Reinsurance News

Insuritas adds Disaster Insurance to its platform with Recoop partnership

Insuritas, an US embedded insurance provider for financial institutions, has partnered with Recoop Disaster Insurance to add Disaster Insurance into its platform. Through this strategic partnership, Recoop’s multi-peril disaster insurance pr...

Posted: Oct 29, 2024

Markel hires MarketScout’s Furmanek as Senior Underwriter, Fine Art, NA

Markel, the insurance division of Markel Group, has appointed Dena Furmanek as Senior Underwriter – Fine Art, North America, with immediate effect. Based in the Chicago area, Furmanek will report to Kyle McGrath, Head of US Fine Art. In her new ro...

Posted: Oct 29, 2024

French insurers’ ratings unaffected by France’s negative outlook revision, says Fitch

The recent negative outlook revision for France does not impact the ratings of French insurers, except for CNP Assurances SA, which has also had its outlook revised to negative, according to Fitch Ratings. CNP’s revised outlook aligns with a...

Posted: Oct 29, 2024

9M’24 insured natural catastrophe losses above average at $102bn: Aon

Global broking group Aon estimates insurance industry losses from natural catastrophe events in the first nine months of 2024 of at least $102 billion, with the impacts of hurricane Milton and additional events expected in the rest of the year poi...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Porch receives approval from TDI to set up an insurance reciprocal exchange, PIRE

Porch Group, a homeowners insurance and vertical software platform, has been approved by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to form and licence Porch Insurance Reciprocal Exchange (PIRE), a new homeowners insurance reciprocal exchange. PIRE&#...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Alex Dalton named MD of ViVet, strengthening leadership at Else Group

Else Group, a company specialising in insurance solutions, and ViVet, its UK-based Managing General Agent (MGA) and Lloyd’s Coverholder, are pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Dalton as Managing Director of ViVet. Through this appointment...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

54,000 NFIP flood insurance claims filed for Hurricane Helene: FEMA

So far, policyholders of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) have filed more than 54,000 claims following Hurricane Helene, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported. Helene was the sixth named storm of the 2024 Atla...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Tysers names Babita Rai as CEO, Singapore & William Furness-Smith as Head of Marine, APAC

Tysers, an independent Lloyd’s broker and member of the Australian AUB Group, has announced the appointments of Babita Rai as CEO for Singapore and William Furness-Smith as Head of Marine, APAC. As CEO of Tysers Singapore, Rai will focus on expand...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Broker Insights officially brings its commercial insurance placement analytics to the US

Scottish insurtech Broker Insights, whose platform helps brokers to better understand their business and connect with insurers, has announced its launch in the United States. Broker Insights’s platform, Vision, has been specifically tailored for t...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Liberty Mutual estimates combined Helene and Milton losses of up to $900m

The parent of the Liberty Mutual Insurance group of entities, Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc., has revealed that it expects losses related to hurricane Helene of approximately $550 million (pre-tax) in its third quarter results, and losses of...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Grayston to serve as Ascot’s Group Treasurer & CIO, Thompson to be Group Chief Accounting Officer

Ascot, the Bermuda-domiciled global specialty insurer, has announced the promotion of two senior leaders: Michael Grayston as Group Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer (CIO), and Sarah Thompson as Group Chief Accounting Officer. In his newly ex...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

ARPC reports strong operating result of $710m for FY 2023-24

The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC), a government-backed provider of reinsurance for terrorism-related risks, has released its 2023-24 Annual Report, posting an operating result of $710.1 million. During this time, ARPC received a t...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Ball to lead Aon’s space division as global practice leader, Poliseno to retire

Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the retirement of Jeff Polisenof following a distinguished 30-year career in aerospace broking and risk management. As Poliseno steps down, Jared Ball will take on additional respons...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Gallagher & Artex launch alternate risk management services in Abu Dhabi

Gallagher has further expanded its services with the launch of alternative risk management solutions in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Artex. This expanded suite of solutions available to clients leverages...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Gallagher & Artex launch alternative risk management services in Abu Dhabi

Gallagher has further expanded its services with the launch of alternative risk management solutions in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Artex. This expanded suite of solutions available to clients leverages...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

AXA XL & AXIS support landmark $1bn IDB securitisation

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced a new $1 billion securitisation transaction, Scaling4Impact, which includes a $100 million mezzanine tranche, of which a portion was sold to international investor Newmarket Capital, and the...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Price Forbes Bermuda promotes Carrie Kelley to CEO

Price Forbes Bermuda has announced the promotion of Carrie Kelley to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In her new role, Kelley will oversee all Price Forbes Bermuda operations and report directly to Chris Bonard, CEO of Ardonagh Specialty...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Strasser to take over Beutter’s duties on HDI’s Global Executive Board

With Ralph Beutter, the member of HDI’s Executive Board responsible for Specialty Lines, retiring on 31 May 2025, Dr Renate Strasser is set to join the company effective 1 April 2025, taking over his responsibilities. According to HDI, Beutt...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Everest Re promotes Shirine Dajjani as the International Reinsurance Operating Officer

Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Everest Group, Ltd., has promoted Shirine Dajjani to the role of International Reinsurance Operating Officer, based out of Zurich. In her new position, Dajjani will oversee the alignment of the firm...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

WTW secures insurance license in Saudi Arabia, appoints Bahafi Head of Broking

Global advisory, broking, and solutions company WTW has reportedly secured an insurance licence to act as an insurance broker in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, naming Talal Omar Bahafi as the new Head of Insurance Broking, WTW Saudi Arabia. Previous...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Prudential and RGA launch “first-in-market insurtech solutions” MedScreen+

Prudential has announced the Hong Kong launch of MedScreen+, a digital underwriting tool developed in collaboration with Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), a global life and health reinsurer. By utilising optical character recogniti...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Rare Earth unveils wholesale insurance broker in mainland China

Rare Earth Insurance Partners Shanghai (Rare Earth Shanghai), member of the +8 Partners ecosystem, has officially launched in mainland China as the first independent wholesale insurance broker in the territory.  The company, which is led by indust...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

TIH announces leadership transition as Dave Obenauer becomes CEO

TIH, a US insurance brokerage, announced that its President, Dave Obenauer, will step into the role as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2025, with current CEO John Howard transitioning to Vice Chair. Obenauer, who has been with TIH si...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Pen Underwriting revamps cyber proposition for large corporate clients

Pen Underwriting, a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has revamped its cyber proposition for large corporate clients, which includes re-entering primary coverage for this market, doubling its excess of loss (XOL) limit, and expanding it...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

Climate risk drives up property insurance prices, impacting commercial real estate: Report

Reinsurance costs, persistent inflation, regulations, and frequent weather-related claims are driving up property insurance prices, affecting commercial real estate returns, valuations, and transactions, according to a Urban Land Institute (ULI) a...

Posted: Oct 28, 2024