Reinsurance News
Brazilian reinsurance company Austral Re has announced its financial results for the first half of 2024, reporting a net profit of R$ 27.7 million (USD 5m) and a 13% increase in gross reinsurance premiums (GRP) compared to the same period in the y...
Posted: Aug 20, 2024
According to initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ), the flash flooding in Toronto and other parts of southern Ontario between July 15-16, 2024, is estimated to have caused over $940 million in insured damage. A...
Posted: Aug 20, 2024
A majority of the growth seen in reinsurance demand for health products in emerging markets has been generated in Asia, heavily owed towards fast premium expansion of fixed-benefit products such as critical illness and personal accident, according...
Posted: Aug 20, 2024
Freddie Mac’s Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) Program has successfully closed its 100th Agency Credit Insurance Structure (ACIS) transaction. This ACIS 2024-SPH2 transaction executed in Q3 transfers risk on an initial reference pool of fu...
Posted: Aug 20, 2024
Galway Holdings, a diversified broker and insurance distribution platform, has appointed Frank Mammaro as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), based in Jersey City. The appointment follows the reshuffling of the leadership team in February 2024, as Jenn...
Posted: Aug 20, 2024
Improving lifestyle and metabolic health has significant potential to reduce cancer-related claims in Life & Health (L&H) insurance within a few years, according to Tobias Schiergens and John Schoonbee of Swiss Re. Schiergens, the Senior G...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Property & casualty insurer Skyward Specialty has announced that it is launching an aviation program in partnership with Acceleration Aviation Underwriters. According to the announcement, the partnership between the two firms introduces a prog...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Global re/insurance broker Aon has unveiled its Directors and Officers (D&O) Risk Analyzer, a new digital offering designed to enable risk managers and brokers to better assess executive risks and tailor more impactful insurance programs. Part...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a public-private partnership led by the re/insurance industry and supported by the UN, has welcomed Andreas Berger, Group CEO of Swiss Re, as the newest member of its Steering Committee. Swiss Re has been at...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Diverging trends continue for Life and P&C insurance so far, with the former seeing earnings exceeding expectations while the latter experiences growth that underperformed expectations, according to Morgan Stanley. In a recent update regarding...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
SiriusPoint, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Xander Butcher as Senior Underwriter, Energy Liabilities for its London Energy team. John Hopper, Head of Energy at SiriusPoint, expressed enthusiasm about But...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Australian insurer Suncorp recorded AUD 135 million of reinsurance recoveries for the financial year ended June 30th, 2024, as the total cost of natural hazard events in the period came in below the Group’s allowance. Announcing its financia...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Australian insurance broker AUB Group has entered into an equity partnership with Movo Group, a UK insurance broking business. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. AUB has agreed to acquire an 80% equity stake in Movo, including: Aut...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), has posted a net profit of QAR 360 million ($98.9 million) for the first half of 2024, representing an 11% increase from QAR 325 million ($89.2 million) from the prior year period. At the same time, the organisation&...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
French reinsurer SCOR plans to centralise its operations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by merging its existing Life and Health (L&H) divisions—L&H Fast Growth Markets APAC and L&H Mature Markets APAC—into a single entity, SCOR L...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
According to a new AM Best report, the capacity level in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) segment continues to grow at a “modest” pace, aligning with market demand rather than exceeding it. As per the rating agency’s report,...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Helvetia, a Swiss insurance group, has named Bernhard Kaufmann as the Group’s Chief Risk Officer, who will also join the Group’s Executive Board at the beginning of November. In May 2024, Helvetia merged its Group Risk Management into...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
ICEYE, a provider of satellite-powered disaster management solutions, has launched four new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, further expanding its constellation to enhance data granularity and increase the frequency of analysis for its c...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Rokstone, the Aventum Group’s international re/insurance MGA, has announced a multi-year, multi-strategy capacity agreement with Accredited Insurance Program Management. As per Rokstone, the enhanced financial strength and expanded capabilities of...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Australian insurer Suncorp Group has revealed that net profit after tax for FY2024 was $1.197 billion, up from $1.071 billion in 2023, while cash earnings increased to $1.372 billion from $1.177 billion. Suncorp also recorded a higher net investme...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Zurich Singapore has appointed Nixon Ooi as Head of Accident and Health, reporting to Alexandra Cowley, Chief Underwriting Officer, Singapore. Ooi’s remit in this role will include leading underwriting, portfolio management and proposition d...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the specialist parametric underwriter and operator of the only dedicated parametric syndicate at Lloyd’s, has bolstered its leadership team with two key appointments, with Daniel Turgel joining the firm as Chief...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Venture capital firm RB Ventures has launched in Dubai established by Rohit Boda, Managing Director at India-headquartered re/insurance broker J.B. Boda Group. RB Ventures will facilitate venture capital investments into re/insurance, insurtechs a...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
In the face of the escalating threat of climate change, a recent survey by Previsico, a company specialising in real-time flood forecasting and water management, reveals that 54% of organisations in both the public and private sectors do not have...
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
Collaborative underwriting carrier Emerald Bay Risk Solutions is set to expand its tailored insurance solutions with the acquisition of P&C insurer Mainsail Insurance Company in a private transaction. Mainsail, previously a 100% reinsured subs...
Posted: Aug 16, 2024