines with casualty and specialty to create an optimally efficient portfolio, enhancing its capacity to solve customers&#8...

Posted: Mar 27, 2025

Sompo gains approval to write primary insurance in Belgium and the Netherlands

Sompo, a global provider of commercial and consumer P&C re/insurance, has expanded its operations in Continental Europe with authorisation by regulatory authorities to write primary insurance locally in Belgium and the Netherlands. Sompo&#8217...

Posted: Mar 27, 2025