Reinsurance News

SCOR appoints regional leaders for Cedant Facultative Reinsurance business

SCOR, the Paris-headquartered global reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of three senior leaders to head its Cedant Facultative Reinsurance business in North America, Europe, and Latin America. All three leaders report to Julia Will...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

‘Murky’ outlook for reinsurance market as capital surges: Evercore ISI

The global reinsurance market has entered 2026 with some uncertainty, as a record breaking influx of capital has triggered a significant softening in prices, leaving analysts at Evercore ISI to warn of a “murky” growth picture for the year ahead....

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Lockton appoints Helene Fisher as Managing Director, US Market Engagement

Lockton, an independent insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Helene Fisher as Managing Director, U.S. Market Engagement. In her new role, Fisher will focus on deepening insurer relationships and strengthening collaboration across Loc...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Geopolitical volatility keeps war and SRCC risks in sharp focus: Howden

As the reinsurance market enters January 2026, it faces a landscape still shaped by geopolitical volatility and ongoing structural shifts. Following a year that reinforced political risk as a persistent factor, exposures linked to political violen...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Elizabeth Wooliston becomes Artificial Lab’s Chief of Markets

Artificial Labs, a provider of digital broking and underwriting technology, has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Wooliston as Chief of Markets, effective immediately. Wooliston will leverage her 30-year career in the insurance and reinsuranc...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Aon estimates up to $50bn in US PRT premiums for 2025

U.S. pension risk transfer (PRT) activity surged in the fourth quarter of 2025, with global re/insurance broking group Aon estimating total market premiums of $45–$50 billion for the year. According to Aon’s U.S. PRT Annual Report Preview, the fir...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

HDI expands APAC presence with new representative office in Seoul

Corporate & Specialty insurer HDI Global has expanded its Asia–Pacific footprint with the opening of a representative office in Seoul, Republic of Korea. This new presence in one of Asia’s major insurance markets allows HDI to enhance it...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

2026 the year of AI disillusionment: CyberCube

CyberCube has forecast that 2026 will usher in a phase of AI disillusionment, as boardroom optimism and conference hype collide with the constraints of legacy systems, fragmented data, and regulatory caution, though those that apply AI with discip...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Jason Mandera named CEO of Marsh McLennan Indonesia

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Marsh Asia has appointed Jason Mandera as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marsh McLennan Indonesia, effective January 1st, 2026. Mandera has served with Marsh for over 16 years, most recently as the Pre...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Non-life run-off specialists emerge as central capital management partners for insurers: AM Best

Non-life run-off specialists have moved well beyond their traditional role as managers of discontinued books and are now viewed as core strategic capital partners for insurers, according to a new report from the credit rating agency AM Best. The r...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions promotes Neha Shah to Head of L&H, India

Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, the reinsurance division of global broker Aon, has promoted Neha Shah to Head of Life and Health (L&H), India. In her new role, Shah will lead the delivery of tailored life and health reinsurance solutions in India...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Bermuda tax credits could materially lower re/insurer tax bills: Jefferies

According to analysts at Jefferies, Bermuda’s newly enacted tax credits regime could materially reduce the corporate tax burden for island-based re/insurers, with potential near-term accounting impacts and longer-term implications for earnings for...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Kun Huang named CEO of Hannover Re’s Shanghai branch

Global reinsurer Hannover Re has announced the appointment of Kun Huang as Chief Executive Officer of its Shanghai Branch. Huang joins Hannover Re from Chaucer, where he spent the past six years, most recently serving as Chief Liaison Officer. Pri...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Swiss Re appoints Christophe Heck as Market Head L&H, France, BeNeLux & Switzerland

Zurich-domiciled global reinsurance company Swiss Re has promoted Christophe Heck to Market Head Life & Health (L&H) for France, BeNeLux and Switzerland. In his new role, Heck will be based in Zurich and will lead Swiss Re’s L&H reinsu...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

ICA declares Significant Event for deadly Victoria bushfires

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a Significant Event for the severe bushfires impacting Victoria since 7 January 2026, as state fire authorities continue to battle uncontrolled blazes and total structural losses climb past 350...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Suncorp’s H1’26 natural hazard costs exceed budget at AUD 1.319bn

Australian insurer Suncorp has disclosed that its total cost of natural hazard events for the first half of 2026 (H1’26) is expected to be AU$1.319 billion, far above the budget of AU$866 million, eroding most of its full-year 2026 (FY’26) allowan...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Novatae names Walter Juergens as CFO

Novatae Risk Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage, managing general agency, and program manager, has announced the appointment of Walter Juergens as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In his new role, Juergens will oversee the entirety of No...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Allianz partners with Anthropic to accelerate adoption of responsible AI

Allianz SE, a holding company of the Allianz Group, has announced a global partnership with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence (AI) research and development company, to accelerate responsible AI in insurance. The collaboration focuses on three...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Gallagher Re hire’s Aon’s Georgina Meyer as Exec Dir, UK Property

Global reinsurance brokerage Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Georgina Meyer as Executive Director, UK Property. Meyer joins the firm with over two decades of experience in the reinsurance industry, specialising in catastrophe reinsur...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

India’s reinsurance market progressing well, growing interest in parametrics: EDME CEO, Radhakrishna...

Driven by rising insurance penetration and a deepening of underlying risk pools in India, the country’s reinsurance market is “progressing well,” according to Sanjay Radhakrishnan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EDME Insurance Brokers Ltd....

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Lloyd’s market proxy RISX delivers 22.3% total return for 2025: ICMR

The global specialty reinsurance sector capped off a remarkable 2025, with the RISX Net Total Return Index delivering a 22.3% total return despite a backdrop of geopolitical volatility, growing trade barriers and high catastrophe losses, according...

Posted: Jan 09, 2026

Specialist Risk Group appoints Richard Gurney as Head of Specialty

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), an insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has announced the appointment of Richard Gurney to the newly created role of Head of Specialty. The new leadership position is designed to accelerate the...

Posted: Jan 09, 2026

Aon Japan obtains insurance broker license & establishes corporate brokerage division

Aon Solutions Japan Co., Ltd. has announced that it has obtained an insurance broker licence and established a corporate brokerage division, alongside a number of senior appointments. Aon said the new division will provide insurance programmes and...

Posted: Jan 09, 2026

Grayson Poole promoted to Chief Product Officer for mea Platform

mea Platform, a company specialising in AI solutions for the re/insurance industry, has announced the promotion of Grayson Poole to Chief Product Officer. mea builds deployment-ready AI products automating complex, time-intensive operation workflo...

Posted: Jan 09, 2026

Helix USA partners with QBE NA to launch commercial SME property programme

Helix USA, the wholly owned subsidiary of Bermuda-domiciled independent, multi-line managing general agent, Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd., has entered into a strategic partnership with QBE North America, a provider of commercial insurance solut...

Posted: Jan 09, 2026