Reinsurance News
Global specialty broker Price Forbes continues to expand its newly formed treaty reinsurance team in Singapore with four senior appointments – Bruce Ford, Goh Thian Leong, Mark Foster, and Florence Lam Puoy Yin. These appointments follow the recen...
Posted: Mar 16, 2026
Allianz SE, the German multinational financial services and insurance group headquartered in Munich, has announced a series of leadership and portfolio changes within its Board of Management as part of long-term succession planning and organisatio...
Posted: Mar 16, 2026
Zurich-based reinsurer Echo Re has received approval from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) of India to establish a reinsurance branch office in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), strengthening its ope...
Posted: Mar 16, 2026
A new AM Best report has warned that if the ongoing Middle East conflict continues or escalates, reinsurers may need to reassess their risk exposure, with renewals becoming a critical inflection point for the sector in regional markets. According...
Posted: Mar 16, 2026
Incline, an insurance program market services firm, has announced the promotion of Andrew McLennan to Chief Risk Officer, and the appointment of Rob Strickland as Chief Information Officer. “These leadership decisions reflect our focus on bu...
Posted: Mar 16, 2026
Arrowhead Programs, a managing general agency that designs and administers specialty insurance programmes, has announced the formation of Arrowhead Public Entity, a practice group dedicated to public-sector insurance. The new group combines public...
Posted: Mar 16, 2026
Kestrel, a specialty insurance platform that provides fronting services to program managers, reinsurers, and reinsurance brokers, has reported net income of $46.7m for the full year 2025, driven by strong premium growth and a significant accountin...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Mapfre, a global insurance company, has raised the ambitions of its Strategic Plan for 2026, lifting its ROE target to above 13% and setting its combined ratio target between 93% and 94%. Mapfre’s Annual General Meeting approved the accounts for t...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Fitch Ratings, the international credit rating agency, said the withdrawal of hull war risk marine insurance coverage in the Persian Gulf is expected to be credit negative for US property and casualty insurers with significant exposure to Gulf shi...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
According to a survey jointly published by the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Society of Actuaries, 60% of C-suite respondents said technological and economic risks will have the greatest impact on their organisations in the next three years o...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Activity levels within the European insurance M&A market remain strong, with 789 transactions announced in 2025 across the insurance brokerage, managing general agent, insurance service provider and carrier sectors, up 14% compared with 694 de...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Talbot Underwriting, an international specialty insurance and reinsurance company and part of AIG, has announced the appointment of Don Chu as Head of Catastrophe Management in London. In his new role, Chu will work closely with teams across the b...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Initial insured loss estimates suggest that losses from the March 10-12 US severe convective storm (SCS) outbreak will land in the low to mid-single-digit billions of dollars, with total economic losses poised to be 20-25% higher, according to rei...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Gallagher India has strengthened its liability practice with three new leadership appointments, including Mayank Sharma as National Head – Liability. The firm has also named Jyoti Krishnan as Chief Legal Officer and National Head – Liability &...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
As the Middle East enters the third week of the US/Israel conflict with Iran, AM Best has suggested that losses to the global reinsurance market are limited at present and would typically take the form of single large losses. AM Best’s repor...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Bruce Ford joined reinsurance broker Price Forbes Re in March 2026 as the firm’s Chief Commercial Officer Asia and Head of MGA, following more than two years with specialist re/insurance broker, Miller Insurance Services. In his new role wit...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “aa-” (Superior) from “a+” (Excellent) for members of CapSpecialty Insurance Group (CapSpecialty), with the outlook r...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Mapfre, an international insurance company, has announced the appointment of Jorge Colomer as Chief Executive Officer of Mapfre Asset Management (Mapfre AM). Mapfre AM is the asset management arm of Mapfre Group and has more than 30 years of exper...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Ascot, a global specialty insurance and reinsurance group, has announced the appointment of Shanelle Burke as U.S. Chief Financial Officer. In her new role, Burke will join Ascot’s U.S. leadership team, overseeing finance operations, strategy, cap...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Insurers DUAL North America and AXIS Capital Holdings Limited have expanded the capacity of their surety programme partnership after its first year of operations in the market. DUAL North America, the specialist underwriting arm of the global Howd...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
Global reinsurer Ariel Re has announced the appointment of Sierra Dietz as Underwriter – Property Reinsurance. Dietz brings eight years of industry experience across claims, modelling, and underwriting. She joins Ariel Re after nearly eight years...
Posted: Mar 13, 2026
The global re/insurance industry is expected to continue benefiting from a broadly favourable external operating environment in 2026, supported by solid global economic growth of around 2.8%, broadly in line with 2025, and further moderating infla...
Posted: Mar 12, 2026
W. R. Berkley Corporation, a commercial lines property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, has appointed Ryan Miller as President of Berkley Southeast, effective immediately. Berkley Southeast provides comprehensive commercial insurance solutions...
Posted: Mar 12, 2026
Neptune Flood has launched a digital flood insurance app within ChatGPT, allowing property owners to receive real-time preliminary flood insurance quotes from Neptune directly through the platform. According to Neptune Flood, customers can now ask...
Posted: Mar 12, 2026
Fidelis Insurance Group, a global insurance and reinsurance company headquartered in Bermuda, has announced the appointment of Nicole Kapu-Leyland as Group General Counsel. In her new role, Kapu-Leyland will report directly to Dan Burrows, Group C...
Posted: Mar 12, 2026