Reinsurance News

MGT and Amwins partner to manage E&S risks with AI

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

Varley named WTW’s Global Proposition Leader for Commercial Lines Pricing and Underwriting

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 posts record net income of $198.5m in Q4’25

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

Catherine Williamson joins Aon’s UK Insolvency and Restructuring team

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

Munich Re names Till Böhmer as Head of Central Analytics

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

Chubb sees record P&C underwriting income of $6.53bn in 2025

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

RenRe’s underwriting income rises amid strong property performance in Q4’25

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

AXIS expands Draper’s role to Head of AXIS Re, Haugh named Group COO

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

Industry losses from Winter Storm Fern could reach $4bn: Verisk

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 reach agreement on key financial terms for possible acquisition

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

SCOR reports selective portfolio growth in ‘competitive’ Jan 1 pricing environment

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 joins Willis Re’s Catastrophe Analytics team

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

India will inevitably require deeper & more sophisticated reinsurance support: Gupta, SCOR

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

Personal auto and property premiums in Canada rise YoY in Q4’25: Applied Systems

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

Minesh Jani to serve as Gallagher Re’s India CEO

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 secures $45m Series B to fuel global growth

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

WTW ‘very happy’ with Willis Re’s participation at Jan renewals and trajectory of build-out: Krasner...

Andrew Krasner, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Co-head of Corporate Development at global insurance broker WTW, revealed today that the firm is happy with Willis Re’s participation at the recent January 2026 renewals. After completing the...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

Howden enters Fiji with its newest office in Suva

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Howden has expanded its footprint to Fiji with the establishment of its newest office in Suva. The strategic expansion aligns with Howden’s long-term plan to provide innovative insurance and risk solutions t...

Posted: Feb 03, 2026

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