Reinsurance News

WTW names Krista Cinotti as Head of Placement Strategies

WTW, a global advisory, broking and solutions provider, has named Krista Cinotti as Head of Placement Strategies. The position has been created to enhance integration, representation and strategic delivery across the company’s Placement and Brokin...

Posted: Feb 25, 2026

AUB’s international division sees net profit rise 29% in H1’26

Australian insurance broker AUB Group has posted its results for the first half of financial year 2026, with its international division, which includes Tysers, reporting an underlying net profit before tax of AUD 39.4 million, up 29% from AUD 30.5...

Posted: Feb 25, 2026

QBE’s British Marine appoints Richard Inman as Portfolio Manager

British Marine, a marine insurer and part of QBE Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Richard Inman as Portfolio Manager, British Marine P&I. In his new role, Inman will be responsible for delivering British Marine’s planned P&#38...

Posted: Feb 25, 2026

AM Best revises Germany’s non-life insurance segment outlook to stable

AM Best has revised its outlook for the German non-life insurance segment to stable from negative, driven by expectations that premium rate increases will continue to keep pace with claims inflation, leading to a stabilisation in profitability. In...

Posted: Feb 25, 2026

US insurers remain optimistic on investment conditions for 2026: Conning

Despite expecting a more challenging macroeconomic environment marked by higher inflation, liquidity risk and lower Fed interest rates, U.S. insurers reportedly remain “optimistic” about investment conditions for 2026, according to Con...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Bowhead Specialty’s reports net income and GWP growth for Q4 and FY 2025

Bowhead Specialty, a provider of casualty and professional liability products, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025, reporting a net income of $14.8 million and a 21.3% increase in gross written premiums (GWP). The fi...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Bowhead Specialty reports net income and GWP growth for Q4 and FY 2025

Bowhead Specialty, a provider of casualty and professional liability products, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025, reporting a net income of $14.8 million and a 21.3% increase in gross written premiums (GWP). The fi...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Liberty Mutual and Floodbase launch instant parametric flood quoting tool for US market

Liberty Mutual, a US insurance provider, and Floodbase, a platform specialising in flood risk solutions, have launched an instant quoting application for parametric flood reinsurance in the United States. The tool enables wholesale and retail brok...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

Sompo completes Aspen acquisition

A wholly owned subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (SIH) has successfully completed the acquisition of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited through the purchase of 100% of the issued Class A ordinary shares of Aspen. The closing follows th...

Posted: Feb 24, 2026

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