Reinsurance News

EPIC strengthens leadership team with key executive promotions

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a national insurance brokerage firm, is strengthening its leadership team with two significant executive promotions to better serve its specialised clients and employees. Philip V. Moyles has been appointe...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Argyle and MSI partner to enhance SME insurance in Australia

Argyle Insurance and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance have entered into a multi-year capacity agreement, marking the start of a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing business insurance options for Australian SMEs. Beginning January 1, 2025, this partn...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Aon, DFC to provide $50m in war insurance for Ukrainian businesses

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will provide $50 million, in coordination with Aon, in political risk insurance (PRI) for a new reinsurance facility to ARX, an Ukrainian subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Insurers urge EU to regulate private Third-Party Litigation Funding

A coalition of eleven associations, spearheaded by Insurance Europe, is urging the European Commission to establish EU-wide regulations for private Third-Party Litigation Funding (TPLF). TPLF involves private investors, unconnected to the lawsuit,...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

SRG boosts claims capabilities with One Claim acquisition

Insurance industry intermediary, Specialist Risk Group (SRG), has announced the acquisition of Essex-based One Claim Limited. The UK company provides broker partners and their clients with claims management support from initial notification throug...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

UK government to consult on captive insurance framework, industry responds

Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has revealed that the government is consulting on introducing a new framework for UK-based captive insurance companies to make the UK insurance market a more attractive hub for firms seeking efficient ri...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Skyward Specialty launches new Life Sciences Liability insurance product

Skyward Specialty, a property and casualty (P&C) insurer, has announced the addition of Life Sciences liability coverage to its Healthcare Solutions underwriting unit, which now will offer tailored protection for life sciences needs. The life...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

TWIA may need ~$5.8bn in reinsurance for 2025 as PML rises 20%

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has projected that it might need almost $5.8 billion in reinsurance limit for 2025 as 20% exposure growth lifts its projected 1-in-100 year probable maximum loss (PML) to $7.8 billion, while total l...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Aspen reports Q3’24 underwriting income as GWP swell to $1.1bn

Aspen Insurance has reported a Q3 2024 net income available to ordinary shareholders of $42.9 million, with an underwriting income of $33 million and a total combined ratio of 95.2%. The underwriting income figure of $33 million in Q3 2024 compare...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Just Group completes £1.8bn buy-in with Trustee of G4S Pension Scheme

Just Group, a specialist UK financial services company, has completed a £1.8 billion full buy-in with the Trustee of the G4S Pension Scheme, covering the benefits of around 22,500 members. This has become Just’s largest insurance de-risking transa...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Generali posts strong GWP growth and 94% CoR for 9M’24 despite significant cat losses

Italian insurer Generali has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in its net result to €3 billion for the first nine months of 2024, as gross written premiums (GWP) across the group rose 18% to €70.7 billion amid strong growth in both P&C and l...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

YoY decrease in rate changes across major commercial lines in Q3’24: Applied Systems

Applied Systems has released the third quarter 2024 results of the Applied Commercial Index, the Canadian insurance industry’s premium rate index, showing that average premium rates decreased year-over-year across the most commonly placed commerci...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

AM Best maintains stable outlook for New Zealand’s non-life insurance sector

AM Best, the global credit ratings agency, is maintaining a stable outlook on the New Zealand non-life insurance segment, citing the sector’s robust premium growth supported by rate adjustments, notably within the property, motor and commerc...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

FM appoints Randy Hodge as Chief Operating Officer

FM, a commercial property insurer, has appointed Randy Hodge as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective December 1, 2024. Hodge will succeed Bret Ahnell, who is set to retire in March 2025. Ahnell joined the company in 1997 and has held various s...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Conifer posts $61m gain from agency sale despite $7.4m adjusted operating loss in Q3’24

In their financial results for the third quarter of 2024, Conifer Holdings has posted a $61 million gain from the sale of its insurance agency operations to Bishop Street Underwriters, which was completed in August of this year. At the same time,...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Insurity partners with ICEYE to enhance insurer response to natural catastrophes

Insurity, a provider of cloud-based software and analytics for insurance carriers, brokers, and MGAs, has partnered with ICEYE, a provider of satellite-based disaster management solutions, to offer real-time catastrophe insights to property and ca...

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Inland homeowners increasingly vulnerable to floods but most without coverage: Triple-I

Despite the growing threat of flooding from intense storms, many homeowners in inland areas remain unprotected as they do not have flood insurance coverage, reflecting a widespread misunderstanding about the coverage, Triple-I highlighted in a rec...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

Bernard promoted to Head of Industry Practices for U.S. Middle Market at Zurich

Stan Bernard has been promoted to Head of Industry Practices for the U.S. Middle Market at Zurich North America, taking over the role from Lynn Zeitler, who will be retiring in December after 31 years with Zurich. In his new role, Bernard will col...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

Tokio Marine & Resilient Cities Network to boost investments in urban resilience

Tokio Marine Group and The Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities) have entered into a partnership which will see Tokio Marine Group provide industry expertise and support to the Resilience Finance Taskforce, made up of cities and private sector partn...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

Rate increases needed for ‘almost all lines’ exposed to social inflation: Swiss Re CFO, Dacey

John Dacey, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has said that short-term, rates need to increase for almost all lines of business exposed to social inflation, as the industry continues to navigate the complex US liability...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

Atrium announces senior leadership changes for 2025

Atrium, a specialist insurer at Lloyd’s of London, has announced several senior appointments. James Cox has been appointed Group COO, in addition to his duties as Managing Director of Atrium Underwriters Limited, effective January 1, 2025. His app...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

Cloutman joins Origami Risk to support international growth strategy

Risk, safety, and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, Origami Risk, has announced the appointment of Steve Cloutman as Director of Business Development, who has been tasked to build on the company’s strong growth trajectory in...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

SCOR purchases three-year capital markets P&C / life stop-loss retro cover

During an analyst call this morning, the senior executive team at French reinsurer SCOR confirmed that it has secured a new capital markets retrocession agreement with a Tier 1 bank, providing three years of stop-loss protection across both proper...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

Allianz Commercial appoints Hiscox’s Rob Carslake as new head of London region

Allianz Commercial has hired Hiscox’s Rob Carslake as its new head of London region for mid-market, where he will be responsible for the leadership of Allianz’s London region, shaping the business strategy, as well as delivering on the firm&...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

Talanx sees net income growth and improved CoR in 9M’24 despite nat cat losses

Talanx Group, the parent company of Hannover Re, has generated nine-month Group net income of €1,592 million, already exceeding the full prior-year figure, and an improved combined ratio of 91.2% from 93.5 in 9M ‘23, despite numerous natural catas...

Posted: Nov 14, 2024