Reinsurance News

Broker Insights’ Vision platform set to reach £6bn in GPW by end of 2024

Broker Insights has announced that six years after its launch, brokers have uploaded £5.5 billion of Gross Written Premium (GWP) to its Vision platform, with a target of reaching £6 billion by the end of the year. Vision will now provide insights...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

New non-profit Humanity Insured aims to insure 3.6 billion people against climate disasters

Humanity Insured, a new UK and US non-profit organisation, has launched with the mission of empowering vulnerable communities to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change through the use of effective insurance solutions. Howden, a glo...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Rokstone appoints Baker Deputy Head of US Casualty, Fitzpatrick becomes Senior Underwriter

Rokstone, part of the Aventum Group, has made two key appointments within its recently announced US Casualty division, with Ben Baker joining the team as Deputy Head of US Casualty and Alex Fitzpatrick as a Senior Underwriter. Both appointees are...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

AIG names Keith Walsh as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Global insurer American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has named Keith Walsh as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 21st, 2024. Walsh will be based out of New York and reports to AIG Chairman & Chief Execut...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Supercede unveils major platform upgrade to empower reinsurance professionals

Reinsurance trading platform Supercede has revealed a significant upgrade of its platform to provide easy access to risk data and mirror the internal workflow of insurers. According to the firm, this platform update marks a significant milestone i...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

French reinsurer CCR Re to become Arundo Re from January

French reinsurer CCR Re has announced that on January 16th, 2025, its name will officially change to Arundo Re, roughly 18 months after a consortium comprised of SMABTP and MACSF completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in the firm. Fo...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

SCOR Live Sessions – The (re)insurer of tomorrow

Paris, France-headquartered reinsurer SCOR is hosting a webinar on October 2nd as part of the company’s Live Sessions, during which a panel of top industry executives will explore how the insurance and reinsurance industry is preparing to fa...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Zywave appoints Martin Simoncic as CEO and Christian Kasper as EVP & CFO

Insurtech provider Zywave has announced the appointments of Martin Simoncic as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Christian Kasper as Executive Vice President (EVP) & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Zywave is backed by Clearlake Capital Group an...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Concirrus expands ESG presence through partnership with 90 North Foundation

Concirrus, a provider of AI-powered maritime insurance solutions, has entered into a partnership with the 90 North Foundation, in a move that reinforces the company’s dedication to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles. As R...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Carrick Group to acquire Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Irish captive insurers

Carrick Group Limited, a Bermuda-based international non-life legacy insurer specialising in reinsurance and run-off solutions, announced that its subsidiary, Carrick UK Holdings Company Limited, has reached an agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Majesco launches AI ecosystem to enhance insurance solutions with key models

Majesco, a provider of cloud-based insurance software, has introduced a new AI ecosystem powered by Majesco Copilot, enabling a seamless integration of various industry AI models into Majesco’s solution workflows, starting with a select group of p...

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Moody’s upgrades Zurich Insurance’s rating with stable outlook

Moody’s Ratings has upgraded the insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) of Zurich Insurance Company (ZIC), the main insurance arm of Zurich Group, from Aa3 to Aa2. Additionally, Moody’s has raised Zurich Group’s long-term debt ratings by one n...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

Ben McGregor becomes Chubb’s Head of Property & Terrorism, UK and Ireland

Global property and casualty insurer Chubb has announced the appointment of Ben McGregor as Head of Property & Terrorism, UK and Ireland. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading, managing and developing the Property and Terrorism p...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

HDI Global launches US Inland Marine unit led by Rebecca Molosky

HDI Global Insurance Company, the US branch of the global commercial insurer HDI Global SE, has launched a new Inland Marine unit as part of its expansion of specialty products and services in the region. Rebecca Molosky will head the Inland Marin...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

US surplus lines market surpasses $100bn premium threshold in 2023, AM Best

According to credit rating agency AM Best, the US surplus lines market surpassed the $100 billion threshold for the first time in 2023 for direct premiums written (DPW), reaching a record figure of $115.6 billion. In a new report, the agency state...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

Mosaic to offer $200m terrorism insurance for fine art and specie market

Mosaic Insurance now offers customised tailor-made global terrorism and sabotage coverage specifically designed for fine art and specie insureds, with syndicated capacity reaching up to $215 million per risk. Offering coverage for museums, exhibit...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

Kita provides insurance for Marex’s investment in Mangrove Carbon Credit project

Kita, a carbon insurance specialist and Lloyds of London Coverholder, has announced the expansion of its insurance services to support Marex Group Plc’s investment in the Global Mangrove Trust’s (GMT) mangrove restoration project in North Su...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

WTW adds real-time Python deployment and governance to its insurance rating solution

Global insurance broker WTW has expanded its Radar software, an insurance rating solution, to enable real-time execution of Python. Radar’s ability to deploy Python in real-time will deliver advantages throughout the insurance process, impac...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

McCubbin becomes QBE Europe’s new Head of Global Network & Multinational Technical Underwriting

QBE Europe has announced the promotion of Glenn McCubbin to the new role of Head of Global Network and Multinational Technical Underwriting. McCubbin has been part of QBE Europe for over six years, having joined the company in 2018 as a Multinatio...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

Rate is adequate in most lines we’re in, it’s too soon to backpedal: Dale Underwriting CEO

Duncan Dale, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dale Underwriting Partners, told Reinsurance News that rating is adequate in most of the lines the specialist re/insurance provider operates in, with little room to go backwards as the carr...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

MGA Spring Insure targets major expansion following Bridgehaven deal

Specialist financial and commercial lines managing general agent (MGA), Spring Insure, has secured significant new and enhanced A-rated capacity across all its existing product lines following an agreement with hybrid fronting insurer, Bridgehaven...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

Central Europe floods could cost up to $3.3bn in insured losses: Gallagher Re

Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re estimates that the insured losses from the severe floods in central Europe, which occurred mainly from September 12-15, are likely to range between EUR 2.0 to 3.0 billion (USD 2.2 to 3.3 billion). A slow-movi...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

First half of 2024 sees record number of buy-in transactions for a six-month period

With 134 buy-ins, the first half of 2024 has seen the largest ever number of buy-in transactions for a six-month period, compared to the 96 buy-ins that were completed during the same period in 2023, a recent analysis by Hymans Robertson has revea...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

Fac reinsurance ‘might be moving away from a hard market’, says UIB’s Barrington

“It appears that the facultative reinsurance might be moving away from a hard market, but there are a number of global events that could happen between September and January which could heavily influence where the market is heading,” UIB CEO Shaun...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

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

AM Best has maintained a stable outlook for China’s non-life insurance sector, pointing to factors like a supportive regulatory environment, increased awareness of health insurance, and growth potential in the electric vehicle insurance market. Th...

Posted: Sep 18, 2024