Reinsurance News

Lloyd’s welcomes UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Advisory Council for inaugural meeting

Lloyd’s, a marketplace for insurance and reinsurance, recently hosted the inaugural meeting of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Advisory Council (ISAC) at its headquarters in London. The meeting brought together UK Chancellor of the Exchequ...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

Pen Underwriting appoints Gallagher’s Hannah Fry as Chief Operating Officer

Pen Underwriting, a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has announced the appointment of Hannah Fry as Chief Operating Officer, effective 6 January, 2025. Fry will join the Executive team of the multi-class, multi-territory specialist und...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

Helios’ Lloyd’s syndicate portfolio 2025 capacity expected to be £484m

Lloyd’s-focused investment vehicle Helios Underwriting has announced the capacity for its 2025 Lloyd’s syndicate portfolio is expected to be £484 million, which is 5% lower compared to 2023, where total capacity stood at £512 million. Accord...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

Reinsurers are leaning into the cyber market: JMP

Analysts at JMP report that reinsurers are increasingly leaning into the cyber market, a move expected to drive better pricing, and terms and conditions for cedants at the January 1 renewals, building on trends observed at recent renewals. This as...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

Insurance broker Ardonagh secures landmark Stone Point investment

The Ardonagh Group, an independent insurance broker, has secured an equity investment from funds managed by US-domiciled private equity firm, Stone Point Capital LLC, which values the group at $14 billion. This landmark transaction is expected to...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

PCRIC renews policy with redesigned parametric insurance products for Pacific region

The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) has renewed its policy portfolio for 2024, introducing redesigned parametric insurance products developed in collaboration with global experts. These updates include innovative enhancements to...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

AM Best upgrades outlook to positive for Group Ark Insurance

AM Best, the credit rating agency, has upgraded the outlook for Group Ark Insurance Limited (GAIL) (Bermuda) from stable to positive for its Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR), while affirming the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

Roadzen partners with Cimarron Underwriters to expand insurance offerings nationwide

Roadzen has partnered with Cimarron Underwriters, LLC to expand its insurance offerings across all 50 U.S. states by leveraging Cimarron’s nationwide MGA licenses and infrastructure. Cimarron Underwriters, through its subsidiaries—Cimarron Insuran...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

Phoenix grows P&C business with LPT reinsurance deal

Phoenix Financial Ltd., an Israel-based financial, insurance, and investment group, announced a key Loss Portfolio Transfer (LPT) reinsurance agreement with Ayalon Insurance Company Ltd. The move supports the group’s strategic expansion of i...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

WTW enhances RiskAgility FM with AI capabilities for L&H insurers

Global insurance brokerage WTW has introduced new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its RiskAgility Financial Modeller (RiskAgility FM), a financial modelling and reporting software technology for life and health (L&H) insurers. Lif...

Posted: Dec 18, 2024

IFRS 17 presents a number of challenges for re/insurers, poll reveals

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17 introduced a new way of financial reporting for insurers and reinsurers, fundamentally changing how they recognise and measure insurance contracts. While this new standard promises greater tran...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

DAC Beachcroft expands to the US with offices in New York and LA

DAC Beachcroft, an international law firm, continues its global expansion with the launch of new offices in New York and Los Angeles, marking its entry into the US market, effective 1 January 2025. The new offices will combine insurance-focused te...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Gallagher names Bassett and Brookes as CEOs within Specialty arm

Insurance and reinsurance broker Gallagher has appointed Paul Bassett as CEO of Crisis Management and Simon Brookes as CEO of Financial Lines within its Specialty division, both reporting to Jonathan Turner, CEO of Gallagher Specialty. Julian Wall...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

McGill and Partners joins Warburg Pincus’ inaugural multi-asset continuation fund

McGill and Partners, the independent specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has been chosen by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, to join its inaugural multi-asset continuation fund. Warburg Pincus, which played a key role in McGil...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Maiden reveals sale of Swedish subsidiaries to network of international re/insurers

Maiden Holdings, Ltd., a provider of insurance and reinsurance services, recently announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Swedish subsidiaries, Maiden General Försäkrings and Maiden Life Försäkrings, to a growing network of internat...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Gallagher Re adds Nagpal and Murch to Asia Pacific Analytics team

Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced some leadership changes within its Analytics team in Asia Pacific, appointing Hemant Nagpal as Head of Analytics and Darren Murch as Deputy Head of Analytics. Nagpal joined Gallagher Re from Moody&#821...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Nagpal to lead Gallagher Re’s Analytics team in APAC, Murch named Deputy Head

Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced some leadership changes within its Analytics team in Asia Pacific, appointing Hemant Nagpal as Head of Analytics and Darren Murch as Deputy Head of Analytics. Nagpal joined Gallagher Re from Moody&#821...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Property reinsurance pricing likely to come under pressure at 1.1: JMP Securities

As the reinsurance industry draws close to a second year of strong profitability at near/historic highs, pricing is very likely to come under pressure at the upcoming January 1st renewals for property reinsurance rates, according to JMP Securities...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Artemis Live: Capital markets structures for originators webinar – Watch the full replay

Artemis, our insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister publication, has now published the full replay of its live webinar on the use of alternative capital sources by originators of insurance risk, which was held on November 21st, 2024, in...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Paradiso Risks joins Ryan Specialty‘s Alive Risk MGU

Ryan Specialty has announced that Paradiso Risks is joining its sports, leisure and entertainment (SLE) managing general underwriter (MGU), Alive Risk. Paradiso, an MGU specialising in contingency and non-appearance insurance, became a part of the...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

OAK Re teams up with Moody’s to enhance global risk modelling for 2025 underwriting launch

Reinsurance provider Oak Reinsurance (OAK Re), authorised to underwrite business beginning January 1, 2025, through its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2843, has partnered with Moody’s to integrate applications from the Moody’s Intelligent Risk Platform (includ...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

MNRB appoints Dato’ Rudy Rodzila Che Lamin as Interim President & Group CEO

MNRB Holdings Berhad, the parent company of Malaysian Re, has announced the appointment of Dato’ Rudy Rodzila Che Lamin as Interim President & Group CEO. Dato’ Rudy succeeds Zaharudin Daud who served as President & Group CEO of MNRB for th...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Bridge Specialty Group takes on assets of American Risk Management Resources Network

J. Scott Penny, Chief Acquisitions Officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., along with David Dybdahl and Cynthia Statz, owners of American Risk Management Resources Network, LLC (ARMR), recently announced that Brown & Brown, a national insurance in...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Agile appoints AXA XL’s David Hughes as Head of Marine and Deputy Active Underwriter

Agile Insurance Group has announced the appointment of David Hughes as Head of Marine and Deputy Active Underwriter for its Lloyd’s syndicate, Agile Underwriting Services Syndicate AUS2427. Based in London, Hughes will operate with a global mandat...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

US commercial insurance to remain stable, property performs despite cat losses: Lockton

According to a new Lockton Market Update report, while the US commercial insurance market remains generally stable and predictable for buyers, a sense of fragility persists as insurers and business leaders monitor natural catastrophes, rising soci...

Posted: Dec 17, 2024