Reinsurance News
Specialist re/insurance broker Miller has agreed to acquire Shields Reinsurance Brokers Limited (Shields), an independent reinsurance broker based in Dubai, subject to regulatory approval. According to Miller, the acquisition of Shields is highly...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Brit Insurance has disclosed its results for 2025, highlighting profits for the year of $651.8m, an increase of 36.2% from 2024, while insurance premiums written expanded to $3.09bn from $2.98bn. Brit also reported a return on net tangible assets...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
PERILS, the Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider, has increased its insurance industry loss estimate for the Queensland and New South Wales Severe Convective Storms (SCS) that occurred 21 to 27 November 2025, to AUD 2.95 billion. This...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Fidelis Insurance Group has taken a new step towards its global rebranding, reserving six company names in Bermuda, signalling the group’s preparation for its transition to Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited. While the group has secured multiple na...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re’s Group net income increased by 47% to $4.8 billion in 2025 with a strong performance across the business, including a significant rise in property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance net income on the back of a lowe...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
HCI Group, Inc., a Tampa-based insurance holding company, has reported a significant 2,512.4% increase in net income to $108 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with $4 million in the same period a year earlier. For the quarter, pre-ta...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Gallagher, the international insurance broking and risk management firm, has appointed specialist investigations and disputes lawyer Alexandra Carr as a Director in its dispute resolution insurance team, with the team ranking as Band 1 for litigat...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Rokstone North American Marine, part of the international specialty re/insurance MGA Rokstone, has launched a new Inland Marine Equipment program supported by a USD 10 million underwriting facility from QBE. Targeting small to mid-sized contractor...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re), the reinsurance division of Liberty Mutual, has appointed John Nicholls as Casualty Underwriting Manager for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Nicholls joins LM Re from the Sydney office of Liberty Specialty Mark...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Mosaic Insurance, a specialist insurer, has partnered with Munich Re, an international reinsurer, to offer a new insurance product tailored to the needs of AI providers. The scheme draws on Munich Re’s aiSure platform, a recognised tool for evalua...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Losses from two major winter storms in the United States – Fern in January and Hernando in February – are expected to result in a significant decline in underwriting profits for the first quarter of 2026, but the impact will be less se...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Howden, the international insurance broking group, today announces the appointment of Christopher Dalrymple as Group Chief Legal Officer, effective 23 March 2026. Dalrymple will support Howden’s growth ambitions, bringing over 25 years of legal le...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Lumen Re Ltd., the Bermuda-based property catastrophe reinsurer within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform of LGT Capital Partners, has closed its inaugural Rule 144A catastrophe bond, Photon Re, securing $175 million of collateralised,...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Executives at global insurer AXA have described artificial intelligence (AI) as a historic opportunity to transform the insurance business, serving as a major lever for better risk pricing, improved service quality, and enhanced customer experienc...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
American Coastal Insurance Corporation (ACIC), a property and casualty insurance holding company of American Coastal Insurance Company (AmCoastal), has appointed Troy Crawford as its new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). In January 2025, Crawford...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has upgraded the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating of specialty insurer and reinsurer, SiriusPoint Ltd. and its operating subsidiaries to ‘A’ (Strong) from ‘A-‘, with an outlook of...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe has received regulatory approval to establish a branch office in India’s Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). The new branch is part of PartnerRe’s Asia Pacific reinsurance business, led by James Be...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Starr Companies, an insurance and investment organisation providing property, casualty, and specialty coverage worldwide, has announced changes to its senior claims leadership team. David Fitzgerald has been named Chairman of Claims. In this role,...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Gallagher, a global insurance broking and risk management company, has acquired KROSE GmbH & Co KG, a German commercial insurance and reinsurance solutions provider, in an undisclosed transaction. KROSE, headquartered in Bremen, was establishe...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
International specialist insurer Hiscox is curious about the growth opportunity in data centres and has deployed some capacity, but remains thoughtful given the potential accumulation risk, according to Joanne Musselle, Group Chief Underwriting Of...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
AI12 Limited, a specialist insurance and reinsurance broker headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has appointed Jamie Eaton as Head of Financial Lines. The appointment follows the firm’s recent establishment in the DIFC...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Universal Insurance Holdings, the parent company of Florida-focused personal residential insurer Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, is taking a proactive approach to secure its catastrophe coverage for the coming years, reflectin...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Global reinsurers Munich Re and Swiss Re have backed a new “Double-Indemnity” structure from Instnt, an AI-led identity fraud insurance provider, and MarkIII, Inc. (MKIII), an embedded lending enablement platform, as the two companies introduce a...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Risk-adjusted property reinsurance rates are trending down in 2026, and while the magnitude is uncertain, early indicators from the catastrophe bond market suggest a significant shift, Slide Insurance CEO and Founder, Bruce Lucas, noted during the...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Munich Re, one of Europe’s big four reinsurance companies, targeted portfolio optimisation and selective growth at the January 1st, 2026, renewals, shrinking its book by 7.8% year-on-year, but despite the softening environment, the reinsurer...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026