Reinsurance News

Sapiens launches new version of CoreSuite for P&C market

Sapiens International Corporation has unveiled Version 12.0 of its Sapiens CoreSuite for Property & Casualty (P&C) for the North American insurance market. As Reinsurance News understands, this new release will provide insurers with a mult...

Posted: Aug 29, 2024

CRC Group expands team with three new appointments

CRC Group, a North American wholesale specialty insurance distributor, has announced the addition of three new team members as part of its strategic expansion to better support retail agency clients nationwide. Rudie Heling has joined the CRC Grou...

Posted: Aug 29, 2024

Canada Life Re’s base earnings up 14% in H1’24

Canada Life Reinsurance, a provider of reinsurance solutions for life and health, has reported its results for the first half of 2024, showing a 14% increase in base earnings compared to the same period last year. Canada Life Re is a division of T...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Insured losses from Jasper, Canada wildfire exceeds $880m

The wildfire that struck the Municipality of Jasper and Jasper National Park this summer has resulted in insured losses exceeding $880 million, according to initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). The intense wi...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Reinsurers’ financial strength & diversification key to mitigating cat losses: Swiss Re

After reinsurers paid over $150 billion in global claims across property, casualty, and specialty lines in 2023, Swiss Re’s Urs Baertschi has emphasised the industry’s critical role as a shock absorber, a springboard for addressing the...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Credit ratings of Core Specialty subsidiaries upgraded by AM Best

As specialty insurer Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s product and geographical diversification continues to improve on the back of acquisitions and organic growth initiatives, AM Best has upgraded the credit ratings of its subsidiar...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

AXIS Capital names David White as new Head of Aviation

Global specialty underwriter and re/insurance provider, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (AXIS), has announced the appointment of David White as Head of Aviation, AXIS Global Markets, effective October 1, 2024. White will be taking over from Terry Wo...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Ageas Re generates €67m operating profit in H1’24, CoR sits at 93.1%

Ageas, the Brussels-headquartered multinational insurer, has reported a total net operating result of its reinsurance segment of €67 million in the first six months of 2024, up from the €66 million figure that was posted in the prior year period....

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

WTW promotes Bonnet and Hirsch to Co-Heads of Transactional Insurance

Global advisory, broking, and solutions firm WTW has appointed Simone Bonnet and Andrew Hirsch as Co-Heads of Transactional Insurance Solutions within Private Equity and Transactional Solutions, Corporate Risk and Broking North America (CRB NA). A...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Better motor and buildings insurance results support German non-life earnings: Fitch

Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlook for the German non-life insurance market to ‘improving’ from ‘neutral’ in June 2024, as the rating agency predicts better underlying profitability supported by strongly rising premium rates in motor and...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

AM Best assigns A- ratings to Mainsail with stable outlook

Global ratings agency AM Best has assigned Mainsail Insurance Company with a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent), with a stable outlook. Mainsail, a property and casualty insurer, of...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

FullCircl partners with Howden to enhance client experience

FullCircl, a software company that assists insurance brokers in accelerating growth and integrating compliance smoothly, has announced a multi-year agreement with Howden, an insurance intermediary group. This partnership aims to help Howden’...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Arch Capital adds Dan J. Houston and Neal Triplett to its Board of Directors

Bermuda-headquartered insurer and reinsurer Arch Capital Group Ltd. has added Daniel “Dan” J. Houston and Neal Triplett to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. John Pasquesi, Chair of the ACGL Board of Directors, commented, &...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Vienna Insurance Group’s GWP climbs 7.9% in H1’24

In their financial results for the first half of 2024, Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) has reported that its total volume gross written premiums (GWP) increased by 7.9% to reach €7,886.8 million. Particularly positive premium growth was reported in t...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Lloyds Bank names De Monte as MD, Head of Insurance & Group Subsidiaries

Lloyds Bank Corporate & Institutional Banking has appointed Christian De Monte as Managing Director, Head of Insurance and Group Subsidiaries. De Monte will join on September 2nd, and oversee two teams, one which supports the bank’s insurance...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Global reinsurers’ earnings to remain favourable through 2025, says Fitch

Global reinsurers are expected to maintain strong earnings through the rest of 2024 and into 2025, thanks to generally adequate pricing and disciplined underwriting, according to a recent Fitch Ratings report. In the first half of 2024, the 19 non...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Peak Re sees strong H1 profit as GWP swell to $847.9m

Hong Kong-based reinsurer Peak Re has released its H1 2024 results, reporting GWP of $847.9 million, up from $832.9 million in the same period of 2023. At the same time, Peak Re disclosed an H1 2024 profit of $124.2 million, while its investment r...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

IFRS 17 adds complexity to reinsurers’ financial reporting: AM Best

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17 is undergoing a significant accounting shift that necessitates changes in performance analysis within the reinsurance market, according to a recent AM Best report. Implemented at the end of...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Redline Underwriting reveals property facultative reinsurance solution for LatAm

Redline Underwriting has unveiled a new comprehensive property facultative reinsurance solution targeting Commercial and Industrial Property risks across Mexico, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean. Adriana Cisneros, who will lead the ne...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Kristopher Lynn joins Lockton Re as Senior Broker and Practice Leader for Agriculture

Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the independent insurance broker, has appointed Kristopher Lynn as a Senior Broker and Practice Leader for Agriculture, based in the Bermuda office. Lynn has nearly two decades of industry experience, most recent...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

WTW unveils Fintech & Digital Assets Taskforce to tackle complex digital ecosystem

WTW, the broker and risk advisor, has unveiled a Fintech and Digital Assets Taskforce, in a move that is set to provide clients with consultancy support for managing risks in the complex digital asset ecosystem. The broker has brought together the...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

FWD Group posts $223m operating profit in H1’24

FWD Group, an Asian insurance company, has announced its financial results for the first half of 2024, reporting an operating profit after tax of US$223 million, which reflects positive contributions from the company’s four geographic busine...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Goosehead & Root Insurance collaborate to simplify insurance sales for independent agents

Root, Inc., a technology firm specialising in insurance solutions and the parent company of Root Insurance Company, and Goosehead Insurance, Inc., an expanding independent personal lines insurance agency, have announced a new technology integratio...

Posted: Aug 28, 2024

Swiss Re reiterates financial targets amid challenging macroeconomic & geopolitical environment

Swiss Re has reiterated its 2024 financial targets, including Group net income of more than USD 3.6 billion, following the announcement of its H1 2024 results last week, which were strong despite reserve additions. The global reinsurer reported pr...

Posted: Aug 27, 2024

Life/Annuity reinsurers see growing competition amidst improving conditions, AM Best

While the combination of higher interest rates and more favourable mortality trends have led to improved conditions for life/annuity (L/A) reinsurers, it has also created more competition, with some backed by alternative investment managers or lar...

Posted: Aug 27, 2024