Reinsurance News

Talanx reports preliminary consolidated net income of €604m for Q1’25

European insurer and parent of large reinsurer Hannover Re, Talanx Group, has reported preliminary consolidated net income of €604 million for the first quarter of 2025. To compare, last year, in the first quarter, the group reported consolidated...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Howden Re’s cyber risk report reveals 62% market share held by top 5 reinsurers

Howden Re, the reinsurance, capital markets, and strategic advisory division of Howden, has released Into the Cyberverse, an in-depth report examining the future of cyber risk transfer and outlining the necessary structural changes for creating a...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Northern Re total capitalisation reaches $175m with latest $100m investment

Northern Re, a reinsurance firm focused on long-tail casualty business, has announced it has successfully secured an additional $100 million in committed capital. This significant financial boost comes from a mix of both new and existing instituti...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

FERMA supports EU proposal for nat cat reinsurance scheme

FERMA has announced its support for a joint proposal by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) to establish a European public-private reinsurance scheme aimed at mitigating the impact...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Reinsurance sector critical amid $300bn loss risk, says Swiss Re

With the potential for ‘peak year’ insured losses to exceed $300 billion, the Swiss Re Institute has emphasised that the reinsurance sector, supported by $500 billion in capital, is crucial for absorbing large shocks. While losses from...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Reinsurers adopting a ‘slightly different strategy’ for mid-year renewals: Beazley CEO

The outlook for the key mid-year reinsurance renewals is distinct from what happened at the Japan-focused April renewal period, and from what specialist insurer Beazley is seeing so far, sellers are adopting a different strategy, according to Adri...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

SiriusPoint appoints Eleanor Gibson as International CUO

Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint has announced the appointment of Eleanor Gibson as International Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), effective May 6th, 2025. Based in London, Gibson will report to Rob Gibbs, President & CEO of Si...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

European insurers navigated tariff-driven sell-off with measured resilience: Autonomous

From April 2, 2025—“Liberation Day,” when the US announced sweeping tariffs on European imports—through to the market close on April 9, European insurance stocks declined by 11%, broadly in line with the wider equity market. The move reflected wid...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Beazley’s premiums reach $1.51bn in Q1’25 as growth momentum continues

Specialist insurer Beazley has reported that its insurance written premiums reached $1.51 billion in Q1 2025, representing a 2% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Breaking down the Q1 2025 total, the Property Risks division contributed...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

AdvantageGo acquired by Sapiens for £43m

Sapiens International Corporation, a provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AdvantageGo, a commercial re/insurance software provider, to enhance its global property and casualty (P&#...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

BHSI appoints two Customer & Broker Engagement leaders in the U.S.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the appointment of Gabe Poppie as Strategic Growth Broker Leader and Brian Cummins as Customer & Broker Engagement Leader for the U.S. Northern Central region. Travis Bethune, Custome...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

King Risk Partners gets growth investment from Lightyear Capital

Insurance brokerage King Risk Partners has received a growth investment from Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, The latest investment stands alongside existing shareholder BHMS Investments, LP (BHMS), which will roll a majori...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Renaissance Specialty Insurance appoints Jason Thrash as Senior Programme Underwriter

Renaissance Specialty Insurance (RSI), supported by Roosevelt Road Specialty, the MGU division of Roosevelt Road Capital Partners, announced that Jason Thrash has joined the company as a Senior Programme Underwriter. Thrash brings more than 18 yea...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Royal London secures £85m buy-in with The College of Law Pension Scheme

Royal London, a UK mutual life, pensions, and investment provider, has completed an £85 million buy-in with The College of Law Pension and Assurance Scheme as part of its Bulk Purchase Annuity (BPA) business. This transaction, completed in March 2...

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

US insurers surpass cost of capital despite elevated cat losses: AM Best

In 2024, despite the continued challenge of high catastrophe losses, US insurers in the property and casualty (P&C), life and annuity (L&A), and health sectors successfully exceeded their cost of capital, according to a recent report by cr...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

Phil Withey joins Hiscox London Market as CTO

Specialist global insurer Hiscox has announced the appointment of Phil Withey as Chief Technology Officer for Hiscox London Market. Based in London, Withey is to join the business in June, and will be reporting to Hiscox Group CIO Chris Loake and...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

RGA names My Chi To as EVP, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary

Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), a global life and health reinsurer, has announced the appointment of My Chi To as Executive Vice President (EVP), Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary, effective May 19th, 2025. To will succeed Bill Hutt...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

CyberCube partners with Galahad Risk Solutions to enhance cyber risk management

CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics, has partnered with specialist brokerage Galahad Risk Solutions to help small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and middle-market organisations better understand and manage their cyber risk exposure....

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

Aon appoints new leaders to boost reinsurance Client Services function

Aon has announced new appointments within Reinsurance Solutions’ Client Services function to strengthen its client advocacy services amid increasing economic uncertainty. The new appointments, Steve Clark, Ann Field, Matt Moore, and David Griffith...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

IDF to offer free modelling tools suit for climate & disaster risk analysis

The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) Risk Modelling Steering Group (RMSG) has launched a new IDF web page that houses a suite of free, open access risk modelling tools for climate and disaster risk analysis. IDF stated: “Designed to advance clima...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

Level of rate established in reinsurance market isn’t going to trend down: RenRe CEO

Kevin O’Donnell, President and CEO of RenaissanceRe, stated that the current level of rate established in the reinsurance market is not going to trend down, affirming that there is no indication that the market is returning to pre-23 levels....

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

Nick Tye retires as CEO of Carbon Underwriting

Carbon Underwriting Limited, a specialist independent managing general underwriter and Lloyd’s syndicate, has announced the retirement of Co-Founder and CEO Nicholas (Nick) Tye due to health reasons. After being diagnosed with progressive multiple...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

Hong Kong re/insurance market sees gross premiums increase to $637.8bn in 2024

The Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA) has released provisional insurance and reinsurance market statistics for 2024, reporting a total of $637.8 billion in gross premiums for the year, a notable increase compared to the $549.7 billion reported fo...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

Hughes joins Rokstone as Head of Specialty Reinsurance

Rokstone, a global specialty re/insurance managing general agent (MGA) and part of the Aventum Group, has announced the appointment of Eddie Hughes as its new Head of Specialty Reinsurance. Leveraging his two decades of industry experience, Hughes...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025

VDE Americas & kWh Analytics partner to increase hail resiliency for solar assets

VDE Americas, a provider of technical advisory and risk mitigation for the solar power industry, has partnered with climate insurance provider kWh Analytics to launch a new assessment form that evaluates solar site hail vulnerability and protectiv...

Posted: Apr 28, 2025