Reinsurance News
Credit rating agency AM Best has assigned American International Reinsurance Global (AIRG), a Bermuda-based AIG subsidiary, a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+” (Excellent), and assigned a posit...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Alfredo Lomeli, Chief Underwriting Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean at SCOR, a global reinsurer, highlighted the evolving dynamics of the region’s reinsurance sector as it heads into the 2026...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Jessica Morse, a government wildfire management expert, has joined MGA Delos Insurance Solutions as a government affairs consultant to property insurance. Her appointment signals a strategic move by Delos to enhance its support for California home...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
In 2025, there has been a marked fall in the fear of becoming obsolete or replaced by artificial intelligence (AI), with less than half of underwriters (48%) and actuaries (49%) now fearing replacement by AI, down from 74% and 80% respectively in...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Generali’s insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) to A2 from A3, following the one-notch upgrade of the Italian government’s rating. “Generali’s ratings are partly constrained by the Italian...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
In the last five years, nearly three-quarters of UK SMEs have been impacted by a cyber incident, according to a recent survey by Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks. Coalition’s study, conducted by an independent resea...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
US-based company primarily known for mortgage insurance, Radian Group Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Radian Guaranty, has agreed to the principal terms of an approximately $373 million excess of loss (XoL) reinsurance arrangement with a panel of...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
MAPFRE RE has returned to the catastrophe bond market by sponsoring a new €125 million, three-year issuance specifically designed to protect its European risk portfolio against extreme wind events, which constitute the firm’s main catastroph...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Westfield Specialty International, a specialty insurance provider, has announced the appointment of Robert Copp as Head of US Marine Treaty. In his new role, Copp will focus on US ocean marine, inland marine and offshore energy reinsurance for Nor...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Global insurance group Tokio Marine has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Commodity & Ingredient Hedging (CIH), a provider of risk management solutions for the agricultural and commodity sectors, from Falfurrias Capital...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
The Republic of Sierra Leone has become the 51st member of the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a Shariah-based multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank Group. This move highligh...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), an independent insurance company manager, has appointed Robert Gagliardi as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SRS Titanium, a specialised initiative delivering captive insurance solutions for Fortune 500 and other gl...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Clearwater UW Limited, an expanding specialty managing general agent (MGA) based in London, has received a majority investment from Aquiline, a private investment firm. Aquiline’s backing is set to significantly accelerate Clearwater UW’s strategi...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
MSIG USA, a provider of specialty commercial insurance, has appointed Ryan Kratz as Head of Cyber, North America, reporting to Siobhan O’Brien, the firm’s Global Head of Cyber. This addition follows MSIG USA’s continued expansion...
Posted: Nov 26, 2025
Lloyd’s Europe will implement a Reinsurance Collateral Deposit (RCD) from 1st January 2026 for the 2026 Year of Account (YoA) onwards to meet regulatory expectations, following market engagement with support from the LMA. Lloyd’s, the specialist i...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
SRS Altitude, a Managing General Underwriter (MGU) specialising in Alternative Risk Transfer solutions and part of the Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) group, has appointed Nadia Zacheo as Senior Actuary and Property Underwriter, effective early Jan...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
Superian Insurance Group, a London headquartered independent insurance intermediary, has announced the launch of its Asia & Middle East focused specialty reinsurance managing general agent (MGA), Podium Underwriting. Podium will specialise in...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
Liberty Specialty Markets, a global insurer and reinsurer, has announced several leadership changes as it progresses with the reorganisation of its Delegated Authority Platforms (DAP) division. The updated structure is intended to strengthen opera...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
Allianz Commercial has announced plans to open a Miami-based Latin America Hub in February 2026, aiming to capitalise on the city’s role as a leading centre and talent market for the Latin American and Caribbean re/insurance sector. The new office...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
Michael White has joined Prismic Life Reinsurance, a Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurer and Prismic subsidiary, as CEO, Bermuda. The executive is joining the company from InEvo Re, a life & annuity reinsurer specialising in asset-intensi...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
AM Best, the credit rating agency, is continuing its negative outlook for the US health insurance industry as 2026 approaches, pointing to persistent medical cost escalation in Medicare Advantage and a misalignment between rates and member acuity...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) has reported increases across all key figures in results for the first three quarters of 2025, with profit before taxes increasing by 31% to €872.8 million, driven by Special Markets, Poland, the Czech Republic and Aus...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
Pine Walk, the specialist MGA platform and wholly owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), has announced the launch of a new Alternative Risk Transfer managing general agent (MGA), Carnovis Specialty Limited. Based in London, the MGA wil...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
Beazley, the London headquartered specialist insurer and reinsurer, has confirmed that it foresees “strong growth trajectory” for its new Bermuda platform, with around $400 million in premium expected by 2030. This morning, Beazley ann...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
Ben Rose, Co-Founder and President of Supercede, the independent reinsurance platform, said he does not reasonably foresee a successful AI-driven reinsurance industry as things stand, but if the industry reaches a point where it has “clean data fl...
Posted: Nov 25, 2025