Reinsurance News

Amwins Program Underwriters launches coverage for home health care workers

Amwins Program Underwriters (APU), part of the Amwins Underwriting division, has launched its new Home Health Care HNOA program designed to provide hired and non-owned auto liability coverage for home health care operations. With more seniors opti...

Posted: Mar 28, 2024

National Association of Insurance Commissioners appoint Gary Anderson as CEO

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has appointed Gary D. Anderson as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective May 1st, 2024, after completing his service as the Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner. NAIC is a 153-ye...

Posted: Mar 28, 2024

Neil Cole promoted to Global CUO, Marine at AXA XL

AXA XL, the property & casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of global insurer AXA, has announced that it has promoted Neil Cole to the role of Global Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Marine, effective April 1, 2024. In the role, he...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Oxbridge Re reports $9.9m net loss in fiscal year results

Oxbridge Re Holdings has reported a net loss of $9.9 million for fiscal year 2023, compared to net loss of $1.8 million in the prior year. For the year ended December 31, 2023, Oxbridge Re’s net premiums earned increased to $1,255,000 from $...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Baltimore bridge may be largest example of port blockage seen by insurers in years: Horn, McGill and...

Exactly how long the Port of Baltimore is closed to ships after yesterday’s collision and the subsequent collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is unclear, but according to Julien Horn, Partner – Ports & Terminals and Logistics a...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Bishop Street in joint venture with Topsail Re to advance differentiated MGA platform

Bishop Street, a RedBird Capital Partners portfolio company, has announced a joint venture with Topsail Re, a privately held reinsurer, to support growth of its differentiated Managing General Agents (MGA) platform. Through this partnership, Topsa...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

SageSure and SURE close $250m catastrophe bond

SageSure, a managing general underwriter focused on catastrophe-exposed markets, and SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (SURE) have announced the close of the Gateway Re 2024-1 catastrophe bond at $250 million. According to SageSure, this...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Corvus streamlines cyber renewals with latest update

Corvus Insurance, a cyber speciality insurer, has improved its policy renewal process by introducing an application-free, click-and-bind option for eligible accounts. This update will significantly reduce brokers’ time spent on cyber renewal...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Europe’s big four reinsurers doubled combined earnings in 2023, says Moody’s

Analysts at Moody’s Investors Service report that the four largest European reinsurers—Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re, and SCOR — achieved a combined earning of €10.2 billion in 2023, more than double their earnings in 2022, attributed to higher...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Louisiana Commissioner urges modernisation to avert insurance crisis worsening

According to the Louisiana Department of Insurance Commissioner, Tim Temple, the state must modernise its regulatory framework and fix its broken legal environment to prevent its ongoing insurance crisis from getting worse. Temple observed in a re...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

SCOR to use DGTAL’s AI-powered platform DRILLER for disability claims assessment

The German operations of global reinsurer SCOR has partnered with DGTAL, to launch a pilot using the DRILLER platform and its claims assessment function for the assessment of disability claims starting in April 2024. An AI-powered portfolio tool,...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Coalition adds new Affirmative AI Endorsement to cyber insurance policies

Active cyber insurance provider Coalition has added a new Affirmative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Endorsement to clarify what is covered by the company’s US Surplus and Canada Cyber Insurance policies. According to the announcement, the end...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Global non-life run-off reserves exceed $1 trillion for first time: PwC UK

As per research conducted by PwC UK, global non-life run-off reserves are estimated to have reached $1.014 trillion, marking a $53 billion increase since its last survey published in September of 2022. Respondents to PwC UK’s recent survey of non-...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Verisk SBS appoints Taha Ahmed as Director of Pricing Solutions

Verisk Speciality Business Solutions (Verisk SBS), a re/insurance software specialist, has recently announced the appointment of Taha Ahmed to the senior position of Director of Pricing Solutions. In this newly established position, Ahmed will ove...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Brit reports improved combined ratio of 76.2% for 2023

Brit Ltd., a global speciality re/insurer and subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, has reported a combined ratio for the full year 2023 for continuing business after discounting of 76.2%, a solid improvement on 2022’s 88.5%, as the in...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

WTW partners with University of Geneva to assess global volcanic risks

WTW, a global re/insurance broker, has recently partnered with the University of Geneva to assess global systemic risks arising from large volcanic eruptions. This collaboration aims to assist WTW and its clients in anticipating the potential impa...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Reinsurers to bear the bulk of insured cost of Baltimore bridge collapse, says AM Best

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge near the Port of Baltimore, Maryland yesterday is expected to drive billions of dollars in insured losses, with reinsurers set to bear the bulk of the claim amid concerns it could become the largest eve...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Howden raises concerns over reserve deterioration

Howden, a global re/insurance broker, has outlined concerns regarding reserves stemming from unexpected rises in claims costs and higher inflation. Wolfram Schultz, Head of Casualty for Continental Europe at Howden Tiger, shares his insights on re...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Relm hires Chris Sinkey as Chief Operating Officer

Specialty insurance carrier Relm Insurance has hired Chris Sinkey as Chief Operating Officer, a newly created role. Sinkey reportedly holds 20 years of experience in strategy, product, corporate development, marketing, and business development acr...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

HM Treasury backs Pool Re’s formal proposal to transform

Pool Re, a British government-backed terrorism reinsurer, has announced that its members and HM Treasury have backed the formal proposals from its Board to transform the current Pool Re scheme after more than two years of engagement and consultati...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Hippo’s First Connect Insurance hits 100-carrier milestone

Home insurance firm Hippo’s First Connect Insurance Services, a digital platform for independent agents to provide access to top carriers, has strategically partnered with Hiscox USA, and subsequently hit the 100-carrier and MGA milestone. H...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Berkshire (BHSI) promotes Peeters to Head of Customer & Broker Engagement in Germany

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the property & casualty insurer, has promoted Daniela Peeters to Head of Customer & Broker Engagement in Germany. Peeters, who joined the organisation in 2023, previously served as Customer &#...

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Public-private partnerships play a key role in climate adaptation: Swiss Re’s Menzinger

Climate mitigation and adaptation is essential to continue reducing emissions to counter hazard intensification, and public-private partnerships play a key role in funding and enabling this, according to Ivo Menzinger, Head EMEA, Public Sector Sol...

Posted: Mar 26, 2024

PIC completes £510m buy-in of Next Group pension plan

Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension funds, has completed a full scheme buy-in with the Trustee of the 2013 Next Group Pension Plan for £510 million. The bulk annuity transaction represents the s...

Posted: Mar 26, 2024

Incline gets new E&S insurer rated by AM Best

Global credit rating agency AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” (Excellent) to Incline’s new Excess and Surplus (E&S) insurer, Incline Amer...

Posted: Mar 26, 2024