Reinsurance News

Bill Hazelton to lead Everest North America Insurance business as EVP

Bermuda-domiciled global re/insurer Everest Group, Ltd., has announced the appointment of veteran Bill Hazelton as Executive Vice President of Everest Insurance® & President of North America Insurance. Hazelton will be taking over the role fro...

Posted: Aug 07, 2024

Phinsys establishes presence in Middle East with new Dubai office

Phinsys, the finance automation software provider for the re/insurance industry, has opened a regional office in Dubai, marking its entry into the Middle East. The strategic expansion aims to tap into the market with an increasing number of insure...

Posted: Aug 07, 2024

Hiscox Re & ILS reports strong H1’24 growth as CoR strengthens to 73.8%

Hiscox Re & ILS, the Group’s reinsurance businesses in London and Bermuda and insurance-linked securities (ILS) activity, produced a strong and improved combined ratio of 73.8% for the first half of 2024, while net premiums written in th...

Posted: Aug 07, 2024

Arch Insurance acquires Allianz’s US MidCorp and Entertainment insurance businesses

Arch Insurance North America, part of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has announced its acquisition of Allianz’s U.S. MidCorp and Entertainment insurance businesses. This deal follows Arch Insurance obtaining regulatory approval on 25th July. Almost 500...

Posted: Aug 07, 2024

Bowhead Specialty sees $5.5mn net income in Q2 2024 with GWP increase

Bowhead Specialty, a provider of casualty and professional liability products, has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2024, reporting a net income of $5.5 million and a 50.4% increase in gross written premiums (GWP). The fir...

Posted: Aug 07, 2024

Ryan Specialty and MagMutual enter exclusive partnership for healthcare facility coverage

Ryan Specialty, an international specialty insurance company, has entered into a new exclusive partnership with MagMutual, the mutual insurer of physicians and hospitals in the US. This collaboration will be managed through Sapphire Blue, known fo...

Posted: Aug 07, 2024

Janover’s new insurtech platform hits profitability and boosts revenue by 60% in May

Janover Inc., a provider of AI-powered solutions for commercial real estate transactions, has recently shared an update on its insurtech subsidiary, Janover Insurance Group. Launched in March 2024, Janover Insurance achieved profitability by May 2...

Posted: Aug 07, 2024

Ivans Index shows increase in premium renewal rates in July

Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, has reported an increase in average premium renewal rate change across all major commercial lines of business, except for Workers’ Compensation, year over year in July. According to the Ivans Index, July...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Saudi Re’s insurance revenues rise 68% in H1’24

Saudi Re has reported a 68% rise in insurance revenues for the first half of 2024, climbing to SAR 482.69 million ($128.71 million) from the previous year’s SAR 286.62 million ($76.43 million). At the same time, the company also posted net p...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

ZestyAI launches AI model to tackle non-weather water claims

Climate and property risk analytics provider ZestyAI has launched Z-WATER, an AI-powered property-specific model designed to predict the frequency and severity of non-weather water and freeze claims. Non-weather water claims are a leading cause of...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Guy Carpenter appoints Lisa Tolaini as General Counsel

Lisa Tolaini has been appointed General Counsel of Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking division of Marsh McLennan (MMC). Based in London, Tolaini has been with Marsh McLennan for over 13 years, having most recently served as General Counsel, UK...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

AM Best maintains negative outlook for Brazil reinsurance market

AM Best is maintaining a Negative segment outlook for Brazil’s reinsurance market until favourable performance trends can be sustained. AM Best’s recent report identifies strict regulations on foreign assets as a major factor contributing to this...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Actuarial & reserving teams are doing more to combat the uncertain environment: Sealy, PwC Bermuda

The reserving cycle exists, and studies have shown that historically, final estimates tend to be underestimated in bad years and overestimated in good ones, but both actuarial and reserving teams are now doing more to mitigate significant uncertai...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Skyward Specialty reports rise in underwriting profit as CoR strengthens

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. has reported a rise of 17.6% in gross written premiums (GWP) and an improved underwriting result of $23.9 million for Q2 2024, compared to last year’s $15.5 million. The reported GWP is $496 million for Q2 2...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Howden Re expands cyber capabilities, adds Harriet Gruen as Head of Threat Intelligence

Howden Re, the reinsurance and risk advisory arm of Howden, has announced the expansion of its Cyber Reinsurance capabilities in threat intelligence and education with the appointment of Harriet Gruen as Head of Threat Intelligence, Education &#38...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

At-Bay names AIG’s Ken Riegler as President, At-Bay Insurance

Cyber insurance provider At-Bay has appointed Ken Riegler as President of At-Bay Insurance and to the Board of Directors of At-Bay Specialty Insurance Company, its Excess & Surplus (E&S) carrier. In this role, Riegler’s remit is focu...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

James River’s underwriting profit falls to $9.84m in Q2

James River Group Holdings has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2024, posting a net income of $11.9 million and a group combined ratio of 99.3%. These results compared to last years second quarter where the company posted a...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Tokio Marine’s international segment sees Q1 net premiums swell 18.5%

Tokio Marine’s international business saw total net premiums written in Q1 of 2024 reach JPY 813.6 billion ($5.62 billion), driven by strong rate increases and new businesses in North America alongside the steady implementation of growth mea...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Markel boosts International Casualty team with Hannaford and Murray appointments

Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group, has announced the addition of Robert Hannaford and James Murray to its International Casualty team, effective immediately. Hannaford, who brings over a decade of underwriting experience to Mark...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Palomar reports rise in net income to $25.7m in Q2’24

Specialty insurer Palomar Holdings has reported a net income of $25.7 million for the second quarter of 2024, an improvement compared to net income of $17.6 million from Q2 2023. The company’s gross written premiums (GWP) experienced substantial g...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Ambac’s specialty P&C insurance production hits $165m in Q2

Ambac has revealed that specialty P&C insurance production, which includes gross written premiums (GWP) by its Specialty P&C Insurance segment and premiums placed by the Insurance Distribution segment, totalled $165 million in Q2 of 2024,...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

PERILS issues final insured loss estimate for Turkey earthquakes of $6.2bn

Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider, PERILS AG, has released its final insured property market loss estimate for the Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence of TRY 116.9 billion, approximately USD 6.2 billion at February 2023 exchange rates...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

TransRe creates Chief AI Officer role, restructures data science team

Transatlantic Holdings (Trans Re), a wholly owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation, has restructured its data science team with two senior appointments as it looks to better support the expansion and adoption of artificial intelligence, machine...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Hurricane Debby losses to largely fall within reinsurance retentions: Moody’s

The majority of insured losses from Hurricane Debby are anticipated to fall within primary insurers’ retentions under their reinsurance coverages, as per James Eck VP-Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Group at Moody’s Ratings. Hurrican...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024

Ledger Investing launches new ILS subsidiaries, Fermat to manage casualty ILS funds

Ledger Investing, an insurtech and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused venture-backed company, has expanded its casualty ILS capabilities with the launch of two new Cayman-based subsidiaries. The firm has created Ledger Re SPC as a reinsurer...

Posted: Aug 06, 2024