Reinsurance News

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

Red Cross leads pilot of parametric flood insurance in Malawi

The Malawi Red Cross Society and the Danish Red Cross, in partnership with African Risk Capacity (ARC) Ltd., JBA Global Resilience, the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF), and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have piloted Malawi’s first pa...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

AM Best revises outlook for US homeowners insurance to stable

Credit rating agency AM Best has revised the outlook for the US homeowners insurance segment to stable from negative, citing moderating premium growth and enhanced catastrophe risk management practices amid improved property reinsurance market dyn...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Howden adds Rebecca Poon as Chief Client Officer for Hong Kong

Howden, an insurance and risk advisory group, has appointed Rebecca Poon as its Chief Client Officer for Hong Kong. Most recently, Poon served as a Managing Director at insurance broker Marsh, where she led Marsh (HK) Ltd’s Corporate Divisio...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Bridget Tatham elected President of FOIL for 2026

The Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), an organisation representing 8,000 lawyers and paralegals across 61 corporate firms, has elected Bridget Tatham, Partner at Browne Jacobson, as President for 2026. Tatham is set to replace Howard Dean, Partne...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Berlanga joins I–RE as Broker Relationship Executive

I–RE, a specialist in captive specialist insurance and reinsurance, has announced the appointment of David Berlanga as Broker Relationship Executive. In his new role, Berlanga will be responsible for building and strengthening relationships with c...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Ultra-processed foods and microplastics, emerging liability risks for re/insurers: DAC Beachcroft

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and microplastics are expected to become a source of liability risk for re/insurers, law firm DAC Beachcroft has highlighted in their latest predictions for 2026. The scrutiny and legal action over UPFs are projected t...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Gallagher Re to acquire South African reinsurance broker Resilea

Gallagher Re, the reinsurance arm of the global broking group, has agreed to acquire the largest independent reinsurance broker in South Africa, Resilea (Pty) Ltd. The reinsurance broker expects the Resilea team to bring a greater level of scale a...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Africa Specialty Risks launches cyber insurance for African businesses

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the developing-markets-focused re/insurance group, has marked its entry into cyber insurance with the launch of a digital quote-and-bind policy for African businesses. Offered through ASR 24-7, ASR’s automated underwr...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

ICEYE expands satellite constellation to close information gap for re/insurers

ICEYE, a global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, has launched five new SAR satellites to close critical information gaps, giving insurers the situational awareness to protect communities, target resources, and speed r...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Miller appoints Paul Lineham as Head of Data

Miller, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Paul Lineham as Head of Data. In his new role, Lineham will focus on enhancing the technological solutions Miller brings to its clients, while he...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Santam secures final approval to launch Syndicate 1918 at Lloyd’s

Santam Group, a major South African insurance company, has been granted Lloyd’s final permission for its Santam Syndicate 1918 to underwrite for business beginning on or after January 1, 2026. The new Syndicate will introduce Santam’s established...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Lockton Re names Anthony DiLorenzo as US Casualty Broking Leader

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of independent insurance broker Lockton, has appointed Anthony DiLorenzo as US Casualty Broking Leader, based in Philadelphia. DiLorenzo most recently spent over 12 years at broker Aon, serving as Senior Managi...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Private equity investors end acquisition talks with AUB

Private equity investors EQT and CVC (together, the Consortium) have notified AUB Group that they will not proceed with a binding A$45-per-share scheme proposal to acquire 100% of the business, and both sides have therefore agreed to end discussio...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Life insurance drives growth as Colombia’s non-life segment faces rising leverage risks: AM Best

Colombia, among Latin America’s more advanced insurance markets, is seeing growth increasingly driven by the life insurance sector, according to a new AM Best report. While non-life insurance continues to hold the larger share of market participan...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

UK P&I Club and TT Club target growth and stability with proposed merger

The UK P&I Club, a provider of Protection & Indemnity insurance to the global shipping industry, and the TT Club, an insurance and risk management provider for the international transport and logistics industry, have announced that they ar...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

AI in insurance is now mainstream, says WTW’s Doddington

WTW, an advisory, broking, and solutions firm, has been closely tracking the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in insurance, and has highlighted how carriers are now deploying related technologies at a more rapid pace. Laura Doddington, WTW...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Ace Insurance Brokers adds Mercer India’s Laddha as President

Ace Insurance Brokers, an Indian composite insurance broker, delivering comprehensive life and general insurance solutions to individuals, corporates, and institutions, has appointed Arvind Laddha as President. Earlier this year, Blackstone acquir...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

S&P lifts Africa Re ratings to ‘A’ due to consistent strong performance

S&P Global Ratings has raised the long-term issuer credit and insurer financial strength ratings for African Reinsurance Corp. (Africa Re) and its South African subsidiary, African Reinsurance Corp. (South Africa) Ltd., to ‘A’ from...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

M&A activity could reduce cyber market capacity: Marsh’s Konyar

Recent mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among major re/insurers are creating “seeds of concern” for the cyber insurance market, with experts warning that capacity consolidation could eventually reduce market availability. Gamze Konyar, Head of C...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

NFP names Gillingham Head of Commercial Risk, Mahoney Head of Programs

NFP, an Aon company and prominent provider of property and casualty (P&C) brokerage and benefits consulting, announced updates to its leadership team. Tom Gillingham has been appointed President, Commercial Risk, expanding his responsibilities...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

Silent AI risks drive product development and reinsurance review: DAC Beachcroft

The risk of silent AI is prompting insurers to update policy wordings, innovate products, limit riskier exposures, and review reinsurance arrangements to ensure these risks are adequately covered, according to law firm DAC Beachcroft. “Silent AI”...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

Market discipline key as negative rates hit most classes: Lloyd’s CUO

Rachel Turk, Chief Underwriting Officer at Lloyd’s, has acknowledged that rates have softened more quickly than anticipated, but emphasised that favourable trading conditions and ongoing market discipline are expected to drive strong performance f...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

Pen Underwriting reshapes marine practice, announces several leadership appointments

Pen Underwriting, a multi-class multi-territory managing general agent (MGA), has announced a number of leadership appointments within its specialist Marine practice and announced structural changes aimed at accelerating strategic growth and futur...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025