Reinsurance News

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

AXA XL names Sylvain Eyraud as Country Manager, Italy

AXA XL, the property and casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced the appointment of Sylvain Eyraud as Country Manager, Italy, effective January 1st 2025. Eyraud will succeed Saverio Longo, who is leaving AXA XL after s...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

Technology to drive more cedent-centric collaboration in 2026: Supercede CEO

Technology is reshaping the broking process toward more cedent-centric collaboration, as increasingly technical cedents expect to actively participate in shaping their reinsurance strategies, driving growth with challenger brokers, according to Je...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

Korean Re approved to establish branch in India’s GIFT City

Seoul-based reinsurer Korean Reinsurance Company (Korean Re) has announced plans to commence operations for its Indian branch in April 2026. The reinsurer received regulatory approval to establish a new branch in Gujarat International Finance Tech...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

Ariel Re secures Lloyd’s approval for Syndicate 2006

Global reinsurer Ariel Re Managing Agency Limited (Ariel Re) has announced that Lloyd’s has formally approved the establishment and management of Ariel Re Syndicate 2006. The syndicate has been granted Permission to Underwrite in line with its agr...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

ICA expands cat declaration for severe storm and hail events in Qld & NSW

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has expanded the catastrophe declaration for the severe storm and hail events that struck Queensland and New South Wales over the past week, extending it to all postcodes in both states for the period 20–27...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

UK SMEs underprepared for terrorism risk, warns Pool Re

Pool Re, the UK’s largest terrorism reinsurer, has highlighted the significant terrorism insurance gap among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with industry experts calling for terrorism cover to be reinstated as a standard feature of com...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

Cyber insurance market to grow at ‘great speed over 2026,’ says Cowbell

According to Cowbell, a cyber and specialty insurance provider focused on small and medium-sized enterprises, the cyber insurance market is poised to continue growing at “great speed over 2026.” The firm predicts that throughout next year, insurer...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

MEDGULF appoints Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

The Mediterranean and Gulf Cooperative Insurance and Reinsurance Company (MEDGULF) has announced the appointment of Yaser Yousef Naghi as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Rakan Abdullah Abunayyan as Vice Chairman. Both appointments have bee...

Posted: Nov 28, 2025

Advanced APAC markets carry the region’s insurance stability: AM Best

APAC’s overall insurance stability continues to rest heavily on its most advanced markets, according to credit rating agency AM Best, with Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea providing the strongest foundation for regional credit quality...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Tower reports record FY25 profits as GWP increases to $600m

New Zealand-based insurer, Tower Limited, has reported an underlying profit after tax (underlying NPAT) of $107.2 million and a reported profit of $83.7 million for the financial year ended 30 September 2025. This increase was a significant turnar...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Piraeus completes acquisition of Ethniki Insurance

Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. has announced that its subsidiary, Piraeus Bank S.A. (Piraeus), has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Ethniki Insurance’s parent company, Ethniki Holdings S.à.r.l., from CVC Capital Partners Fund VI...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Arch Insurance International appoints Beth Jenkins as Senior Casualty Underwriter

Arch Insurance International, part of Arch Capital Group and a provider of specialty insurance solutions across multiple lines, has announced the appointment of Beth Jenkins as a Senior Casualty Underwriter. In her new role, Jenkins will support t...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Re authorises $134m in reinsurance for deployment at Jan renewals

Re, a decentralised reinsurance protocol that connects institutional capital with fully collateralised insurance risk, has authorised $134 million in reinsurance across multiple programs, a major expansion of capital to be deployed across its insu...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Airline losses reshape the Q4’25 renewal season: WTW

Adam Hemingway, who leads the Global Aviation & Space division at WTW, an advisory, broking and solutions firm, offers a candid look at how a succession of costly airline incidents has transformed expectations for 2025. What was meant to be a...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Rising costs of weather disasters challenge global economies, says Munich Re

A new assessment from the global reinsurer Munich Re, draws on the expertise of Chief Climate Scientist Tobias Grimm and Lisa Hanselmann, Head of NatCatSERVICE, and sets out how major economies are increasingly strained by weather-related catastro...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Humanity Insured brings parametric insurance to Cambodian farmers facing extreme heat

Humanity Insured, a UK- and US-registered non-profit organisation, has announced a partnership with ARISE to deliver parametric insurance and digital advisory services to support smallholder farmers in Cambodia facing extreme heat. Humanity Insure...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Kestrel Group subsidiary initiates arbitration claim over reinsurance dispute

Kestrel Group has disclosed that its subsidiary, Genesis Legacy Solutions (GLS), has initiated arbitration against a ceding company under a reinsurance agreement, citing alleged breaches and misrepresentations. The arbitration arises from a reinsu...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Queensland and NSW storms push Suncorp to maximum reinsurance retention

Australian insurer Suncorp expects the recent supercell thunderstorms that brought large hail and destructive winds to South East Queensland and northern New South Wales to hit its full reinsurance retention of $350 million, with the storms prompt...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Alliant and BP Marsh backed Sodalis Capital launches

Sodalis Capital, founded and led by Colin Thompson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and backed by Alliant, an insurance intermediary, and BP Marsh & Partners PC, an AIM-listed specialist private equity investor, has officially launched this we...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

QBE’s GWP reach $18.6bn in 9M’25 as firm reiterates full-year outlook

QBE has reported that gross written premium grew 6% in the nine months to 30 September 2025, reaching $18.6 billion. According to the insurer, gross written premium growth included a drag of around ~$250 million from the run-off of non-core lines...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Chris Mackinnon leaves Lloyd’s to build out Munich Re Specialty’s Australia presence

Munich Re Specialty, part of the insurance operations of global reinsurer Munich Re, has announced the joining of Lloyd’s veteran Chris Mackinnon to expand its presence in Australia. The appointment is subject to all regulatory approvals. As...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025

Tokio Marine Kiln adds Beresford as an underwriter for its Life Sciences team

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), an international specialist insurer and part of the Tokio Marine Group, has appointed Adele Beresford as an underwriter within its Life Sciences team, effective immediately. This appointment strengthens TMK’s ability...

Posted: Nov 27, 2025