Reinsurance News

Mosaic Insurance launches enhanced blended IMI and cyber coverage for NA and Bermuda

Mosaic Insurance, a specialty insurer focused on financial institutions and cyber risk, has expanded its investment management insurance (IMI) offering with a new modular format that provides up to $20 million capacity per risk. The move targets i...

Posted: Sep 17, 2025

DUAL Europe strengthens cyber business with new regional structure

DUAL Europe has announced a newly aligned regional structure for cyber, alongside a series of strategic leadership appointments, reinforcing its position in the cyber insurance market and strengthening support for brokers and clients across Europe...

Posted: Sep 17, 2025

WTW names Falcucci Director to its ICT business

Global advisory, broking and solutions company, WTW has announced the appointment of Piero Falcucci as Director to its Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) business. In his new role, Falcucci will focus on client development and delivery, lev...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

T&Cs, attachments to hold as major reinsurers call for clarity and collaboration: Aon reinsurer pane...

During Aon Reinsurance Solutions’ 2025 reinsurer panel, major firms said that terms and conditions (T&Cs) and attachment points have been holding, a trend expected to continue into 2026, while also stressing the importance of starting the rene...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

AmTrust expands E&S division and welcomes senior industry talent

AmTrust has announced the expansion of its Excess and Surplus (E&S) division, introducing new product lines in property, environmental, and builders risk, and welcomed senior industry talent. Through the expansion, AmTrust has consolidated its...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Verisk launches generative AI commercial underwriting assistant

Verisk, a strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, has launched its Commercial GenAI Underwriting Assistant, a new cloud-based solution designed to transform commercial property underwriting. The tool aims...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

The Fidelis Partnership’s Pine Walk launches Arenite Specialty

Pine Walk Capital Limited, the specialist managing general agent (MGA) platform and wholly owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), has launched a surety and credit risk insurance-focused MGA, Arenite Specialty. Arenite will initially wr...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Moody’s says a $100bn single cat could be an earnings event: Siddiqui & Eck

In an interview with Reinsurance News during the 2025 RVS in Monte Carlo, Salman Siddiqui, Associate Managing Director at Moody’s Ratings, and James Eck, Vice President–Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s Investors Service, explained that...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Walter Voigts-von Forster named CEO of Munich Re Africa Branch

Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the appointment of Walter Voigts-von Forster as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Munich Re Africa Branch, effective 1st February 2026. Voigts-von Forster will continue as Head of Non-Life for Munich Re Afri...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Miller announces parametric earthquake solution in partnership with SPG Canada & NormanMax

Independent specialist re/insurance broker, Miller has partnered with Specialty Program Group Canada (SPG Canada) and NormanMax Syndicate 3939, to launch a new parametric earthquake solution which aims to address the growing concerns about the acc...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

London Market premium income climbs 1.7% to £49.3bn in 2024: IUA

According to new data published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA), London Market companies earned a total premium income of £49.273 billion in 2024, up 1.7% compared to 2023. According to the IUA’s latest London Company Market St...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Zitzmann to lead Skyward Specialty’s Inland Marine and Transactional Property

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has hired Christopher Zitzmann as President of Inland Marine and Transactional Property. In the new role, Zitzmann will reportedly lead growth and innovation across Skyward Specialty’s inland marine and tran...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Further consolidation likely as climate risks and technology transform the market: Urs Baertschi, Sw...

Urs Baertschi, Chief Executive Officer of Property & Casualty Reinsurance at Swiss Re, emphasised that discipline and stability remain key for the reinsurance industry, with further consolidation likely as climate risks and technological shift...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Glyn Hughes joins Allianz Personal Broker as MD

Allianz UK has announced the appointment of Glyn Hughes as Managing Director of Allianz Personal Broker, effective February 2026. Subject to regulatory approval, Hughes will join the UK personal lines leadership team reporting to Serge Raffard, Ma...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Vantage secures A- rating from S&P

The core operating re/insurance entities of specialty carrier Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. have secured a financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ from S&P Global Ratings, with a stable outlook. The ratings agency has assigned its ‘A...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

SPG consolidates wholesale business to launch unified division

Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an operator of specialty insurance brokerage and underwriting facilities, has announced its plans to consolidate its wholesale businesses under a single division: SPG Wholesale. This move marks the company’s tran...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Swiss Re promotes Fatone to Head of Southern Europe P&C Reinsurance

Global reinsurer Swiss Re has appointed Hernan Fatone as Head of Southern Europe Property and Casualty (P&C) Reinsurance. In the role, he succeeds Santiago Arechaga, who has been promoted to President of Reinsurance for Latin America and the C...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

B.P. Marsh & Partners invests $12.5m to fuel XPT growth

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc, a specialist private equity investor, has announced a new investment to support the growth of its US-based investee company, XPT Group LLC (XPT). The company is supporting XPT via an investment in its new vehicle XPT...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Grange Insurance appoints Steve Marohn as Commercial Lines President

Ohio-domiciled insurer Grange Insurance Company has appointed Steve Marohn as the company’s Commercial Lines President. Marohn has over 35 years of commercial lines experience, most recently as President of the Specialty Property and Casualty divi...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

HDI Global Insurance names Himadri Trivedi as Business Transformation Lead

HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC), the US arm of international corporate and specialty insurer HDI Global, has appointed Himadri Trivedi to the newly created position of Business Transformation Lead. Trivedi will play a key role in aligning tech...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

US personal auto insurers maintain positive momentum into 2025: AM Best

US personal auto insurers continued to show progress in the first half of 2025, as the segment’s direct loss ratio declined for the second year in a row, according to a new AM Best report, with the results suggesting that the strong recovery seen...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Aoife Taylor named I–RE’s Broker Relationship Manager

I–RE, a specialist in captive insurance and reinsurance, has announced the appointment of Aoife Taylor as the group’s new Broker Relationship Manager. In her new role, Taylor will be responsible for broadening I–RE’s broker network and nurturing e...

Posted: Sep 16, 2025

Reinsurance industry needs sustainable margins & responsible structures: Aon reinsurer panel

The global insurance and reinsurance markets are “all in this together” and as discipline and innovation drive relevance in an increasingly uncertain world, it’s vital that the industry has sustainable margins and responsible str...

Posted: Sep 15, 2025

Allianz UK introduces generative AI tool BRIAN

Allianz UK, part of the financial services group Allianz SE, has introduced a generative AI tool, BRIAN, to help underwriters respond to customer enquiries, enhancing speed and confidence in decision-making processes. Allianz UK says its new tool...

Posted: Sep 15, 2025

AXA XL names Sophie Farhane as Global CUO, Cyber Direct & Indirect

AXA XL, the property, casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced the appointment of Sophie Farhane as Global Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Cyber, Direct and Indirect. In this role, Farhane will oversee AXA XL’s cyber insurance...

Posted: Sep 15, 2025