Reinsurance News

Lockton Re launches Dubai operations

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of the independent insurance broker, has launched its Dubai operations, which will be led by Gerard Monayer as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lockton Re, Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The move marks the...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Lloyd’s CEO resets expectations around Blueprint Two timeline

In a frank letter accompanying Lloyd’s half-year results, CEO Patrick Tiernan called for a reset of expectations around key milestones for Blueprint Two, including market testing, dress rehearsals and a safe cutover, confirming that the re-platfor...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

OAK Global launches retro syndicate at Lloyd’s

Global reinsurance provider OAK Re has rebranded its group identity to OAK Global, and launched a strategic business unit, OAK Enterprise, to underwrite retrocession business with an appetite for property and specialty classes, which will also pro...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Lloyd’s posts 6% rise in GWP and profit of £4.2bn for H1’25

Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace, generated gross written premium (GWP) of £32.5 billion in the first half of 2025, while the underwriting result contracted to £1.5 billion as the Los Angeles, California wildfire...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Steadfast Group continues expansion US MGA Novum

Steadfast Group, an Australian insurance broker, has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Novum Underwriting Partners LLC, an US-based specialty managing general agency (MGA) and wholesale brokerage. Established in Ohio in 2019, the bu...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

KCC appoints Milan Simic as Global Strategy Advisor

Karen Clark & Company (KCC), a provider of catastrophe risk modelling solutions, has announced the appointment of Dr. Milan Simic as Global Strategy Advisor. In this role, Simic will lead global growth initiatives and manage international clie...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Neptune Insurance files for IPO on the New York Stock Exchange

Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc., the parent company of Neptune Flood Incorporated, has announced the public filing of a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of i...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Descartes Underwriting appoints Sébastien Bardy as CFO

Descartes Underwriting, a specialist in corporate parametric insurance solutions for climate and emerging risks, has appointed Sébastien Bardy to the newly created role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bardy will report to CEO Tanguy Touffut and...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Everest names Voralia CUO for Global Reinsurance

Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Everest Group, has announced the appointment of Jiten Voralia as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for Global Reinsurance, effective immediately. Voralia will be succeeding Chris Downey, who was rece...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Reinsurance increasingly a buyer’s market as focus shifts to growth: Rousseau, Guy Carpenter

Laurent Rousseau, CEO of EMEA and Global Capital Solutions at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, said recently that the reinsurance industry is “clearly and increasingly in a buyer’s market” and stressed that as returns continue t...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Oceanview Re names Timothy Gasaatura as President & CEO

Oceanview Reinsurance Ltd. (Oceanview Re), a subsidiary of Oceanview Holdings Ltd., has announced the appointment of Timothy Gasaatura as President and CEO. Gasaatura succeeds Stelian Dragan, who has chosen to relocate to the US after serving as P...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Thompson to succeed Schaefer as President & CEO of Hannover Re US

Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America (Hannover Re US) has announced key leadership appointments, effective January 1, 2026, including the promotion of Clint Thompson to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Thompson will be succeedi...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Aon to sell majority of NFP’s wealth business to Madison Dearborn Partners

Aon, a global re/insurance broking group, has signed a definitive agreement to sell a significant majority of NFP’s wealth business to Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, for a total consideration...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Gallagher adds Andy Winwood as a Senior Executive

Insurance and reinsurance broking group Gallagher has appointed Andy Winwood as a Senior Executive, where he will support Nadim Semaan, Senior Executive Officer, in running the firm’s Middle East & Africa business focusing on large clien...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Davies launches specialist P&C wholesale broker AG London

Davies, a professional services and technology provider for the insurance and regulated markets, has launched Assurex Global London Limited (AG London), a bespoke specialist property and casualty wholesale brokerage. AG London, part of the Assurex...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Brown & Brown COO Steve Hearn to lead all operations outside NA

Brown & Brown, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has announced that Steve Hearn, Chief Operating Officer (COO), will lead all operations outside of North America across both the Retail and Specialty Distribution segments. Hearn...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Increased demand drives LatAm reinsurance growth despite challenging conditions: AM Best

Despite the challenging conditions in Latin America in 2025, reinsurance markets in the region continue to expand, driven by increased demand and greater dynamism, according to a recent AM Best report. One of the challenges is that disinflation is...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

CFC appoints Jane Poole as Group CFO

CFC, a specialist insurance provider focused on emerging risks and cyber, has announced the appointment of Jane Poole as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Poole succeeds current Group CFO Michael Grist, who has served for nearly 16 years. Grist...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Buyers expect property reinsurance pricing to fall as demand rises & attachment points hold: Moody’s

The 2025 reinsurance buyers survey from Moody’s Ratings reveals a “decisive shift towards rate reductions” for property reinsurance risks when compared to prior years, while demand for coverage is expected to rise as attachment p...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Acrisure Re introduces AcrisureIQ for portfolio and reinsurance optimisation

Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of Acrisure, has announced the release of AcrisureIQ Pro, a new tool aimed at helping clients analyse and adjust their portfolios and reinsurance programmes. AcrisureIQ PRO becomes part of AcrisureIQ, the firm...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

It’s a dynamic, competitive yet reasonably disciplined reinsurance market: Urs Baertschi, Swiss Re

The reinsurance industry has been operating reasonably efficiently and has shown resilience to large losses like the Los Angeles wildfires in January, and, after the 2025 renewal periods, Urs Baertschi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Property &#...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

ADNOC and RIQ announce $500m AI-powered reinsurance collaboration

ADNOC, an AI-native reinsurance platform and subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC), has partnered with RIQ, a diversified energy and petrochemicals group wholly owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, to collaborate on a long-term reinsuran...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Effective cycle management critical to navigating volatility: Gallagher Re’s Wakefield

Gallagher Re’s CEO, Tom Wakefield, has highlighted robust global reinsurance capital and manageable loss ratios as the market heads towards the 67th edition of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo this week, emphasising that effective...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

SCOR places €500m subordinated notes set to mature in 2055

French reinsurer SCOR has successfully placed €500 million Fixed to Floating Rate Subordinated Notes with institutional investors, which mature on September 10, 2055, and are eligible as Tier 2 regulatory capital under Solvency II. The notes are r...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Aon highlights $5bn reinsurance premium opportunity from emerging casualty risks

In its latest casualty sector update, developed in collaboration with Moody’s, Aon revealed that emerging risks, such as PFAS contamination, addictive software design, and microplastics, could contribute approximately $5 billion of reinsuran...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025