Reinsurance News
Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited, the Bermuda-domiciled re/insurer, has promoted Shane O’Donovan as Group Chief Actuary. In his new role, O’Donovan will continue to report to Jonny Strickle, Group Managing Director, who continues to oversee the...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Goosehead Insurance, Inc., an independent personal lines insurance agency, has reported total revenues of $105.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, representing a 12% increase compared to the same period a year earlier. Core revenue, a non-GAA...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
BMS, the independent insurance and reinsurance broker, has confirmed five appointments to its newly formed Accident & Health (A&H) division, based in London. The new team will work alongside BMS’s established A&H relationships, providi...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Life reinsurer Pacific life Re has strengthened its presence in the Dutch market with the completion of a €1.3 billion longevity swap reinsurance transaction with Aegon Levensverzekering N.V., part of the a.s.r. group. This agreement is Pacific Li...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Fuse International, Inc., a company specialising in data-driven solutions for the insurance sector, has launched Radar, an artificial intelligence-powered market intelligence platform aimed at enhancing decision-making for commercial and specialit...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Bermuda-based reinsurer Conduit Re recorded a 6.9% rise in gross premiums written (GPW) for the full year 2025, driven by the casualty segment with modest growth in property, as the firm’s undiscounted combined ratio rose by 4.4 percentage p...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Despite natural hazard costs rising sharply to AU$1.319 billion in H1 2026, from AU$503 million a year earlier, Suncorp said its underlying business “remains resilient”, and its capital position continues to be strong. “While Suncorp’s H126 report...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Global insurer QBE has appointed Jesús Prieto Santa-Cruz as the Europe Technical & Business Performance Manager. In his new role, Santa-Cruz will focus on strengthening the insurer’s portfolio management capability across Europe and work close...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Pinion Insurance, a newly formed specialty insurance carrier incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in London, has officially launched with a preferred equity commitment of up to $180 million from global asset manager, Barings. The new insurer...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Following the mutually agreed-upon expiration of their strategic partnership on December 31, 2025, Talanx AG, a major German-based multinational insurance and reinsurance group, has acquired the shares held by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company i...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Property insurance payouts in the UK reached £6.1 billion in 2025, the highest annual total on record, according to recent data by the the Association of British Insurers (ABI), with total claims increasing by £400 million, or 7% year-on-year. Pay...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc, (MUFG EMEA) has appointed Caroline Oehm as Managing Director (MD), Head of Insurance Coverage, Financial Institutions in EMEA. The move aligns with the firm’s commitment to expand its global coverage of t...
Posted: Feb 18, 2026
Global reinsurance broker Howden Re is boosting its catastrophe analytics presence in Asia with two key senior hires: Renuka Janwalker has been appointed as Head of Catastrophe Analytics, Asia, and Ramdeo Gupta joins as Senior Catastrophe Analyst,...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
The Ardonagh Group, a global independent insurance broker, has acquired a majority stake in Risk Management Insurance Brokerage Limited (RMIB), a Hong Kong-based specialist insurance brokerage. The move aligns with the group’s long-term plan...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Artificial Labs (Artificial), a provider of digital broking and underwriting technology for specialty and commercial insurers, has launched AgLabs, a new division dedicated to research and product innovation. AgLabs will concentrate on the future...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A new report from Fitch Ratings has suggested that M&A activity among European insurers is likely to accelerate in 2026, as softer pricing and stable interest rates constrain organic growth and limit margin expansion. The rating agency said ac...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
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
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 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 & 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
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, 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
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 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, 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