Reinsurance News

Hannover Re adds Ridwaan Patel as CFO, Hannover ReTakaful & Bahrain branch

Hannover Re has appointed Ridwaan Patel as Chief Financial Officer for Hannover ReTakaful B.S.C. and its Bahrain branch, subject to approval by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). Most recently, Patel served as the Chief Risk Officer and Head of Co...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Reinsurers show strongest engagement with Florida carriers in years: Schwebach, Gallagher Re

As reinsurers adjust their risk assessment models in Florida following much needed reforms, the cautious part of cautious optimism is fading and sellers are proactively engaging with Florida carriers, according to Adam Schwebach, Gallagher Re. In...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

S&P Global Energy and Verisk partnership to help bridge climate risk intelligence gaps

S&P Global Energy has announced a new data-sharing collaboration with Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the insurance industry, designed to deliver climate catastrophe exposure data and insights to both the financial a...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Hiscox Re unveils streamlined structure and new capital partners unit

Hiscox Re & ILS, the reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit within Hiscox Group, has rebranded as Hiscox Re in a move aimed at presenting a clearer, more streamlined offering to cedants, brokers, institutional investors and re/...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Continental General Insurance acquires 91,000 policies from Guaranty Associations

Austin-headquartered insurer, Continental General Insurance Company, has acquired two blocks of insurance policies, made up of approximately 91,000 final expense and traditional life insurance policies, annuities, and accident and health (A&H)...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

mea Platform secures $50m growth investment from SEP

mea Platform, an AI-driven insurance technology company, has announced a $50 million minority growth equity investment from SEP, a prominent investor in enterprise technology. Founded in 2021, mea focuses on applying artificial intelligence to the...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Jane Cheng named VP, Client Solutions, Protection at Pacific Life Re

Pacific Life Re, a provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, has appointed Jane Cheng as Vice President, Client Solutions, Protection. In this role, she will lead the Global Client Solutions team, encompassing Business Proposition, Global E...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Larger pension pots drive record 2025 for individual annuity premiums: ABI

Larger pension pots helped push total premiums paid into individual annuities up 4% to £7.4 billion in 2025, marking the highest annual level since pension freedoms were introduced in 2014, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). T...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

AXA XL adds Thomas Saive as Head of Underwriting Motor, APAC & Europe

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, has appointed Thomas Saive as Head of Underwriting Motor, Asia Pacific (APAC) & Europe, effective March 1st, 2026. In his new role, Saive will oversee the motor insurance underwriting str...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Brown & Brown names Dorothea Henderson as Chief Information Technology Officer

Brown & Brown, Inc., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that Dorothea Henderson has been appointed as its Chief Information Technology Officer. In this role, she will direct the company’s enterprise technology strategy...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Colin Wildey promoted to Chief Risk Officer for Markel International

Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc., has promoted Colin Wildey to Chief Risk Officer for Markel International, subject to regulatory approval. Wildey, who has served as Head of Risk at Markel International since 2022...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Catastrophe bonds continued shift into mainstream reinsurance at 1.1: Howden

Through 2025 and into the January 1, 2026 reinsurance renewals, catastrophe bonds firmly established themselves as a core component of clients’ risk management frameworks, according to Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA). HCMA noted that...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Canopius expands Natural Resources team with Nicholas Whettem & Namrata Soni

Canopius Group, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has announced the additions of Nicholas Whettem and Namrata Soni to its newly created Natural Resources team. The re/insurer recently restructured its underwriting capabilities with the fo...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Talbot names Bickmore Head of Political Risk, Goodliffe Head of Public Agencies

Talbot Underwriting, an international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, part of AIG, has promoted Andrew Bickmore to Head of Political Risk, and George Goodliffe to Head of Public Agencies. Bickmore has been part of Talbot for close to...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Kinsale Capital’s net income rises to $138.6m in Q4’25

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. has reported net income of $138.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $109.1 million in Q4’24. Net income for the final quarter of 2025 included after-tax catastrophe losses of $2.3 million, compared to...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Nick Fraccalvieri named CEO of global fac for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions

Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the appointment of Nick Fraccalvieri as CEO of global facultative for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, effective March 1, 2026. In his new role, Fraccalvieri will be responsible for defi...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Canada Life Re base earnings up 11% in Q4’25 amid strong demand for capital efficient solutions

Canada Life Reinsurance, the Capital and Risk Solutions (CRS) reinsurance business of Great-West Lifeco, had a strong end to 2025 with fourth quarter base earnings rising 11% year-on-year on a reported basis to CAD 258 million, while net earnings...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

AM Best revises Atlantic Re’s Long-Term ICR to positive

Credit rating agency AM Best has revised Atlantic Re’s Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) outlook to positive from stable. Concurrently, AM Best affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb”...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Conduit Holdings announces Board changes, Shott appointed Chair

Conduit Holdings, the ultimate parent company of Conduit Re, a multi-line Bermuda-based reinsurance business, has announced the appointment of Nicholas Shott as Chair of the Board. Shott, who joined the Conduit Holdings Board in November 2025, wil...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Concirrus launches AI-native underwriting platform

Concirrus, a specialist insurtech company, has officially launched Concirrus Inspire, an AI-native underwriting platform aimed at helping specialty insurers and managing general agents accelerate their processes while retaining control over underw...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Storm Kristin could be among Portugal’s costliest insured loss events: Aon

Between late January and early February, a series of Atlantic windstorms hit Southwestern Europe, with Storm Kristin as the most severe and potentially one of the costliest re/insurance loss events ever recorded in Portugal, according to Aon. Sinc...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Michaela Hannemann appointed Head of Non‑Life for Munich Re Australasia

Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the appointment of Michaela Hannemann as Head of Non‑Life for Australasia, effective 1 May 2026. Hannemann will be based in Sydney, reporting to Scott Hawkins, Managing Director, Munich Re Australasia. She...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

QIC’s net profit rises 10% to QAR 806m in 2025

Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) has reported a net profit of QAR 806 million for the full year 2025, representing a 10% increase compared to 2024. Net profit before the Pillar Two global tax provision increased 19% year over year to QAR 874 million,...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Wills names Michelle Ng as Head of Risk & Analytics, Pacific

Willis, a WTW business, has appointed Michelle Ng as Head of Risk & Analytics, Pacific, succeeding Matt Frost, who has retired from the company. In her new role, Ng will lead the Pacific Risk & Analytics (R&A) team to deliver data-driv...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Willis names Michelle Ng as Head of Risk & Analytics, Pacific

Willis, a WTW business, has appointed Michelle Ng as Head of Risk & Analytics, Pacific, succeeding Matt Frost, who has retired from the company. In her new role, Ng will lead the Pacific Risk & Analytics (R&A) team to deliver data-driv...

Posted: Feb 16, 2026