Reinsurance News

Carpe Data partners with EverPeak to streamline and accelerate underwriting

EverPeak Insurance has partnered with Carpe Data to integrate the Minerva platform, aiming to streamline and accelerate its underwriting process as it expands nationwide. As a Managing General Agency, EverPeak Insurance connects businesses with in...

Posted: Aug 27, 2024

Sompo invests in Palantir’s AI solutions to drive digital transformation

Sompo, a subsidiary of the company responsible for the insurance and reinsurance operations of Sompo Holdings Group outside of Japan, has announced its partnership with Palantir Technologies Inc., a vendor of artificial intelligence (AI) systems....

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Chris Nolan promoted to Head of Surety US, Zurich North America

Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, has promoted Chris Nolan to Head of Surety in US National Accounts, succeeding Bob Murray, who retired in June. In the role, Nolan will oversee both contract and commercial surety...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

PCF Insurance announces acquisition of 360 Insurance

PCF Insurance Services has acquired the insurance business of 360 Insurance, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. With roots in the Las Vegas Valley, the acquired organisation is licensed to operate across the US. For over 75 years, 360 Insurance, a provid...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Reinsurers well-positioned despite Japan’s Megaquake warning, says J.P. Morgan

Despite the Japanese government’s issuance of its first-ever Megaquake warning in August, reinsurers are well-positioned to absorb losses from major events, including a large Japanese earthquake, according to J.P. Morgan’s latest repor...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Reinsurance market will continue to thrive with dedicated capital poised to increase: AM Best

Total dedicated reinsurance capital went up by 7% in 2023 to $568 billion, and an even larger increase is projected for 2024 of up to $625 billion, according to a recent report by credit rating agency, AM Best. The report revealed that traditional...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Nexus launches new ART business as alternative risk solutions grow in popularity

Specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nexus Group has announced the launch of a new Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) business, under the leadership of Christof Bentele, President of Nexus Specialty Casualty. Nexus ART will offer multi-year structu...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

P&C reinsurance market is reaching a new level of equilibrium, says Swiss Re CFO

The primary insurance market now understands that price increases in property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance are needed going forwards, with the market now “reaching a new level of equilibrium”, according to Swiss Re’s Chief...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Hiscox names Colin Keogh Interim Chair following tragic death of Jonathan Bloomer

Hiscox has confirmed that Senior Independent Director Colin Keogh will be taking up the mantle as Interim Chair following the tragic death of Jonathan Bloomer. Before his passing, Bloomer pursued a successful portfolio career with a range of large...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Intact’s Q3 catastrophe losses already at $1.1bn

Intact Financial Corporation, a Canadian property and casualty insurer, has estimated total catastrophe losses quarter-to-date of approximately $1.1 billion, pre-tax and net of reinsurance, well above expectations for a third quarter. The insurer...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Ascot launches Leadline Capital Partners to support expanded third-party capital business

Ascot, the Bermuda-domiciled global specialty insurer, has launched a unified capital management platform, Leadline Capital Partners, to support its expanded third-party capital business. Under the Leadline Capital platform, Ascot has strategicall...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Guidewire HazardHub provides risk data as wildfire season continues in the US

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

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Thain and Ah-See join Hymans Robertson risk transfer team in Scotland

Hymans Robertson, a pensions and financial services consultancy, has announced the appointment of two new hires to its Edinburgh office, Catherine Thain and Christian Ah-See who are joining the firm as Risk Transfer Specialists. “We are delighted...

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Accession Risk Management Group secures $1bn to fuel growth and expansion

Accession Risk Management Group, the parent company of Risk Strategies and One80 Intermediaries, has secured $1 billion in financing to boost its growth and support continued expansion. The financing includes a $900 million delayed draw term loan,...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Compre completes $150m legacy reinsurance transaction with Accelerant

Compre Group Holdings Limited, a reinsurance group based in Bermuda, announced the completion of a legacy reinsurance transaction with Accelerant, a data-driven risk exchange. This transaction received approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority....

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Q2’24 marks second highest quarter for ransomware attacks, says Corvus

The frequency of global ransomware attacks is rising sharply, with Q2 2024 marking the second-highest number of reported attacks in a single quarter, according to Corvus Insurance’s Q2 2024 Cyber Threat Report. Based on data from ransomware leak s...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Swiss Re will remain cautious, but ability to absorb a major event is substantial: CFO Dacey

John Dacey, Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Swiss Re, has said that the firm was surprised at the relatively low set of natural catastrophe losses it incurred in the first half of the year, and while the reinsurer’s ability to absorb...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

CLARA hires Spaulding as CIO, Toll as VP of Sales for Self-Insured

CLARA Analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for insurance claims optimization, has announced the appointment of Robin Spaulding as Chief Insurance Officer, and Greg Toll as Vice President of Sales for Self-Insured. In he...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

De-risking & underwriting profits propel reinsurers above cost of capital in 2023

According to a new report from AM Best, reinsurers met their cost of capital for the first time in four years in 2023, driven by a rebound in capital gains and underwriting profits. The rating agency observed that rising interest rates, stock mark...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Shawn Johnson named CEO of Aegon Asset Management

Life insurer and asset manager Aegon has announced the appointment of Shawn Johnson as the new CEO of Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM) and a member of Aegon’s Executive Committee. This appointment will take effect on September 23, with Johnson su...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Ping An posts 3.9% P&C insurance revenue growth in H1’24

Ping An has released its financial results for the first half of 2024, revealing a solid 3.9% year on year growth in property & casualty (P&C) insurance revenue, amounting to RMB 161,910 million. At the same time, the organisation also pos...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Deadly hurricane frequency surges by 300%, says Deep Sky

The frequency of deadly hurricane weather has surged by 300%, according to findings from Deep Sky Research. In its latest report, Deep Sky, a Montreal-based carbon removal project developer, explores how climate change is increasing hurricane risk...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Ceded reinsurance, an ever smaller proportion of total premium over the last five years: Howden Re

According to Howden Re’s re/insurer earnings overview report for the first half of 2024, the period witnessed moderating rate increases in the primary market, whilst also experiencing a greater proportion of property & casualty (P&C)...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

S&P assigns Enact Re A- rating as strong performance continues

Enact Re, a subsidiary of Enact Mortgage Insurance Company (EMICO), has received an A- rating from S&P Global Ratings, with a stable outlook. This is the first rating assigned to Enact Re by S&P and the second rating since its launch, whic...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

Swiss Re’s Lubomir Varbanov expands role to oversee global MDB collaboration

Lubomir Varbanov is assuming additional responsibilities at Swiss Re, expanding his current role as Managing Director, Head of Public Sector Solutions for Asia Pacific to include global accountability of the company’s work with Multilateral...

Posted: Aug 22, 2024