Reinsurance News
Hong Kong-based reinsurer Peak Re has released its H1 2024 results, reporting GWP of $847.9 million, up from $832.9 million in the same period of 2023. At the same time, Peak Re disclosed an H1 2024 profit of $124.2 million, while its investment r...
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17 is undergoing a significant accounting shift that necessitates changes in performance analysis within the reinsurance market, according to a recent AM Best report. Implemented at the end of...
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
Redline Underwriting has unveiled a new comprehensive property facultative reinsurance solution targeting Commercial and Industrial Property risks across Mexico, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean. Adriana Cisneros, who will lead the ne...
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the independent insurance broker, has appointed Kristopher Lynn as a Senior Broker and Practice Leader for Agriculture, based in the Bermuda office. Lynn has nearly two decades of industry experience, most recent...
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
WTW, the broker and risk advisor, has unveiled a Fintech and Digital Assets Taskforce, in a move that is set to provide clients with consultancy support for managing risks in the complex digital asset ecosystem. The broker has brought together the...
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
FWD Group, an Asian insurance company, has announced its financial results for the first half of 2024, reporting an operating profit after tax of US$223 million, which reflects positive contributions from the company’s four geographic busine...
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
Root, Inc., a technology firm specialising in insurance solutions and the parent company of Root Insurance Company, and Goosehead Insurance, Inc., an expanding independent personal lines insurance agency, have announced a new technology integratio...
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
Swiss Re has reiterated its 2024 financial targets, including Group net income of more than USD 3.6 billion, following the announcement of its H1 2024 results last week, which were strong despite reserve additions. The global reinsurer reported pr...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
While the combination of higher interest rates and more favourable mortality trends have led to improved conditions for life/annuity (L/A) reinsurers, it has also created more competition, with some backed by alternative investment managers or lar...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), a provider of life and health reinsurance, has announced it has finalised a deal with American National Insurance Company, a provider of insurance and financial services, and its affiliates to reinsure a varied...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
SageSure has collaborated with Markel, the insurance division of Markel Group, to introduce new capacity to its Expanded Markets program. SageSure Expanded Markets will initially distribute Markel’s insurance products in Louisiana, South Carolina,...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Corebridge Financial, Inc., a provider of retirement, life, and asset management solutions, announced the immediate appointment of Edward Bousa as an independent director to its Board of Directors. Bousa is a distinguished portfolio manager with m...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Canadian property and casualty insurer Definity Financial Corporation has estimated a negative impact on operating income of approximately $150 million, net of reinsurance recoveries, arising from catastrophe losses in July and August 2024. The es...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Global property and casualty (P&C) insurer Chubb has appointed Amelie Fava-Verde to the newly created role of Senior Vice President of North America Chubb Resilience Services. In her new role, Fava-Verde’s remit includes building and leading a...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Swiss Re, a global reinsurer, has introduced an upgrade to its Life Guide underwriting manual, specifically enhancing the coronary artery disease (CAD) calculator. This advanced tool is now available to more than 25,000 Life Guide users across 800...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Reinsurers operating in Latin America are continuing to benefit from the region’s GDP growth, however, according to ratings agency AM Best, the impact of 2023’s Hurricane Otis “highlights the need for additional capacity.”...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global re/insurance company has named Kiran Prakash as the Head of First Party Lines, overseeing energy, construction, and general property in Asia, and p...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
WTW, a global advisory, broking, and solutions firm, has announced the appointment of Jenna Ziomek as the new Property and Casualty (P&C) Leader for Private Equity and Transactional Solutions, Corporate Risk and Broking, North America. In her...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Antares Syndicate 1274, the re/insurance subsidiary in the Lloyd’s market of QIC’s Antares Global, has disclosed a positive H1 2024 result, with a UK GAAP profit of $41 million. During the first half of 2024, the syndicate recorded a net combined...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Argentum Re, a Miami-based reinsurance broker, has announced its designation as a Lloyd’s broker, becoming the second in Miami-Florida and the sixth in the US to earn this status. Founded in 2018 by Raul Perez and Alejandro Rebolledo, Argentum Re...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the independent insurance broker, has appointed Andrew Ferrier as Senior Broker, commencing the build-out of its West Coast Property and Casualty business, based in San Francisco. Ferrier is an industry veteran w...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
During the first three months of 2024, the US life/annuity market’s total revenue increased 16% to $303.2 billion, compared to $261.4 billion from the previous year, according to credit ratings agency AM Best. This notable increase was drive...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Hong Kong-domiciled global reinsurer Peak Reinsurance Company Limited has appointed Peter Hämmerli as Head of Business Operations, effective August 26th, 2024. Hämmerli will report directly to Franz-Josef Hahn, Chief Executive Officer of Peak Re,...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Insurance Council of Australia’s “Insurance Catastrophe Resilience Report 2023-24”, disclosed that insurers incurred AUD 2.19 billion in claims from declared extreme weather events this year, in line with the previous 12 months. In monetary terms,...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
AM Best has assigned Ethiopian Reinsurance S.C. (Ethio Re) a Financial Strength Rating of B (Fair) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bb” (Fair) with a stable outlook. Ethio Re is a small reinsurer by global standards, established in 2016. I...
Posted: Aug 27, 2024