Reinsurance News

Bridgehaven completes acquisition of SureStone

UK hybrid insurer Bridgehaven has announced the completion of its acquisition of SureStone Insurance DAC, following receipt of all required regulatory approvals. This acquisition is a major step in Bridgehaven’s European growth strategy, with the...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Pacific Life Re names Soichiro Makimoto as Head of Japan Representative Office

Life and health reinsurer Pacific Life Re has appointed Soichiro Makimoto as Head of its Japan representative office. The move reinforces the reinsurer’s long-term commitment to the Japanese market. In his new role, Soichiro will enhance Pacific L...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

McGill and Partners and AEGIS London announce new digital partnership

McGill and Partners, the independent global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, and AEGIS London, a Lloyd’s syndicate, have formed a strategic partnership to deliver smarter, digitally-enabled solutions for clients. The partnership aligns...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Arrowhead Intermediaries appoints Steven Beard as CEO, International

Arrowhead Intermediaries has announced the appointment of Steven Beard as Chief Executive Officer, International, who will join the firm in February 2026 and be based in London. Beard joins from Charles Taylor, where he served as Group President....

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Marsh McLennan Agency acquires three Hawai‘i-based insurance brokerages

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), part of global insurance and reinsurance brokerage Marsh McLennan, has acquired three privately owned Honolulu, Hawai‘i-based insurance brokerages from Tradewind Group, a diversified Hawai‘i investment company. The bro...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Venerable expands Findleton’s role to Head of Flow Reinsurance

Venerable, a privately held company that owns and manages legacy variable annuity business, has expanded Alexandra Findleton’s role at the firm to include serving as Head of Flow Reinsurance. The move aims to position the firm to accelerate...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

The Baldwin Group and CAC to merge for $1.03bn

The Baldwin Group, an independent insurance brokerage and advisory firm, and CAC Group, a national middle-market insurance broker and advisor, comprising CAC Specialty and CAC Agency, have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, for a total...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Swiss Re’s Schoch appointed Strategic Consultant of Marine for Gallagher Re LAC

Gallagher Re, the reinsurance arm of the global broking group, has announced the appointment of Erika Schoch Strategic Consultant of Marine for Gallagher Re Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). In her new consulting role, Schoch will leverage her di...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

LMG’s Data Council launches consultation for Claims Core Data Record

The London Market Group’s (LMG) Data Council has launched a consultation on the structure and fields of the Core Data Record (CDR) to cover claims. According to the announcement, the consultation will run for 12 weeks from November 26th. Market me...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

PRA’s LIST 2025 reinforces Fitch’s view that the UK life sector is well capitalised

Fitch Ratings said the UK Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) 2025 Life Insurance Stress Test (LIST 2025) reinforces its view that the sector is well capitalised, but warns that real-world stress scenarios could lead to a different outcome due...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

Geoeconomic fragmentation reshaping the global risk landscape

A new report from Brokerslink and the Swiss Re Institute warns that rising geoeconomic fragmentation, marked by widening divisions between economic blocs and potential restrictions on the free flow of capital, could have profound and lasting conse...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

BlueFive launches new platform to drive GCC insurance consolidation

BlueFive Capital, a global investment platform, has launched BlueFive Insurance, a dedicated platform to lead the consolidation, digitisation, and specialisation of the insurance industry across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and beyond. Altho...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Frank Fumarola joins Coalition as Chief Product Officer

Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has announced the appointment of Frank Fumarola as its new Chief Product Officer. Fumarola, who is joining the company from Nubak, will serve as a member of Coalition’s execut...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Ben Watson to lead Westfield Specialty International’s new cyber offering

Westfield Specialty International, a specialty insurance provider, has announced the appointment of Ben Watson as Class Underwriter to lead its newly launched cyber team. The cyber team will begin writing business from 1st January 2026, with addit...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Demex announces appointment of next gen C-suite leadership to drive market expansion

Demex, a technology-enabled reinsurance solution provider, has a number of executive leadership appointments designed to lead the company into its next phase of growth. Michael Anderson was appointed CEO, following a four-year tenure as Chief Grow...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Helios’ net asset value per share up 3.8% in Q3 driven by pipeline profits

Helios Underwriting, the publicly listed firm offering direct access to a range of syndicates at the specialist Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has reported that net asset value (NAV) per share increased 3.8% to £2.48 for the third...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

MetLife finalises $10bn variable annuity risk transfer with Talcott

MetLife, Inc., a provider of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programmes, has finalised its previously announced $10 billion variable annuity risk transfer transaction with Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company, a life insurance and...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Reinsurers expected to shoulder most of $200m loss from Hong Kong fire: AM Best

According to ratings agency AM Best, a material portion of the gross incurred loss, which may exceed $200 million from the deadly Hong Kong apartment (Wang Fuk Court) fire, is expected to be transferred to reinsurers. This is because primary insur...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Who’s insuring Russia’s shadow fleet?

Since Western P&I clubs and reinsurers largely withdrew from underwriting sanctioned oil shipments, an informal and opaque re/insurance ecosystem has emerged to keep Russia’s shadow fleet trading. What was once dominated by London and the Inte...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

AXA XL goes live with PPL to strengthen links to London Market

AXA XL, the property and casualty division of AXA Group, has successfully connected its internal computer systems directly to the London Market’s main trading platform, Placing Platform Limited (PPL), opening a new data exchange gateway. This conn...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

AXIS adds Edwards to newly created role of Head of Delegated Strategy, Global Markets

Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has appointed Lewis Edwards to the newly created role of Head of Delegated Strategy, Global Markets, effective immediately. He will be based in London and reports to Sara Farrup,...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

IDF and AXA announce first close of Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund

AXA and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) have announced the first close of the Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund (IRDF). Managed by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a BlackRock subsidiary, the IRDF is built upon the Infrastructu...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Heimann to develop European MGA practice for Augment Risk

Augment Risk, a risk capital and reinsurance solutions broker, has appointed Magnus Heimann as Partner for MGA, effective immediately. He will develop the firm’s European MGA presence, partnering with coverholders, capacity providers, and re...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

mea Platform and Regenvita parter to drive AI adoption in Scandinavian insurance market

mea Platform, a company specialising in AI solutions for the insurance industry, and Regenvita Ltd, the advisory firm founded by Clint Sookermany, have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Ben Quah appointed CEO of Asian financial hub Labuan IBFC Inc.

Labuan IBFC Inc., an Asian financial hub known for its insurance, reinsurance, Islamic finance, and digital business solutions, has announced the appointment of Ben Quah as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Quah brings over two decades of exp...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025