Reinsurance News

Energy sector MGA Volt Underwriting launches

London-domiciled, Lloyd’s Approved Coverholder, energy sector managing general agent (MGA) Volt Underwriting launches today to support clients active in the energy transition sector, with initial capacity of $25 million for US and international on...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Hippo expands home builder access to New Homes Program in California, Florida & Texas

Home insurance firm Hippo has announced it will expand home builder access to its New Homes Program in California, Florida, and Texas by the end of the year. Hippo’s New Homes Program expects to provide access to insurance for almost 50,000...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Arc Legal Group names Lee Taylor as new Chief Executive Officer

Arc Legal Group, a member of the AmTrust Financial Group and a prominent provider of ancillary products and services in the UK, has announced the immediate appointment of Lee Taylor as Chief Executive Officer, pending regulatory approval. With two...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Broadstone appoints Rahul Choudhary as Director of Regulatory Analytics

Broadstone, an independent financial services consultancy, has announced the appointment of Rahul Choudhary as Director of Regulatory Analytics in its Insurance, Regulatory & Risk division. In this role, Choudhary will help expand the division...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

US commercial insurance reports composite rate increase of 3.8% in Q3’24: MarketScout

The US commercial insurance sector saw a composite rate increase of 3.8% in Q3 2024, with property insurance up 5.7% and commercial auto and transportation risks experiencing the highest rise at 7.3%. MarketScout notes that although insurers expec...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Duck Creek Technologies acquires Risk Control Technologies

Duck Creek Technologies, a provider of SaaS core systems for the P&C insurance industry, has acquired Risk Control Technologies, Inc. (RCT), a Toronto-based provider of risk management and loss control solutions. According to the announcement,...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Konrad Baumann joins SRS Switzerland as GM for SRS Europe

Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), an independent provider of insurance, reinsurance and captive management and consulting services, has announced that Konrad Baumann has joined SRS Switzerland as a General Manager of SRS Europe. He joins the organis...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Triple-I & Milliman reveals US P&C H1’24 are underwriting results better than expected

According to the latest forecasting report by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and collaborating partner, Milliman, the first-half economic and underwriting results for the US property and casualty (P&C) industry were better than...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Modernisation as the key to effective risk selection and pricing in underwriting: Altus Consulting

Altus Consulting, a specialist in Financial Services Management Consultancy, has released a whitepaper titled All Aboard for Modernisation: Next Stop Underwriting, which discusses the insurance industry’s imminent next phase of modernisation...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

CC Capital & Westaim partner on new integrated insurance and asset management platform

A new integrated insurance and asset management platform has been created through the strategic combination of investment company Westaim, global institutional asset manager Arena, and Ceres Life, a cloud-native, highly scalable annuity platform t...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Milton likely to have exhausted much of cat budgets for Q4, earnings downgrades possible, J.P. Morga...

J.P. Morgan’s equity analyst team have stated that hurricane Milton is likely to have exhausted much of catastrophe budgets for Q4’24 in general, with the remainder of the quarter yet to come. Ultimately, analysts noted that they see t...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Intelligent AI and BCIS launch AI-driven property rebuild cost platform

InsurTech Intelligent AI has partnered with the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) to launch a new AI-driven property rebuild cost platform. The Intelligent Rebuild Cost Platform (IRCP) was developed through Lloyd’s Lab in collaboratio...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

S&P highlights Florida’s $10.4 bn safety net amid Hurricane Milton aftermath

S&P Global Ratings, a provider of credit ratings and financial analytics, is closely monitoring the situation surrounding Hurricane Milton. The organisation believes that Florida has effectively strengthened its reserves and liquidity in prepa...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Marsh names Thomas-Ferrand as Head of Captive Insurance, Charnley retires at year end

Marsh, the insurance broking and risk advisory subsidiary of Marsh McLennan, has appointed Will Thomas-Ferrand as International Practice Leader, Marsh Captive Solutions, a London-based role. He will assume the leadership of Marsh’s captive insuran...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Ageas in talks to acquire Saga’s underwriting unit and form UK broking partnership

International insurance group Ageas has confirmed that it has entered into exclusive negotiations to ink two major deals with Saga plc, a UK specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50. The proposed transaction would see bo...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

FM receives upgraded rating of AA- from S&P, post rebranding

Commercial property insurer, FM Global which recently rebranded as FM, has received an upgrade in its financial strength rating to ‘AA-’ from ‘A+,’ by S&P Global Ratings, reflecting its ‘very strong’ competitive profile, innovative risk engine...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

MIC Global to become Lloyd’s coverholder for Greenlight Re’s Syndicate 3456

MIC Global (MIC) intends to become a Lloyd’s coverholder of Greenlight Re’s Syndicate 3456 (S3456), subject to applicable approvals, a strategic move that marks a strengthening of the partnership between both companies. MIC is focused on embedding...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Ardonagh completes acquisition of PSC Insurance Group

The Ardonagh Group has confirmed it has completed the acquisition of PSC Insurance Group Limited. As per the insurance broking platform, the completion of this acquisition in the APAC region sees PSC’s operations in Australia and New Zealand now c...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

LSM’s Jane Warren appointed to the Lloyd’s Council

Lloyd’s of London, the specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has added Jane Warren of Liberty Corporate Capital Limited, to the Lloyds Council and announced her election as a Corporate External Member of the Council. According to...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Milton’s effect on global re/insurance ratings expected to be limited: Fitch

According to Fitch Ratings, Hurricane Milton is not likely to affect credit for its rated P&C insurers and global reinsurers given very strong capital levels, though Florida property insurance specialists are vulnerable to the extent the hurri...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Khilosia joins Africa Specialty Risks as Chief Distribution Officer

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a pan-African and Middle East focused re/insurance group, has announced the appointment of Amit Khilosia as Chief Distribution Officer, an UK-based role. In his new role, Khilosia will lead ASR’s distribution efforts...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Milton likely an earnings event as losses appear more modest than feared: Jefferies

With Hurricane Milton’s insured losses likely to be more modest than initially feared, the equity analyst team at Jefferies has suggested that it will probably be a large earnings event and is not expected to drive up property reinsurance ra...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

HDI partners with Flight Safety Foundation to strengthen pro-active risk management

To enhance the operational safety of its aviation clients, global insurance provider HDI has established a collaborative partnership with the Flight Safety Foundation’s Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) Program. As a BARS Member Organizati...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

As industry losses from Milton rise, more will flow to reinsurers: Moody’s

A new report from Moody’s has suggested that insured losses from Hurricane Milton will affect both primary insurers and the reinsurance sector, with the proportion of losses ceded to reinsurers increasing as losses increase. Milton made land...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Cybersecurity and regulation identified as top risks for the TMT sector: WTW

Cyber and data privacy have emerged as the top risks in the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) sectors, which are increasingly relying on innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) to drive growth, according to a recent report by WTW. The rep...

Posted: Oct 11, 2024