Reinsurance News

Xceedance appoints Gavin Lillywhite as SVP, Business Development

Xceedance, a global provider of technology-driven business solutions for the insurance industry, has announced the appointment of Gavin Lillywhite as Senior Vice President (SVP), Business Development, covering the UK and continental European marke...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Tailored insight and analytics-driven decision-making key for firms in 2026: Aon

While 2025 concluded as a “broadly supportive” year for insurance buyers, Aon has suggested that market conditions are becoming increasingly differentiated across product lines and geographies, underscoring the growing need for tailored insight an...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Gallagher Re names Fabrice Jerlin as Chairman for Middle East & Africa

Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has appointed Fabrice Jerlin as its new Chairman for the Middle East and Africa. Jerlin brings over three decades of reinsurance industry experience to this role. He joins Gallagher Re after spending most of...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Palomar completes acquisition of Gray Surety

Specialty property insurer Palomar Holdings, Inc. has completed the acquisition of The Gray Casualty & Surety Company (Gray Surety), a national surety carrier, and has also successfully closed new unsecured financing. The acquisition was initi...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

TMK grows cyber reinsurance solutions team with new hire

Ben Sitki joins specialist insurer Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) as an Underwriter within its Cyber Reinsurance Solutions team. Bringing nearly two decades of re/insurance experience to his new position, joining TMK from Guy Carpenter, where he most rec...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

WTW posts 6% organic revenue growth for Q4’25

Global re/insurance broker WTW saw a slight decrease in revenue for the fourth quarter and full year 2025 when compared to the prior year, driven by the sale of TRANZACT, but on an organic basis, revenue increased for both periods. For the fourth...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Hamilton promotes Moussa Thiam to Group Head of Compliance

Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., an international specialty insurance and reinsurance group, has announced the promotion of Moussa Thiam to Group Head of Compliance. In this role, Thiam will lead and coordinate compliance activities across Hamilton...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

KCC estimates insured loss from Winter Storm Fern at $6.7bn

Catastrophe risk modelling firm Karen Clark and Company (KCC) has estimated that the privately insured loss from Winter Storm Fern, which brought snow and ice to more than 30 states, will be $6.7 billion. The estimate, which is based on the high-r...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Markel hires Michelle Sipple to lead inland marine underwriting strategy

Michelle Sipple has joined global insurer Markel’s Property and Marine product leadership team as Managing Director, Inland Marine. Sipple brings more than three decades of inland marine and builders risk underwriting experience to Markel, a...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Canopius appoints Jasan Fitzpatrick as General Counsel

Canopius Group, a global specialty and property and casualty re/insurer, has appointed Jasan Fitzpatrick as General Counsel, effective April 1st, 2026. In this newly created role, Fitzpatrick will report to Neil Robertson, Group Chief Executive Of...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Munich Re launches pandemic consortium with parametric focus at Lloyd’s

Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets, Syndicate, managing agent of Syndicate 457 at the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has established The Pandemic Consortium, designed to offer parametric catastrophic communicable disease in...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Leading Indian life insurer to implement Aon’s modelling platform PathWise

CICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, one of India’s leading private life insurers, has agreed to a strategic collaboration to implement PathWise, Aon’s high-performance modelling platform, across its actuarial modelling landscape. The i...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Distinguished expands specialty offerings with new Marine Cargo programme

Distinguished Programs, a national MGA and insurance programmes manager, is broadening its specialty footprint with the launch of a Marine Cargo programme led by veteran executive Ralph Salce. The new initiative will offer a full suite of marine c...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Karl Hamann to lead Aon’s business in the Philippines

Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has appointed Karl Hamann to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Philippines, effective April 1st, 2026, subject to regulatory requirements. Since 2022, he has served as the CEO of Indonesia, whe...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Hymans Robertson expects 2026 to be a record year for the buy-in market

The pipeline for buy-ins looking to complete during the months ahead is very strong, with 2026 expected to be a record year for the market and likely to exceed £50 billion for the first time, according to Hymans Robertson’s 2026 Risk Transfer Repo...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Prestige Underwriting names Peacock Head of Home, Product and Governance

Specialist managing general agent (MGA) Prestige Underwriting, has announced the promotion of Katy Peacock to the role of Head of Home, Product and Governance. In her new role, Peacock will oversee the development and governance of Prestige’...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Howden names Shunsuke Takechi as Head of M&A for Japan

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Howden has announced the appointment of Shunsuke Takechi, a highly experienced and qualified Japanese attorney with over 13 years of experience, as Head of Japan, M&A. Takechi holds the unique distinctio...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Atrium appoints Hayley Budd as Head of Innovation

Atrium, a specialty insurer operating at Lloyd’s, has announced the appointment of Hayley Budd as Head of Innovation, a newly created role that aims to drive the company’s strategic transformation. Budd will take responsibility for leading innovat...

Posted: Feb 02, 2026

Zambian reinsurer Klapton Re to list on Lusaka Securities Exchange

Zambia-based reinsurer Klapton Re is set to list directly on the Lusaka Securities Exchange Plc (LuSE) on March 24th, 2026, subject to regulatory approval, reaffirming the reinsurer’s continued growth, and the increasing sophistication and resilie...

Posted: Feb 02, 2026

Optio strengthens Scandinavian presence with AGS acquisition

Optio Group, a specialty managing general agent (MGA), has announced that it has acquired AGS Forsikring AS (AGS). Founded in 2008 by Lars-Petter Myklebost and headquartered in Oslo, AGS provides insurance solutions and claims handling across the...

Posted: Feb 02, 2026

Radian completes $1.67bn acquisition of Lloyd’s syndicate Inigo

Radian Group Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Inigo Limited, a specialty insurance group underwriting through Lloyd’s of London, for $1.67 billion. The acquisition, which received all required regulatory approvals at the...

Posted: Feb 02, 2026

Arthur J. Gallagher acquires Germany-based Reck & Co

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage, risk management, and consulting services firm, has announced that its claims and risk management solutions subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett, has acquired Reck & Co GmbH (Reck & Co.)...

Posted: Feb 02, 2026

Interesting to see what happens to demand amid surge in non-traditional lines: Flandro, Howden Re

David Flandro, Managing Director, Head of Industry Analysis and Strategic Advisory at reinsurance broker Howden Re, said the firm expects non-traditional lines to outpace the broader P&C market through 2030, and will be closely monitoring what...

Posted: Feb 02, 2026

Liberty Specialty Markets appoints Ed Louth as Head of Aviation

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Ed Louth as Head of Aviation. Louth succeeds Miles Taffs, who was named Interim Head of Aviation in September 2025 after joining LSM as Senio...

Posted: Feb 02, 2026

K2 International acquires Rising Edge’s Management Liability business

Insurance services holding company, K2 Insurance services, is expanding its financial lines capabilities with the acquisition of the Management Liability Underwriting business of specialty insurer Rising Edge. The acquired team will be integrated...

Posted: Feb 02, 2026