Reinsurance News

Indian April 1 renewal one of the most competitive in recent years: Guy Carpenter

India’s insurers secured some of the most favourable reinsurance terms in recent history during the April 1 renewals, with risk-adjusted rates declining by as much as 30%, reports reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter. Driven by a surge in local...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Gen Re appoints Daniel Osterrieder as Head of National/Multinational Treaty in North America

Gen Re, a reinsurance company and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced the appointment of Daniel Osterrieder as Head of National/Multinational Treaty in North America. In this role, he will oversee strategic initiatives and operations...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Rising U.S. legal volatility undermines insurers’ ability to price risk: Swiss Re’s Ningen

The increasing volatility of the U.S. legal environment is undermining the fundamental ability of insurers to price risk accurately, warns Monica Ningen, CEO, P&C Reinsurance U.S. at Swiss Re. Concerns over legal system abuse and social inflat...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

DUAL expands global cyber capacity through Liberty-led partnership

DUAL has expanded its global cyber and technology capabilities through a revised strategic partnership backed by A-rated capacity partners led by Liberty, enabling higher primary limits for risks with revenues up to £1 billion and enhanced excess...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Rokstone Dubai launches international casualty binder with capacity of $25m

Rokstone, the international specialty re/insurance managing general agent (MGA), has launched a new International Casualty binder from its Dubai office, providing up to $25 million of capacity on a lead or follow primary basis, backed by A-rated L...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Winsee Cheung named Divisional Director at Liberty Specialty Markets

Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Winsee Cheung as Divisional Director for its Delegated Authority Practice, effective 7 April 2026. Cheung will take responsibility for leading the function across the...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Insurers eye inorganic growth to bolster top-line performance: Berenberg

As falling prices and rising capacity squeeze opportunities for profitable organic growth in the insurance industry, inorganic growth is moving into focus, with excess capital likely to be deployed into M&A, according to Berenberg. In a new re...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

kWh Analytics introduces pilot programme to reward solar projects for extreme weather resilience

kWh Analytics, embedded within its licensed insurance subsidiary Solar Energy Insurance Services, has launched a pilot programme to recognise solar projects that adopt measures to withstand extreme weather. The initiative is designed to improve ri...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Euna expands professional indemnity offering into London Market

Euna, a specialist managing general agent (MGA), has announced the expansion of its professional indemnity offering to the London Market. The move marks a significant step in the company’s growth, aimed at scaling its operations and providing besp...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Ascot Group announces several promotions across UK, Bermuda and US

Bermuda-based global specialty insurer Ascot Group has announced several leadership promotions across the UK, Bermuda and the United States. Nick González has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Professional Liability – Healthcare. González jo...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Odd Mistereggen joins Gallagher Re as Fac broker, EMEA

Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Odd Kåre Engh Mistereggen as Facultative Broker, EMEA. Joining the company from rival broker Howden Re, Mistereggen brings a strong analytical approach to complex risk managem...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Pen Underwriting agrees long-term partnership to support non-standard property business

Pen Underwriting, a multi-class and multi-territory managing general agent (MGA), has entered into a multi-year strategic arrangement to support its non-standard household insurance portfolio across the UK, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man. From 1...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions appoints Jose Maria Lopez as Marine Product Coordinator

Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, the reinsurance division of global broker Aon, has announced the appointment of Jose Maria Lopez as Marine Product Coordinator for EMEA Facultative Reinsurance. This role is in addition to Lopez’s current responsibilit...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Club Vita makes senior promotions across US and Canada

Club Vita, an independent longevity analytics partner for pension plans, insurers, reinsurers, and advisers, has announced four senior promotions across its US and Canadian teams to strengthen its North American leadership. In the US, Erik Pickett...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Bridgehaven enters European MGA market with Arrow Risk Management partnership

Bridgehaven Europe Specialty DAC, a European insurer focused on commercial and specialty risks, has entered into its first Managing General Agent (MGA) capacity agreement in Europe with Arrow Risk Management GMBH (Arrow). This agreement comes afte...

Posted: Apr 08, 2026

Thornthwaite appointed Goosehead’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Goosehead Insurance, an independent personal lines insurance agency, has announced the appointment of Martin Thornthwaite as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, succeeding John O’Connor, who will be departing the company and pursuing other op...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

Kalepa names Audrey Howell as Head of Product 

Kalepa, a company specialising in AI-powered underwriting solutions, has appointed Audrey Howell as Head of Product to lead product vision and strategy, and drive innovation with AI advancements across the platform. In her new role, Howell aims to...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

KatRisk expands global catastrophe modelling capabilities with RED acquisition

KatRisk, a provider of catastrophic risk modelling software to the insurance and financial services industries, has acquired RED, a specialist provider of catastrophe models, including earthquake, flood, landslide, and wind risk models. This acqui...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

SI Re appoints Simon Parten as ILS Portfolio Manager

SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re), the Swiss based reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Simon Parten as ILS Portfolio Manager, effective 1st June 2026. In his new role, Parten will further develop SI Re’s Insurance-Linked Securitie...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

Topsail Re announces Senior Underwriting promotion and CIO appointment

Topsail Re, a reinsurance company, has confirmed the promotion of Michael Swartz to Senior Vice President, Underwriting, and the appointment of Jason Callaway as Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, joining the firm’s Executive...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

Tim Mossing joins Federato as CCO to drive AI-native insurance transformations

Federato, an AI-powered underwriting platform for the insurance industry, has announced the appointment of Tim Mossing as Chief Customer Officer (CCO) to help scale customer delivery and long-term outcomes. As COO Mossing will lead the expansion o...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

Specialty Program Group unifies its life and annuity distribution under one platform

Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a specialty insurance platform, has launched SPG Life & Annuity, unifying its life insurance and annuity distribution businesses under a single national platform. AgencyONE, Brokers’ Service Marketing G...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

Winnie Loh to lead Aon’s real estate and data centre team in Southeast Asia

Global insurance and reinsurance group Aon has announced the appointment of Winnie Loh as real estate and data centre leader for Southeast Asia, effective immediately. Based in Singapore, Loh, who brings over 20 years of experience in the insuranc...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

Soft market persists for reinsurers amid rate declines and strong capital, Autonomous finds

Autonomous, a financial research and analytics firm, reports that the reinsurance sector is navigating a persistently soft market, with solid profitability continuing to influence renewals. According to Autonomous, the first month of the year saw...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026

Arch Insurance North America expands primary cyber coverage to Canada

Arch Insurance North America has expanded its primary cyber coverage solution, Arch CyPro, to include Canada, effective April 1st, 2026. The cyber coverage, which builds on Arch’s established excess layer cyber capabilities, will be available in C...

Posted: Apr 07, 2026