Reinsurance News

Davies adopts Majesco’s AI driven system to predict risks efficiently

Davies, a professional services and technology specialist, has partnered with Majesco, a global cloud insurance software solutions firm, to provide faster and more efficient loss control and premium audit surveys for clients. This move allows Davi...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

AUB names Wilson CEO of Tysers and Pybus CEO of AUB UK Retail

Australian insurance broker AUB Group has announced the appointments of Tom Wilson as CEO of Tysers and Bob Pybus as CEO of AUB UK Retail, both effective from 1 October 2024 and subject to regulatory approval. As Wilson takes his new role, Mike Em...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

AXA XL bolsters UK cyber team with key hires from LSM & BHSI

AXA XL, the property & casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of global insurer AXA, has expanded its cyber capabilities across the UK with a series of key hires in its underwriting and claims divisions. Vanessa Leemans, who has led th...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

Monarch E&S acquires assets of Professional Insurance Executives

Monarch E&S Insurance Services, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, has expanded its operations by acquiring the assets of Professional Insurance Executives (PIE). Founded by Bruce Hart, PIE is a contract binding/brokerage firm based in...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

QBE nominates Mario Díaz-Guardamino as next MD for QBE Iberia

QBE, the business insurer, has named Mario Díaz-Guardamino as the next Managing Director for QBE Iberia. In his new role, Díaz-Guardamino will oversee QBE’s operations in Spain, leading teams in the Madrid and Barcelona offices. His responsibiliti...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

Aon appoints Chris Simmons as Head of Health UK

Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the appointment of Chris Simmons as Head of Health UK. In a recent LinkedIn post, Aon stated, “Chris has spent almost three decades in the health industry, with his most recent role...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

BAM Mutual launches bond insurance for Australia’s infrastructure and energy projects

BAM Mutual, a bond insurer specialising in lowering the cost of debt for essential infrastructure projects, is expanding by opening an office in Melbourne. The company will now provide insurance for bonds and loans used to finance projects across...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

wefox hires Joachim Müller from Allianz as CEO, Mark Hartigan to continue as Chairman

Insurtech wefox Holding AG has appointed Joachim Müller as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately, while Mark Hartigan, who has served as both Chairman of the Board and interim CEO during the recent restructuring, will contin...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

Resilient economy to drive strong insurance growth in India: Amitabha Ray, Swiss Re

In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Amitabha Ray, Market Head of India at global reinsurance giant Swiss Re, described India’s economy as resilient despite the current high consumer price inflation, with insurance sector growth abov...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

QBE opens new Leeds office, the insurer’s largest European site outside of London

Business insurer QBE has officially launched its new Leeds office situated at West Village, the largest European site for the global insurer outside of London, with more than 450 employees, representing a 40% increase in the Yorkshire hub’s...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

Aspen’s Christian Dunleavy named Chair of ABIC

The Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) has announced the appointment of Christian Dunleavy as its new Chair, succeeding Patrick Tannock. ABIC represents the internationally owned businesses that are based in Bermuda but operate...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

Florida, Louisiana & South Carolina among top ten US states for hurricane risk: Guidewire

Guidewire, a provider of software solutions to the insurance industry, has released critical data and maps detailing hurricane risk in the United States, with this being available at the national, state, and local levels. Guidewire’s service...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

Markel hires April Tam to strengthen Financial Institutions proposition in Asia

Markel, the insurance arm of global re/insurer Markel Group Inc., has announced the appointment of April Tam as Senior Underwriter, Professional Financial Risk (PFR) & Cyber and Head of Financial Institutions in Asia. In this role, Tam will fo...

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

Akur8’s core platform chosen by LWCC to advance predictive modelling

Akur8, an insurance pricing solution utilising transparent machine learning, has announced a new partnership with Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC). As Louisiana’s leading workers’ compensation provider, LWCC is commit...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

RVS Roundtable: The market’s in a decent position, but it’s at that pivotal point

Reinsurance News held its second Monte Carlo Roundtable at the 66th Rendez-Vous de Septembre last week, during which six experienced reinsurance industry executives debated a range of topics including property and casualty market conditions, struc...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

KatRisk launches new SCS model amid rising losses

KatRisk, a global catastrophe modelling company, has launched a new Severe Convective Storm (SCS) model to tackle the increasing risks associated with these storms. With SCS events causing $70 billion in insured losses globally in 2023, KatRisk ai...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Allstate August cat load takes YTD losses to $3.67bn

Large US primary insurer Allstate has reported estimated catastrophe losses of $272 million ($215 million after-tax) for the month of August, taking total catastrophe losses for August year-to-date to $3.67 billion ($2.90 billion, after-tax). Cata...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

HDI Global appoints Ahn as CEO, Hong Kong, Lau becomes Director, APAC Network

HDI Global SE Hong Kong, a subsidiary of industrial insurer HDI Global has appointed Michael Ahn as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective November 1st, 2024. Simultaneously, Daniel Lau moves to a new role as Director, Asia Pacific Network. B...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Sir Charles Roxburgh named new Chair of Lloyd’s

Lloyd’s, the world’s oldest insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has announced that Sir Charles Roxburgh KCB will become its next Chair, effective 1 May, 2025. Roxburgh will be succeeding Bruce Carnegie-Brown, who has held the position since 201...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

US P/C mutual insurers demonstrate strength amid persistent challenges: AM Best

According to a recent report from AM Best, a credit rating agency specialising in the insurance industry, US property and casualty (P/C) mutual insurance companies have used investment income to help cushion the financial impact of weather-related...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Lockton secures regulatory approval for Colombian reinsurance operations

Privately held insurance brokerage firm Lockton has entered the Colombian reinsurance market as it has received regulatory approval to operate a reinsurance brokerage business in the country. The new venture is expected to bring numerous benefits...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

INSTANDA integrates life offering with Swiss Re’s underwriting platform, Magnum

INSTANDA, a no-code, digital platform for insurance carriers and managing general agents, has integrated its Life offering with reinsurance giant, Swiss Re’s automated underwriting platform, Magnum, enabling the creation of one ecosystem des...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Re/insurers are implementing improving tech tools to identify emerging future casualty cat perils: K...

Following meetings with executives at the recently held 2024 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo, KBW has reported that re/insurers are increasingly implementing steadily improving technological tools to identify emerging or future casua...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Growth could be challenged when current pricing momentum starts to moderate: Thompson, Gallagher Re

Growth was a key topic for re/insurers at RVS 2024, Will Thompson, Global Head of Clients of Gallagher Re, commented, but this could be challenged when the current strong pricing momentum begins to moderate. Speaking with Reinsurance News at the a...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Miller appoints Steven Rance as Head of Reinsurance Strategy & Innovation

Miller, an independent specialist reinsurance and insurance broker, has announced the appointments of Steven Rance as Head of Reinsurance Strategy & Innovation and Charlotte Lowe as an Account Handler. In his new role, Rance will report to Sha...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024