Reinsurance News
Simon Global Insurance Services Group (SGIS Group), a premier insurance brokerage platform, secured approval as a Lloyd’s registered broker on January 30th, 2026. The approval was facilitated through its subsidiary SGIS Malaysia Ltd., but as noted...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Global reinsurer SCOR has appointed Andrei Romanescu as General Manager of SCOR Bucharest, its newly established office in Romania, to lead the development of its operations in the country with a focus on driving efficiency, collaboration, and exe...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
CGRE, an independent insurance and reinsurance brokerage, has launched its Aviation Insurance and Reinsurance practice, further expanding its specialty expertise and global market capabilities. Matt Gould will lead the new practice as Head of Avia...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Aon has announced leadership changes within its Reinsurance Solutions business in Greece and Cyprus, with Dimitris Lymperis appointed chief executive officer for the region, succeeding Manolis Siatounis, and Evros Kyriakides named managing directo...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Large European and some global insurers took advantage of reinsurance market dynamics to reduce the number of reinsurers in their core panels at the January 1, 2026, renewals, according to Jean-Paul Conoscente, P&C CEO of French reinsurer SCOR...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Crew Reinsurance Brokers has unveiled its new brand and corporate identity, marking the completion of a transformation that began in 2016 under the name ATL RE. The change reflects the substantial growth the company has experienced and the maturit...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Businesses located or operating across EMEA face increasing exposure to cyber-related fines and penalties as enforcement becomes more assertive, while the insurability of these fines remains uncertain and varies by jurisdiction, according to a joi...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Howden has announced the appointment of Tim Hewitt as Head of Japan International Solutions and Strategy at Howden Japan, effective February 2026. In his new role, Hewitt will continue to focus on growing Ho...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Global insurance rates declined 4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the latest Marsh Global Insurance Market Index, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of declines. This downward trend was supported by significant insurer capacity, dr...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
MGT, a vertically artificial intelligence (AI)-native neo-insurer, has entered into a strategic partnership with Amwins, a distributor of specialty insurance products and services, to select risks in the rapidly expanding Excess & Surplus (E&#...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
WTW, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has announced the appointment of Chris Varley as Global Proposition Leader for Commercial Lines Pricing and Underwriting within the company’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business. In h...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., a property and casualty insurer, reported a record net income of $198.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, an 18.2% increase compared to $167.9 million in the same quarter a year prior. In the quarter, operat...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced that its specialist UK Insolvency and Restructuring insurance and risk team, based in Birmingham, has appointed Catherine Williamson as Growth and Technical Director. In this newly c...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re has appointed Till Böhmer as Head of Central Analytics (Data, Analytics and AI Division). Böhmer will serve in this role in an interim capacity for the next nine months, leading the central analytics function. He will be...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
In its full-year 2025 and Q4 results, Chubb reported record P&C underwriting income of $6.53 billion, an 11.6% increase over 2024, alongside a record-low combined ratio of 85.7%. Evan G. Greenberg, Chubb’s Chairman and CEO, hailed 2025 as a gr...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Bermuda-based reinsurer RenaissanceRe (RenRe) generated underwriting income of $669 million for the fourth quarter of 2025 and underwriting income of $1.3 billion for the full year, with a strong performance across the firm’s three drivers o...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has expanded Dan Draper’s role to include serving as the Head of AXIS Re and has appointed Ann Haugh to the newly created role of Group Chief Operations Officer (COO). The appointme...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the insurance industry, has estimated insured industry losses to property and auto from Winter Storm Fern to reach $4 billion, largely driven by freeze impacts, with supplemental losses fr...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Zurich and Beazley have confirmed that they have reached an agreement in principle on the key financial terms of a possible recommended cash offer by Zurich for the entire issued and to-be-issued ordinary share capital of specialist insurer Beazle...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
French reinsurer SCOR has disclosed its January 2026 Property & Casualty (P&C) reinsurance renewal results, reporting selective portfolio growth in a competitive pricing environment, with overall estimated gross premium income (EGPI) from...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Sophie Wentges is joining Willis Re’s Catastrophe Analytics team, where she will support the London and Bermuda broking teams and will be based in London. Wentges has around 12 years of experience in specialty catastrophe modelling across broking...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Parag Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of global reinsurer SCOR’s India branch, has said that the country’s low insurance penetration, expanding infrastructure, growing catastrophe exposure, and rising demand for new solutions such as surety bonds,...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Applied Systems has released the Q4 2025 results of the Applied Commercial Index, the Canadian insurance industry’s premium rate index, showing that average premium rate change increased year over year for both Personal Auto and Personal Property...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Global reinsurance broking and advisory firm Gallagher Re has appointed Minesh Jani as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of India, effective from June 2026. Jani is a reinsurance industry veteran with over three decades of experience. Most recentl...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Artificial Labs, a provider of digital broking and underwriting technology for the specialty and commercial insurance markets, has successfully closed a $45 million Series B funding round. The capital injection marks a major milestone for Artifici...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026