Reinsurance News

Applied Systems reports slower growth in Canada’s commercial insurance space in Q2’25

Applied Systems, a provider of cloud-based insurance software and services, has released its second-quarter 2025 edition of the Applied Commercial Index, offering detailed insights into premium renewal trends across Canada’s commercial insur...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

RMS founder Hemant Shah joins FortressFire’s Board

FortressFire, a provider of wildfire analytics and property-specific wildfire risk management services, has announced the appointment of Hemant Shah as the company’s vice chairman of the board and senior advisor. Shah, considered a pioneerin...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Specialist Risk Group acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian operations

Insurance industry intermediary, Specialist Risk Group (SRG), has completed the previously announced acquisition of German broker Ecclesia’s businesses in the Netherlands and Belgium, marking its formal entry into mainland Europe. The acquired bus...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Matthew Washington named CEO of Probitas 1492

Matthew Washington has been appointed CEO of Probitas 1492, a specialist Lloyd’s syndicate focused on property, casualty and specialty re/insurance, owned outright by UK insurer Aviva following its acquisition in mid‑2024. Washington assumes the n...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Corebridge closes largest portion of variable annuity reinsurance deal with Venerable

Corebridge Financial, Inc. has announced the successful closure of the largest portion of its previously announced reinsurance agreement with Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company, an insurance subsidiary of Venerable Holdings, Inc. The tra...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

CyberCube and Wholesure partner to expand cyber insurance capabilities for SMBs

CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics for the insurance sector, has entered into a strategic partnership with Wholesure, the wholesale brokerage arm of Acrisure, a global fintech and insurance brokerage firm. As part of the collaboration,...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Brown & Brown completes RSC Topco acquisition

Brown& Brown, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has completed its previously announced acquisition of RSC Topco, Inc., the holding company for Accession Risk Management Group, Inc. The deal, first announced in June 2025, was fin...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

CNA posts net income of $299m, P&C CoR strengthens to 94.1% in Q2’25

Chicago-domiciled insurer CNA Financial Corporation reported net income of $299 million for the second quarter of 2025, down from $317 million in the same period last year. Core income in Q2’25 rose to $335 million, up from $326 million in Q2’24....

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Atrium enters weather and climate insurance market, Byrns to lead new team

Atrium, a specialty insurance group at Lloyd’s, has entered the weather and climate insurance market with the appointment of weather insurance veteran Dr Ed Byrns as of Weather & Climate. Led by Byrns, the Weather and Climate Insurance team wi...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Aspen announces new leadership role for international and UK casualty insurance

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Ryan Cushway as Head of International and UK Casualty Insurance, a newly established position effective August 1, 2025. Cushway, who joined Aspen in 2017, has held several senior un...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Aon calls for national AI policy to ensure insurability: Kevin Kalinich

Aon has called for a coordinated, whole-of-government approach to regulating artificial intelligence amid a rapidly evolving risk landscape, urging the establishment of a national policy framework to ensure insurability and effective risk manageme...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Everest Insurance International appoints James McPartland as Head of Property, Asia

Everest Insurance International, a division of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Everest Group, Ltd., has appointed James McPartland as Head of Property, Asia. McPartland brings over 15 years of industry experience to the role. He joined Everest...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

SiriusPoint’s Q2’25 underwriting income improves on lower cats & higher favourable PYD

Bermuda-based carrier SiriusPoint has reported a rise in core underwriting income to $67.6 million for the second quarter of 2025, compared with $36.9 million a year earlier, as catastrophe losses decreased and favorable prior year loss reserve de...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Saudi Re’s net profit increased 20.9% to SAR 52.6m in Q2’25

Saudi Reinsurance Company (Saudi Re) has reported a net profit after zakat attributable to shareholders of SAR 52.6 million for the second quarter of 2025, representing a 20.9% increase compared to the same quarter a year earlier. The company attr...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Aon’s Jeffrey Jones joins Mercury Insurance as Chief Reinsurance Officer

Jeffrey Jones has joined Mercury Insurance, a property and casualty insurer, as Vice President & Chief Reinsurance Officer, a newly created role, following a 30-year tenure as a reinsurance broker at Aon. The executive’s arrival comes at a tim...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Re/insurance broker AI12 receives DFSA authorisation and establishes presence in DIFC

AI12 Ltd., a global specialist insurance and reinsurance brokerage, has received authorisation from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and is now officially established as a regulated entity within the Dubai International Financial Cent...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

QBE expands into Dutch marine insurance market with key appointment

QBE, an insurer with operations in over 25 countries, has announced the appointment of Paul Peerdeman to lead the launch of its marine insurance portfolio in the Netherlands. The move is part of QBE’s strategy to strengthen its presence in key Eur...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

MAPFRE examines how AI will transform the insurance industry by 2035

In a recent study, MAPFRE explores the future role of insurance in a world shaped by artificial intelligence (AI) by 2023 provisioning four plausible future scenarios to understand how these technology advances could affect people’s daily interact...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Aon names Sushant Sarin as Head of Strategy and Commercial Risk Solutions, India

Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Sushant Sarin as Head of Strategy and Commercial Risk Solutions for India, effective immediately, based in Mumbai. Sarin reports to Rishi Mehra, Chief Executive Officer, Aon India, and...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

NDF boosts parametric hurricane protection with increased risk capacity for Corp-EFF

The Natural Disaster Fund (NDF), managed by the Global Parametrics team (a CelsiusPro Group company), has expanded access to parametric hurricane protection by increasing its risk capacity allocation to Corp-EFF Insurance Company Limited. NDF has...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Concert Group announces leadership transition to support strategic growth

Concert Group Holdings, Inc., a specialised insurance holding company known for providing tailored solutions to programme insurance markets, has introduced a new executive leadership structure aimed at steering the company through its next phase o...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Allianz, BlackRock, Generali, Hannover Re and T&D acquire Viridium

A consortium including Allianz, BlackRock, Generali Financial Holdings, Hannover Re and T&D Holdings, have completed the acquisition of Viridium Group, a European life insurance consolidation platform, from Cinven. The transaction was initiall...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

PartnerRe appoints Matthew Doherty as Head of Underwriting Insurance Programs

PartnerRe, a reinsurer providing capital and risk solutions, has appointed Matthew Doherty as Head of Underwriting Insurance Programs, effective August 1, 2025. In this role, Doherty will oversee underwriting activities related to insurance progra...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Aegis Professional Risk transitions to McGowan Companies in deal with K2 Insurance Services

McGowan Companies, a provider of specialised insurance programmes, has acquired the assets associated with the Aegis Professional Risk division from Aegis General Insurance Agency, Inc. This transaction was completed through an asset purchase agre...

Posted: Aug 04, 2025

Berkshire Hathaway’s re/insurance underwriting earnings strong despite higher losses in H1’25

Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett-run holding company and conglomerate, has reported net underwriting earnings of $2 billion and $3.3 billion for the second quarter and first half of 2025, respectively, both down on the comparable prior year...

Posted: Aug 02, 2025