Reinsurance News

Harrison appointed White Mountains EVP, Caffrey named President

White Mountains Insurance Group, has appointed Giles Harrison as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, and named Liam Caffrey President of White Mountains. Harrison, who will take over his new role on June 10, 2024, is joining White...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Alliant expands into California through Vinsa Insurance Associates acquisition

Alliant Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has expanded its presence in California through the recent acquisition of Vinsa Insurance Associates within its Alliant Public Entity division. Vinsa is an independent propert...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Tractable AI’s Aleksander Surowiak joins Previsico as Head of Sales

Live flood forecasting Insurtech Previsico has hired Tractable AI’s Aleksander Surowiak as Head of Sales to bolster Previsico’s growth and nurture pivotal partnerships across the insurance industry. Surowiak brings a vast degree of startup s...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

IDF aims to enhance infrastructure investment for climate resilience

The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) has announced its intention to facilitate investments in robust infrastructure within the insurance sector to enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities in emerging economies against climate change and n...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Newline Europe starts cyber business led by Johannes Beckers

Newline Europe, a subsidiary of Newline Insurance Company Limited, has announced the appointment of Johannes Beckers as Head of Cyber for the Europe-wide expansion of its cyber insurance business. In his new role, based in Cologne, Beckers has bee...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Howden’s Sarah Hughes added to Board of London Market Group

The London Market Group has announced that Sarah Hughes, CEO of Howden Specialty, has been added to its board as a representative of London & International Insurance Brokers Association (LIIBA). An experienced veteran across the sector, Hughes...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Aon partners with ReliaQuest on cyber risk management

Aon, the global insurance and reinsurance brokerage, has partnered with ReliaQuest to help organizations rapidly mature their security programs globally. This collaboration “represents a unique approach to helping companies assess and mitiga...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Australia’s weekend storm declared a ‘Significant Event’ by ICA

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared the severe storm that hit the country at the beginning of April a ‘Significant Event’. Insurers have received 11,527 claims to date from the storms that caused heavy rainfall, damaging winds an...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Arch Insurance International names Sebastian Terry Head of A&H

Arch Insurance International has promoted Sebastian Terry to Head of Accident & Health (A&H) and Georgina Raeburn to Senior A&H Underwriter, both effective immediately. Terry holds around 20 years of A&H underwriting experience, ha...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Miller appoints Nick Rnjak to build global power offering

Miller, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance brokerage, has appointed Nick Rnjak as the Client Advocate for its Onshore energy team, based in London. Rnjak will report to Martin Henderson, Head of Energy & Construction. His rem...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Qubit completes Pre-Series A fundraising to bolster growth and research

Qubit Underwriting, a Managing General Agent (MGA) recently launched in Hong Kong specialising in digital asset insurance, has successfully completed its Pre-Series A fundraising. The raised funds will help to fuel Qubit’s expansion efforts to rea...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Reinsurance sector delivers robust total RoE in Q1’24: ACORD

The reinsurance sector exhibited strong overall performance in Q1, achieving an impressive +42% total return on equity, as highlighted in ACORD’s initial Global Insurance Stock Index Update for 2024. ACORD, the standards-setting body for the...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Energy sector to benefit from Yard Insurance’s new reinsurance risk solutions

South Africa-based Yard Insurance has launched its new reinsurance risk solutions for the energy sector. The company assists the energy sector to mitigate their unique risks against potential catastrophic losses like weather, rehabilitation and ot...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Lemonade launches Homeowners insurance in France

Expanding on its existing partnership with BNP Paribas Cardif, digital insurance company Lemonade has launched Homeowners insurance in France. Lemonade noted that with its European business making significant strides in 2023, the launch of Homeown...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Upfort names former At-Bay & Hiscox exec Brett Sadoff as Advisor

Upfort, a cutting-edge cyber security and insurance platform, has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of cyber security and insurance expert Brett Sadoff to its advisory board. In this role, Sadoff is responsible for helping to steer...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Boost Insurance partners with Amwins Program Underwriters on LPL programs

Boost Insurance, the insurance infrastructure platform, has partnered with Amwins Program Underwriters, part of Amwins Underwriting Division, to launch an enhanced, technology-enabled version of Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) programs along...

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

Re/insurers key in helping accelerate deployment of climate tech: The Geneva Association

Re/insurers are essential to rolling out the climate technology needed for industries to decarbonise, according to a recent report by The Geneva Association, the global association of insurance companies. In a race to meet global climate targets,...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

Summit secures $3.5m investment to revolutionise commercial brokerage sector

Summit has recently secured $3.5 million in seed funding, marking a significant step towards its long-term objective of building the commercial insurance brokerage of the future. This investment was led by IA Capital Group, with additional funding...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

Reinsurers deploying more capital to grow in hard market following record 2023: Berenberg

As per a new Berenberg report, reinsurers and alternative capital providers have become increasingly confident in deploying more capital to grow in the hard market following a record year in 2023. According to Berenberg, this dynamic is currently...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

WTW adds Mary J. Bahna-Nolan to its Life Insurance Consulting & Technology team

WTW, the global re/insurance broker has announced that Mary J. Bahna-Nolan has joined the firm as a Senior Director on the North American Insurance Consulting & Technology (ICT) team, where she will be based in Chicago. In the role, she will r...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

Ardonagh Advisory expands into northwest England through SIB Insurance acquisition

Ardonagh Advisory has expanded its presence in the northwest of England with the recent acquisition of Southport Insurance Brokers Limited (SIB Insurance), an independent commercial broker. Founded in 1965, SIB Insurance is a well-established regi...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

GeoVera combines insurance carriers with SafePort, sells MGA to SageSure

GeoVera Insurance Holdings, Ltd. has announced its plans to sell its managing general agent business, GeoVera Advantage Insurance Services, Inc., to SageSure; once the deal closes, a new entity named GeoVera Nova Holdings, Inc. (GeoVera Nova) will...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

Latin Re appoints Diogo Costa as Head of Oil & Gas and Construction

Latin Re, the Brazilian independent reinsurance brokerage, has appointed Diogo Costa as the Head of Oil & Gas and Construction. This appointment aims to strengthen the broker’s market position in the Latin American market, consolidating its re...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

Q1’24 catastrophe bond issuance rises 30% year-on-year to record $4.23bn: Report

Catastrophe bond issuance in the first quarter of 2024 reached a huge $4.23 billion, which is a record for the opening quarter of the year, and comes in 30% above the Q1 2023 total and 37% above the 10-year average for the quarter, according to ou...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

Novidea raises additional $30m from HarbourVest Partners

Global insurtech Novidea has raised an additional $30 million from HarbourVest Partners, bringing its total Series C round to $80 million, joining existing investors Battery Ventures, Cross Creek, Israel Growth Partners (IGP), KT Squared, and JAL...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024