Reinsurance News

96% of underwriters & actuaries say pricing tech needs improvement: hyperexponential

hyperexponential, a pricing platform for global re/insurers, has observed that while new technology has opened up significant opportunities, issues with the broader ecosystem and outdated systems are hindering innovation and limiting insurers&#821...

Posted: Aug 13, 2024

The IUA appoints new staff members to its secretariat

The International Underwriting Association (IUA) has announced the appointment of two new staff members to its secretariat supporting companies in the London re/insurance market, May El Mantawy and Faye Hepburn. El Mantawy and Hepburn have both st...

Posted: Aug 13, 2024

Insurity Survey reveals 56% of consumers facing higher premiums due to severe weather

Insurity, a provider of cloud software for insurance carriers, brokers, and MGAs, has released insights from its 2024 Severe Weather P&C Consumer Pulse survey. This survey highlights consumers’ concerns about their property and casualty...

Posted: Aug 13, 2024

Allianz and Fortegra to serve as reinsurance providers for Jetty

Global insurers Allianz and Fortegra have strategically partnered with Jetty, the fintech company, to provide reinsurance for all new policies written under its core products Jetty Deposit and Jetty Renters Insurance. Jetty, the US domiciled finte...

Posted: Aug 13, 2024

Coface sees €142.3mn net income in H1’24, welcomes Rathman to Board

Credit insurer Coface has reported its first half of 2024 results with an improved combined ratio of reinsurance and a net income of €142.3 million, up 10% compared to the same period the year prior. For H1 2024 the insurer also recorded a consoli...

Posted: Aug 13, 2024

Kairos partners with CHAZ to enhance Parametric and Trade Credit Insurance

Kairos Risk Solutions, a Singapore-based boutique insurance solutions consultancy, has signed an agreement with Thailand’s CHAZ Insurance Brokers to offer expertise in Parametric and Trade Credit Insurance. Kairos will assist CHAZ with marketing a...

Posted: Aug 13, 2024

UK riot losses to be manageable for British insurers, says Morningstar DBRS

Analysts at Morningstar DBRS predict that the total insured losses from the recent UK riots will be manageable for British insurers, estimating that they will remain below £250 million. The impact on the insurance industry is expected to be limite...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Brown & Brown adds insurance veteran Stephen P. Hearn to board of directors

Insurance brokerage firm, Brown & Brown has announced the appointment of Stephen P. Hearn to its board of directors. H. Palmer Proctor, Jr., Brown & Brown’s lead independent director and chair of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committ...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Hiscox launches Google Cloud-backed GenAI underwriting model

Global specialist insurer Hiscox has gone live with its Google Cloud-backed generative artificial intelligence (AI) underwriting model for sabotage and terrorism insurance quotes. Considered the London insurance market’s first underwriting model o...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

ARC returns to profit in 2023 as product expansion continues

African Risk Capacity (ARC) Ltd., the parametric insurer and financial affiliate of the ARC Group, has released its 2023 annual report, revealing a net profit of $13 million, a significant recovery from a $29 million loss over the past two years....

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Aventum confirms development of AI underwriting assistant

Aventum, an international insurance and reinsurance group, is investing in the development of an innovative AI Underwriting Assistant, following its inaugural Bear Cave Innovation Challenge. Every member of staff across Aventum was encouraged to p...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

The Mutual Group names Patrick Markowski SVP and COO

TMG Insurance Services, LLC (The Mutual Group), an integrated insurance operations platform serving the mutual industry, has announced the appointment of Patrick Markowski as senior vice president and chief operating officer. AS COO, Markowski wil...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Florida’s Yaworsky affirms strengthening property market as Progressive commits

As Florida’s property insurance market improves on the back of reforms, Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky has revealed that Progressive is committed to investing in the state, just days after Hurricane Debby’s landfall in the Big Bend...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

AM Best issues FSR and credit ratings for Martello Re

AM Best, a credit rating agency, has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Martello Re Limited, an insurance and reinsurance company based in Hamilton, Bermuda, the outlo...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

VINARE reports 8.2% y-o-y revenue increase in H1’24

Vietnam National Reinsurance Corporation (VINARE) has announced its financial results for the first half of 2024, reporting a total revenue of VND1,696 trillion, around $68 million dollars, an 8.2% increase year-on-year and attaining 58.1% of the...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Howden acquires Help Me Compare Group (ActiveQuote)

Howden, a global insurance intermediary group, has acquired UK health and life insurance broker, Help Me Compare Group Limited (ActiveQuote) and its subsidiaries (HMCGL), in a move that is set to bolster Howden’s position across the health i...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Retentions still holding, current P&C market sentiment to persist: Althoff, Hannover Re

Sven Althoff, Member of the Executive Board for P&C at Hannover Re, said today that the global reinsurer is not expecting a change in P&C market sentiment despite another active period for catastrophe losses, notably from secondary perils....

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Rokstone strengthens leadership with key appointments

Rokstone, a speciality re/insurance MGA and part of Aventum Group, has announced the appointments of Stuart Lee as Chief Actuary and Martin Thomas as Head of Underwriting Management. These appointments are expected to enhance decision-making and o...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Maiden Holdings posts $9.8m underwriting loss in Q2 2024

Maiden Holdings has reported a $10.0 million net loss for the second quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss of $2.9 million from the second quarter of 2023. At the same time, the firm posted an underwriting loss of $9.8 million for Q2’24, c...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

QBE appoints Ed Rainsford as Chief Risk Officer, Australia Pacific

Global insurer QBE has announced the appointment of Ed Rainsford as Chief Risk Officer for Australia Pacific. Rainsford has been with QBE Insurance for a decade, holding various senior roles. He joins the QBE Australia Pacific business from the QB...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Aon report reveals cyber insurance shortage as AI risks intensify for EMEA companies

Aon, a global professional services firm, has released its 2024 Intangible versus Tangible Risks Comparison Report, underscoring the need for businesses across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) to reassess their cyber insurance and intell...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Brona Magee to succeed Klaus Miller on the Executive Board of Hannover Re

Global reinsurer Hannover Re’s Supervisory Board has appointed Brona Magee as a member of the Executive Board, effective January 1st, 2025. Magee succeeds Klaus Miller on the Executive Board, who will remain with the firm in an advisory role. Sinc...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Canopius’ net insurance revenue climbs 24% to $980m in H1

Specialty and P&C re/insurer Canopius Group has revealed that its net insurance revenue for H1 2024 was $980 million, up 24% from the same period of 2023, while its net combined ratio (discounted) improved to 85.4%. Meanwhile, the firm’s...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Gareth Henty named Head of Pensions, PwC

PwC has announced the appointment of Gareth Henty as the new Head of Pensions and named Mark Jennings as head of the pensions employer covenant and restructuring team. This move comes as PwC’s pensions practice has been through a period of growth...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024

Hannover Re sees P&C reinsurance CoR strengthen as underwriting result improves

Large reinsurer Hannover Re has reported a 21% rise in Group net income to €1.2 billion for the first half of 2024, with an 8.8% increase in property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance revenue as large loss costs came within budget at €566 million...

Posted: Aug 12, 2024