Reinsurance News

Deterministic models key for reinsurers to secure better-informed terror strategies: Lockton Re & Bl...

The stability and predictability that have defined terrorism insurance for decades is challenged by a rapidly changing threat landscape, calling into question the validity of long-standing assumptions around terrorism events that underpin scenario...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Accelerant’s total revenues climb 74% to $267.4m in Q3’25

Accelerant Holdings, a services and data platform for the specialty insurance market, reported total revenues of $267.4 million for the third quarter of 2025, up 74% from $153.7 million in the same period a year earlier. Among total revenues, the...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

IDF releases roadmap to expand global insurability and reduce protection gaps

The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a public-private partnership that brings together the insurance industry, international organisations, and development institutions, has released a new paper titled Increasing Insurability to Close Protection...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Talanx posts record €1.96bn net income in 9M’25, raises FY forecast

Talanx Group, the parent of Hannover Re, has reported a record €1.964 billion in group net income for the first nine months of 2025 and is now raising its full-year forecast to over €2.4 billion. Primary Insurance (51%) and Reinsurance (49%) contr...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

AI is transformative for the reinsurance industry: Swiss Re’s Nikhil da Victoria Lobo

Around the 25th Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting, as the market prepares for the key January 1st renewals, Nikhil da Victoria Lobo, Head of P&C Reinsurance for Western & Southern Europe and Middle East & Africa at reinsurer Swiss Re, hi...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Markel International names Rohan Davies as MD of new London Market business

Markel Insurance, the insurance division of Markel Group Inc., has announced the appointment of Rohan Davies as Managing Director (MD) of its newly created London Market business. In October 2025, Markel International announced that it will move f...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

GIC Re reports improved CoR for HY’25 as underwriting loss narrows

General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re), the Indian public sector reinsurer, has reported that its combined ratio improved by 3.93% to 107.71% for the half year ending on September 30th, 2025 (HY’25), compared to 111.64% for HY&#8217...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Willis appoints new cyber leaders in Asia

Willis, a WTW business, has announced the appointments of Conor Keating as Head of Cyber, Asia, and Carlos Grijalva as Head of Cyber Sales, Asia, effective immediately. Based in Singapore, Keating transitions into his new role from his previous po...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

European captive insurers show strength and resilience amid global market shifts

Credit rating agency AM Best reports that Europe’s captive insurance sector continues to demonstrate stability and resilience, even as global economic and geopolitical uncertainties persist. The development of new regulatory frameworks across seve...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Fidelis posts 30% rise in net income for Q3’25 as underwriting result strengthens

Insurer and reinsurer Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited generated net income of $130.5 million for the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 30% on the prior year, with an improved underwriting result in both its insurance and reinsurance segment...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Generali’s 9M’25 GWP reach €73.1bn as net result expands

Generali has disclosed that gross written premiums reached € 73.1 billion in the first nine months of 2025, up 3.7% from the same period of 2024, driven by a 7.2% increase in P&C. Meanwhile, the firm’s 9M 2025 operating result grew 10.1%...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

RIQ and Masdar to co-develop reinsurance solutions for global energy transition

RIQ, an artificial intelligence (AI)-native reinsurance platform and subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), a provider of clean energy, to co...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Brace Underwriting appoints Nick Rock as Underwriter

Brace Underwriting Limited, a multi-line and alternative risk specialist underwriter backed by Octave Specialty Group Inc., has announced the appointment of Nick Rock as Underwriter, effective immediately. In his new position, based in London, Roc...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

‘Three-way dialogue’ key to claims success and broker confidence: DCL

Open, ongoing dialogue between insurer, broker and policyholder is critical to success, according to the latest findings from the Direct Commercial Limited (DCL) Broker Barometer. Broker confidence is driving this long-standing three-way approach....

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Renewal rates up YoY across nearly all major commercial lines in October: Ivans

Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, has released the October 2025 results of the Ivans Index, showing that average premium renewal rates increased year over year across all major commercial lines of business except Workers’ Compensation. However...

Posted: Nov 13, 2025

Alternative investments now central to insurance portfolios: Clearwater Analytics

Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), a provider of investment management technology, has published new research indicating that alternative investments have moved from a niche strategy to a key part of insurance portfolios. These assets now make up almost...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

Generali names Giulio Terzariol as Direttore Generale, Group Deputy CEO

Generali Group has announced a significant evolution of its organisational structure, naming Giulio Terzariol as Direttore Generale – Group Deputy CEO. The move is aimed at reinforcing the successful execution of the insurer’s strategic plan...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

KCC releases US SCS Model Version 4.0

Karen Clark & Company (KCC), a provider of catastrophe risk modelling solutions, has released Version 4.0 of its US Severe Convective Storm (SCS) Model. In the US, SCS losses dominate annual weather-related insured property losses. KCC noted t...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

Willis and Rare launch parametric insurance solution for Philippines’ small-scale fishers

The Government of the Philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), have partnered with global conservation organisation Rare and insurance broker Willis, a WTW business,...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

Gallagher introduces new trading divisions and leadership appointments in UK Retail

Global re/insurance broking group, Gallagher has introduced a new UK Retail operating structure with the creation of two new trading divisions, which will align to different client segments, and leadership appointments. The new operating structure...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

Atrium’s new Syndicate 2026 secures ‘in principle’ approval, targets initial GWP of $150m

Atrium, an insurance group operating within the specialist Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has been granted “in principle” approval for its new delegated property catastrophe and weather and climate risk-focused Syndicate 2026. The...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

Magenta signs capacity deal with Zurich for MNW home insurance

Magenta, part of DUAL UK, has announced that it has signed a new deal with global insurer Zurich to provide capacity for its mid-net-worth (MNW) home insurance product. The MNW home insurance market has faced persistent challenges of under-insuran...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

Future California wildfire losses likely to exceed historical data: Willis Re

Future wildfire losses in California are likely to exceed what recent fire footprints suggest, challenging how the re/insurance industry assesses and prices risk, Daniel Bannister, from Willis Research Network, states in a recent analysis. Two dec...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

Florida reforms underpin strong Q3’25 results for American Integrity

Tampa-based property and casualty insurance holding company, American Integrity Insurance Group, has disclosed gross premiums written of $239.1 million in Q3 2025, an increase of 48.5% compared to the same quarter of 2024. Meanwhile, gross premium...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025

Selective Insurance appoints Nathan Rugge as EVP & Chief Actuary

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. has announced the appointment of Nathan Rugge, Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Actuary, Reserving, as its new Executive Vice President (EVP), Chief Actuary. Rugge will assume the role following the retirement...

Posted: Nov 12, 2025