Reinsurance News

Talanx’s retail division sells its Argentinian and Uruguayan subsidiaries to BARBUSS

The Retail International division of European insurer Talanx Group has sold its Argentinian and Uruguayan entities to BARBUSS, a global holding company providing a range of insurance, claims management and financing solutions. Both entities are no...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

The Baldwin Group’s total revenue grows to $378.8m in Q2’25

The Baldwin Group, an independent insurance distribution firm, has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, reporting total revenue growth of 11% year-over-year despite a net loss of $5.1 million. The company’s total revenue...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Nexus Mutual responds to Arcadia Finance exploit, reinforcing commitment to onchain protection

Nexus Mutual, a decentralised risk protection platform that provides crypto-native cover, responded swiftly following a smart contract exploit on Arcadia Finance that occurred on July 15, which led to losses of approximately $3.6 million. The expl...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

American Financial reports net earnings of $174m in Q2’25

American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) reported net earnings of $174 million for the second quarter of 2025, down from $209 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Net earnings included after-tax non-core losses of $5 million, compared to $6 mil...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Large spread of price movements at the mid-year, Hiscox Re & ILS portfolio well rated: Group CUO

Joanne Musselle, Group Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of specialist insurer and reinsurer Hiscox, has explained that although the Hiscox Re & ILS business saw aggregate rates decline 6% in the first half of the year, the firm did see a &#822...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Guidewire introduces Niseko to enhance insurance financial and risk insights

Guidewire, a provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, has released Niseko, its latest update aimed at offering insurers improved visibility into financial performance and risk exposure. Niseko provides developers with tools desig...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Continental Re promotes Moadh Derbali to Head of Underwriting, Facultative

Pan-African reinsurer Continental Reinsurance has promoted Moadh Derbali to Head of Underwriting for its Facultative Business. According to the reinsurer, his “extensive experience in claims handling, field expertise as a loss adjuster, and...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Heritage posts higher net income in Q2’25 as CoR improves to 72.9%

Heritage Insurance has reported Q2 2025 net income of $48 million, up from $18.9 million in the prior year quarter, primarily driven by a reduction in losses and loss adjustment expenses and a reduction in other operating expenses, with an increas...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

WTW and Klarity partner to enhance life insurance pricing with wearable tech data

WTW, an advisory and broking firm, is working with UK-based health data analytics company Klarity to test whether wearable technology can improve how life insurers assess and price individual risk. Current life insurance underwriting methods typic...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

UIB International sells minority stake in UIB India

UIB International Ltd, the holding company for the UIB Group’s global investments, has announced the sale of its minority shareholding in UIB Insurance Brokers (India) Private Ltd (UIB India) to Edme Services Private Ltd, an affiliate of Samara Ca...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Corebridge reports 10% APTOI increase in Q2’25 despite net loss

Corebridge Financial, an American multinational financial services company, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025, reporting an adjusted pre-tax operating income (APTOI) of $942 million despite a net loss of $660 millio...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Optio completes acquisition of Luxembourg-based MGA Circles Group

Optio Group, a specialty managing general agent (MGA), has completed its acquisition of the Luxembourg-based MGA Circles Group (Circles). The transaction, initially announced in October 2024, reportedly marks Optio’s largest acquisition in Europe...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Lancashire sees insurance revenue hit $930.1m in H1’25

Lancashire has reported insurance revenue of $930.1 million for the first half of 2025, an increase of $76 million, or 8.9%, compared to the same period in 2024. Of that total, the reinsurance segment contributed $450.6 million, while the insuranc...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Howden Re secures full reinsurance license to operate from Dubai International Financial Centre

Howden Re, the global reinsurance broking arm of Howden Group, has received a full reinsurance license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with Julian Samengo-Turner a...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Insured losses in 2025 could exceed $150bn following costly H1: Swiss Re

The Swiss Re Institute has revealed that global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit $80 billion in H1 2025, which is almost double the 10-year average and more than half of the firm’s projected full-year figure of $150 billion. Acco...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Rothesay completes £900m buy-in with National Grid

Rothesay, a pensions insurance specialist, has completed a £900m buy-in with the National Grid UK Pension Scheme in July 2025, securing the benefits of 7,130 pensioners and their dependents. The transaction brings the total value of the Scheme’s d...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Nexus Underwriting adds SCOR’s Eamonn Long as CUO for Alternative Risk Transfer

Nexus Underwriting, a Brown & Brown group subsidiary, has appointed Eamonn Long as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for its Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) business. In his new role, Long supports and grows Nexus’s service in ART, translating...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Hiscox Re & ILS reports top-line growth but LA wildfires dent H1’25 underwriting result

Hiscox Re & ILS, which comprises the global insurer’s reinsurance businesses in London and Bermuda and insurance-linked securities (ILS) activity, posted a 7% rise in insurance contract written premium (ICWP) for the first half of 2025 t...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

PartnerRe reports net income of $493m for H1’25 despite non-life underwriting loss

Bermuda-based reinsurer PartnerRe has reported net income of $493 million for the first half of 2025, up on the prior year’s $362 million by 36% despite the non-life segment falling to an underwriting loss as a result of the January Californ...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

AM Best: US L/A insurers shift toward mortgages and alternatives as bond yields

According to a recent report from AM Best, a credit rating agency, the bond portfolio yield for the US life/annuity (L/A) insurance industry rose to its highest point in ten years in 2024, increasing by 22 basis points to 4.79%. However, AM Best n...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Tysers appoints Desmond Cheok as Associate Director, P&C in Singapore

Tysers, an independent Lloyd’s insurance broker and part of the Australian AUB Group, has announced the appointment of Desmond Cheok as Associate Director, Property & Casualty (P&C), in Singapore. In his new role, Cheok will report to Tim...

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

J.C. Flowers acquires Italian insurance brokerage Caleas

J.C. Flowers & Co. (JCF), a private investment firm dedicated to investing in the financial services industry, has announced that investment vehicles affiliated with JCF (JCF Funds) have acquired Caleas Srl, a Milan-based insurance brokerage....

Posted: Aug 06, 2025

Property cat ROEs ‘still very attractive’, rate declines not always across the board: Arch CEO

Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance company, Arch Capital Group Ltd., expanded its property catastrophe reinsurance writings, particularly in Florida, during the second quarter of 2025, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nicolas Papado...

Posted: Aug 05, 2025

Gallagher Re hires Lockton Re’s Apostolides as Head of Casualty, NA

Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Emily Apostolides as Head of Casualty, North America (NA). Apostolides has extensive experience in the Property and Casualty (P&C) treaty space, specialising in specialty...

Posted: Aug 05, 2025

Neptune Flood exceeds 250,000 policies in force

Neptune Flood, a private flood insurance provider in the US, has announced that it has surpassed 250,000 policies in force, reinforcing its position in the private flood insurance market and highlighting continued adoption of its approach to flood...

Posted: Aug 05, 2025