Reinsurance News

Synpulse strengthens global leadership in Commercial Insurance & Reinsurance with new promotions

Synpulse, a financial service consultancy, has promoted Marcel Loetscher to Senior Partner and Joel Smith to Partner within its Commercial Insurance, Reinsurance, ILS and Delegated Authority (CRID) practice. These appointments come at a time where...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Octave Specialty Group’s P&C gross premiums up 34% for Q4’25

Global specialty insurance firm, Octave Specialty Group, Inc. (Octave), formerly known as Ambac Financial Group, Inc., has reported increases of 34% and 978% in Everspan’s gross and net premiums written to $80 million and $23 million, respectively...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Global AI adoption grows, but data protection & errors remain key challenges: Gallagher

The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate, with 82% of global businesses reporting positive impacts on their organisation, but data protection and errors remain the top challenges, according to Gallagher&#8217...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Marsh Risk adds Angela Baker as Portfolio Solutions Leader for UK

Marsh Risk, a business of insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh, has appointed Angela Baker as UK Marsh Portfolio Solutions Leader, effective immediately. In her new role, Baker is based in London and will report to Tom Davies, UK Placement Lead...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

US P&C industry sees decade-high performance in 2025, AM Best reports

The United States property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector recorded its strongest performance in ten years in 2025, driven by disciplined underwriting, robust pricing and investment gains, despite ongoing pressures from claim costs and lia...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Price Forbes hires Davies to lead Bermuda property division

Price Forbes has appointed Gareth Davies as Executive Vice President and Head of Property, effective immediately, with Davies to be based in Bermuda, where he will lead the strategic development and growth of the firm’s property division. Davies,...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Skuld reports successful outcome for 2026/27 mutual P&I renewal

Marine insurance provider Skuld has reported a successful and robust outcome for the 2026/27 mutual P&I renewal, reflecting disciplined underwriting, firm market positioning, and continued support both from existing and new members. Skuld owne...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Skyward Specialty reports $43.2m net income and improved CoR for Q4’25

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, a property and casualty (P&C) specialist insurance company, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025 reporting a net income of ​​$43.2 million, a 13.2% increase in gross written prem...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

SCOR’s Chris Beazley joins the IUA Board

The Board of the International Underwriting Association (IUA) has announced the addition of Chris Beazley, Chief Commercial Officer at SCOR Business Solutions and Chief Executive Officer of SCOR UK and SCOR Syndicate, to its ranks. The IUA Board i...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

B.P. Marsh views sustained M&A wave as strategic opportunity

B.P. Marsh & Partners, the specialist venture capital investor in early-stage financial services businesses, has suggested it sees ongoing mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity as a source of opportunity, both within its existing portf...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Markel Group names Wilson and Crowley as EVPs

Global reinsurance and insurance company, Markel Group Inc., has appointed Simon Wilson and Andrew Crowley as its Executive Vice Presidents (EVP), effective immediately. The pair will take on the expanded role in addition to their current responsi...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Zurich Australia expands in life insurance market with ClearView acquisition

Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has entered an agreement to acquire ClearView Wealth Limited (ClearView) via a scheme of arrangement. The transaction bases ClearView’s equity value at approximately AUD 415 million. Zurich Austra...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Kin sees continued top-line growth in 2025 as GWP reach $634.4m

Kin, the direct-to-consumer digital home and auto insurance and home finance provider, has reported continued strong top-line expansion in 2025, with gross written premium (GWP) increasing 28% year-on-year to $634.4m, compared with $495.3m in 2024...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Cheryl Yi Min Poon joins Howden’s Multinational Client Practice

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Howden has appointed Cheryl Yi Min Poon as Director, Multinational Client Practice. Cheryl is joining Howden following a ten-year tenure at Marsh Asia, where she most recently served as Vice President. She i...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Solomon Islands records first climate risk insurance payouts following January heavy rainfall

The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI), the country’s monetary authority responsible for maintaining financial stability and supervising the banking sector, has successfully completed the first payouts under Solomon Islands’ climate risk param...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

QBE Asia names Chubb’s Carles Tondo as Head of Property, Asia

QBE Asia has announced the appointment of Carles Tondo as Head of Property for Asia, effective immediately. Tondo will assume responsibility for the property portfolio from Brendan Dunlea, Regional Head of Construction and Engineering at QBE Asia,...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

AEGIS London appoints Neil Bayles Chief Information Officer

Lloyd’s syndicate AEGIS London has announced the appointment of Neil Bayles as its Chief Information Officer (CIO), a newly created position. In his new role, Bayles will be responsible for developing and implementing the firm’s IT strategy,...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Cayman reinsurance assets surpass $100bn, says Cayman Finance

Cayman Finance, the representative body for the Cayman Islands’ financial services industry, has reported significant expansion in the jurisdiction’s reinsurance sector following publication of the 2025 Insurance Statistics by the Cayman Islands M...

Posted: Feb 23, 2026

Canopius and Globex Underwriting Services partner to expand global marine coverage

Canopius, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has announced that Canopius US Marine and Globex Underwriting Services have entered into a partnership to provide placement of local marine policies worldwide. Globex Underwriting Services, a di...

Posted: Feb 23, 2026

Newly launched Ancient Financial to acquire Bermuda-based F&G Re

Ancient Financial, a newly established financial services company specialising in life and annuity reinsurance and asset management, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurer F&G Re from a subs...

Posted: Feb 23, 2026

UIB to strengthen cyber insurance capabilities with CyberCube partnership

United Insurance Brokers Limited (UIB), an international reinsurance and insurance broker, has partnered with CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics, to strengthen its cyber insurance capabilities and accelerate growth across Latin America...

Posted: Feb 23, 2026

Vistria to capitalise growth in specialty MGA market with Lumen acquisition

Lumen Holdings, LLC, a technology-enabled managing general agent (MGA) headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has been acquired by the Vistria Group, LP, a middle market private investment firm. The transaction positions Lumen as a new platform investmen...

Posted: Feb 23, 2026

Africa Specialty Risks appoints Laxmeekant Walikar as Principal Officer & MD, India

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the developing-markets-focused re/insurance group, has announced the appointment of Laxmeekant Walikar as Principal Officer and Managing Director (MD), India. In his new role, Walikar will facilitate ASR’s entry into...

Posted: Feb 23, 2026

Economic environment remains leading emerging risk in Q4’25, reports Gartner

Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm, reported that a low-growth economic environment remained the top emerging risk in the fourth quarter of 2025. The findings come from the company’s Quarterly Emerging Risk Report, which gathers perspecti...

Posted: Feb 23, 2026

Stonybrook launches new Excess Hired and Non-Owned Auto insurance program

Stonybrook Capital and Stonybrook Risk Management, a specialist strategic advisory and reinsurance intermediary, have successfully placed and launched a new Excess Hired and Non-Owned Auto (HNOA) insurance program. With PT Edwards as the managing...

Posted: Feb 23, 2026