Reinsurance News
Australian insurer Suncorp recorded AUD 135 million of reinsurance recoveries for the financial year ended June 30th, 2024, as the total cost of natural hazard events in the period came in below the Group’s allowance. Announcing its financia...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Australian insurance broker AUB Group has entered into an equity partnership with Movo Group, a UK insurance broking business. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. AUB has agreed to acquire an 80% equity stake in Movo, including: Aut...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), has posted a net profit of QAR 360 million ($98.9 million) for the first half of 2024, representing an 11% increase from QAR 325 million ($89.2 million) from the prior year period. At the same time, the organisation&...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
French reinsurer SCOR plans to centralise its operations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by merging its existing Life and Health (L&H) divisions—L&H Fast Growth Markets APAC and L&H Mature Markets APAC—into a single entity, SCOR L...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
According to a new AM Best report, the capacity level in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) segment continues to grow at a “modest” pace, aligning with market demand rather than exceeding it. As per the rating agency’s report,...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Helvetia, a Swiss insurance group, has named Bernhard Kaufmann as the Group’s Chief Risk Officer, who will also join the Group’s Executive Board at the beginning of November. In May 2024, Helvetia merged its Group Risk Management into...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
ICEYE, a provider of satellite-powered disaster management solutions, has launched four new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, further expanding its constellation to enhance data granularity and increase the frequency of analysis for its c...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Rokstone, the Aventum Group’s international re/insurance MGA, has announced a multi-year, multi-strategy capacity agreement with Accredited Insurance Program Management. As per Rokstone, the enhanced financial strength and expanded capabilities of...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Australian insurer Suncorp Group has revealed that net profit after tax for FY2024 was $1.197 billion, up from $1.071 billion in 2023, while cash earnings increased to $1.372 billion from $1.177 billion. Suncorp also recorded a higher net investme...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Zurich Singapore has appointed Nixon Ooi as Head of Accident and Health, reporting to Alexandra Cowley, Chief Underwriting Officer, Singapore. Ooi’s remit in this role will include leading underwriting, portfolio management and proposition d...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the specialist parametric underwriter and operator of the only dedicated parametric syndicate at Lloyd’s, has bolstered its leadership team with two key appointments, with Daniel Turgel joining the firm as Chief...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Venture capital firm RB Ventures has launched in Dubai established by Rohit Boda, Managing Director at India-headquartered re/insurance broker J.B. Boda Group. RB Ventures will facilitate venture capital investments into re/insurance, insurtechs a...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
In the face of the escalating threat of climate change, a recent survey by Previsico, a company specialising in real-time flood forecasting and water management, reveals that 54% of organisations in both the public and private sectors do not have...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Collaborative underwriting carrier Emerald Bay Risk Solutions is set to expand its tailored insurance solutions with the acquisition of P&C insurer Mainsail Insurance Company in a private transaction. Mainsail, previously a 100% reinsured subs...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
The cost of employer-sponsored health care in the US is expected to increase by 9.0 percent in 2025, bringing the average expense per employee to over $16,000, according to Aon, a global professional services firm. This expected rise assumes that...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded the insurance financial strength (IFS) ratings of Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company and Talcott Resolution Life and Annuity Insurance Company from Baa2 to Baa1. The company also upgraded the senior unsecured de...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
On the back of de-risking and diversifying actions, global reinsurers are showing more resilience than in previous cycles, in part thanks to positive underwriting margins, higher reinvestment rates, and diversification, according to a recent AM Be...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
Despite ongoing challenges, excess capacity and increased competition are driving rate softening for airline insurance as the market reaches the midpoint of the year, according to Gallagher Specialty. Lower average claims alongside the higher rate...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
According to a recent report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the insurance industry is lagging behind other sectors in adopting generative AI (GenAI), with 40% of insurance companies showing minimal or no use of this technology. The report inclu...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
MNRB Holdings Berhad (MNRB), has released its financial results for the first quarter ended 30 June 2024 (Q1 FY2025), which includes an RM86.1 million ($19.42 million) net profit from Malaysian Re, the company’s reinsurance and retakaful bus...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
According to a recent report from Aon, with appropriate risk controls in place, Funded Reinsurance (Funded Re) transactions can support greater new business volumes in the bulk annuity market over time. This statement from Aon follows the Prudenti...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
CLARA Analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for insurers, has announced the launch of Claims Document Intelligence Pro, a new product designed to revolutionise insurance claims optimisation. The introduction of Claims Do...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
Property and casualty (P&C) insurer Skyward Specialty has bolstered its regional Contract Surety teams with a number of key appointments. Firstly, in its Northeast region, the P&C insurer has appointed Gregg Callahan as regional vice presi...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
Rokstone, a speciality re/insurance MGA and part of Aventum Group, has announced the appointment of Laurence (Larry) Burrows as Head of its newly established US Excess Casualty division. Rokstone’s U.S. Excess Casualty division will cover a...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
A cautious deployment of capital has contributed to reinsurance discipline, AM Best analysts have highlighted, as they continue to observe the lack of new entrants in the market that typically feature in previous hard cycles. “Historical underperf...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024