Reinsurance News
A prolonged Middle East conflict is emerging as the most likely near-term scenario shaping terrorism and political violence reinsurance renewals, with the market already settling into a new equilibrium, according to WTW. Fergus Critchley, Global H...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Infosys, a provider of digital services, business consulting, and outsourcing services, is set to acquire Stratus, a technology solutions provider for the property & casualty (P&C) insurance industry. This acquisition, which is expected to...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Credit rating agency AM Best has removed the under review with positive implications status and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A+ (Superior) alongside the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “aa-” (Superior) for Sompo Japan Insurance Inc...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Specialist insurer, Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), has appointed Francesca Kevill as Underwriter within its Cyber & Enterprise Risk team, effective immediately. In her new role, Kevill will report to Ellie Webb, Head of Delegated Cyber & IP. Her...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
According to global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon’s weekly catastrophe report, back-to-back Kona Storms on March 10-24, which produced extreme rainfall and subsequent flooding across much of Hawaii, will result in total economic and...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has appointed Teodora Aldenhoff as Chief Pricing Actuary for Life & Health (L&H) Continental Europe. In her new role, Aldenhoff will join Swiss Re’s leadership team and report directly to Augusto Diaz-Leante, Head...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
PERILS, a Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider, has disclosed its initial industry loss estimate for the extratropical windstorm “Nils”, also known as “Ulrike”, noting the event has cost the insurance industry a total of €586 million....
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Conduit Holdings, the ultimate parent company of Conduit Re, a multi-line Bermuda-based reinsurance business, has appointed industry veterans Richard Lightowler, Peter Mullen, and Penny Shaw as Non-Executive Directors, effective March 26th, 2026....
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Athora, a European savings and retirement services group, has completed its acquisition of Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited, including its wholly owned subsidiary, Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC). The acquisition was first annou...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the expansion of its Automated Event Response (AER) service to include US Severe Convective Storms (SCS). This enhancement has been designed to assist insurers to better manage losse...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Reinsurance and capital solutions broker Augment Risk has appointed Lucy Carter as partner, MGA, effective immediately. Carter joins from BMS Group, bringing nineteen years of experience across the US insurance and reinsurance markets. Augment Ris...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
New commentary from a range of executives at Howden Re has suggested that the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following escalating conflict in the Middle East could act as a stress test for the re/insurance sector, but with the reinsuran...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
The Cayman International Reinsurance Companies Association (CIRCA) has supported the findings of a new report by the Society of Actuaries (SOA), which underscores the Cayman Islands’ growing role as an international reinsurance jurisdiction suppor...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
SageSure, the specialist catastrophe-exposed property managing general underwriter (MGU), has announced the appointment of Dave PaiMazumder as Director of Catastrophe Risk R&D. In his new role, PaiMazumder will lead SageSure’s catastrophe risk...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Chubb, a global property and casualty insurer, and Safe Harbor Marinas, the global leader in waterfront lifestyle, have entered into an exclusive partnership, with Chubb named the preferred insurance provider for Safe Harbor members. Safe Harbor i...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the promotion of Nicolas Rincé to President for the France, Belgium, and Luxembourg (FraBeLux) region. Rincé joined Gallagher Re in July 2025 as Directeur Général for France, Belgium, and Luxemb...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
The Lagos State government has contracted a parametric flood-risk insurance policy in the Nigerian insurance market, designed to protect up to 4 million vulnerable people, providing up to USD 7.5 million for flood response and recovery. The policy...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Sompo, a provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty re/insurance, has announced the appointment of Soo Wai Har as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Berjaya Sompo Insurance Berhad, its P&C insurance business in Malaysia, taking ef...
Posted: Mar 27, 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has emphasised that parametric flood solutions relying on data from multiple sources, including advanced sensors, will be key to their success, improving reliability, reducing basis risk, and strengthening confidence. Flo...
Posted: Mar 26, 2026
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, has announced that Matthew Kirk has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 31st March 2026. AXIS initially announced Kirk’s appointment in August 2025. He...
Posted: Mar 26, 2026
ShoreOne Insurance Managers, Inc., a provider of specialised insurance solutions for homeowners and agencies, has been acquired by Totalis Program Underwriters. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the announcement, ShoreOne will...
Posted: Mar 26, 2026
Markel International, the specialist insurance arm of Markel Group Inc., has appointed Camilla Roughan as Senior Underwriter – Energy with immediate effect. In her new position, Roughan will oversee underwriting for Markel’s upstream and midstream...
Posted: Mar 26, 2026
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. maintained steady growth and strong performance in its property & casualty (P&C) segment for the year ended December 31, 2025, with insurance revenue rising 3.3% year on year to RMB338,912 m...
Posted: Mar 26, 2026
Lockton, an independent insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Patrick Häusler as Head of Business Development for Lockton Switzerland. In his new role, Häusler will be based in Zurich and work closely with colleagues in Switzerland, t...
Posted: Mar 26, 2026
hyperexponential (hx), a pricing and underwriting decision platform for commercial P&C re/insurance, has partnered with Banyan Risk, marking the first deployment of hx’s full agentic underwriting suite by an MGA across the US, UK, Canada and B...
Posted: Mar 26, 2026