Reinsurance News
The Chartered Insurance Institute, a professional body dedicated to building public trust in the insurance and financial planning profession, has announced the addition of three new members to its Group Board. Known as Engagement Board Members, ea...
Posted: Jul 24, 2024
A new report from global ratings agency AM Best shows that U.S. life/annuity (L/A) insurers continued to increase allocations to commercial mortgage loan portfolios in 2023, however, problem loans, which includes those 90 days delinquent, rose sh...
Posted: Jul 24, 2024
Analysts at ratings agency Fitch Ratings have said that last week’s mass global IT outage is not expected to have a material impact on the financial results of insurers and reinsurers, with preliminary market estimates of global insured loss...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
WTW, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, is strengthening its M&A practice in Asia Pacific within its Financial, Executive & Professional Risks business with the appointment of Steven Torresan. Torresan was named Head of M...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Applied Systems has acquired Planck, an AI-based data platform provider for commercial insurance. By leveraging AI capabilities, Applied explained that it aims to enhance the speed and quality of critical business processes, including marketing, s...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Carbon Underwriting Limited (Carbon), an independent managing general underwriter and Lloyd’s syndicate CBN 4747, has announced that Lloyd’s, the insurance and reinsurance market, has granted approval for the launch of Syndicate 5757, effective 1...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
The DICK’s Sporting Goods Open, PGA TOUR Champions Event received rain from June 21–June 23, triggering their parametric rainfall insurance policy with Vortex Weather Insurance, the data driven weather risk insurtech, which resulted in the t...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
The CrowdStrike outage is a wake-up call for the systemic exposure that exists around technology, but it will prove manageable for the insurance and reinsurance industry, W. Robert Berkley, Jr., President and CEO of W. R. Berkley stated as he shar...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Martello Re Limited, the Bermuda-based Class E life and annuity reinsurer, has successfully raised $1.3 billion across a second round of equity funding and the upsizing of its current credit facility, enabling the firm to provide support to additi...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
DUAL, the specialist underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings, has announced the appointment of Marilena Rodriguez Forero as CEO for its newly established region, DUAL Latin America, effective 1 August 2024. Rodriguez Forero brings over three dec...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Markel, a global specialty insurer, and MEA, an AI-driven platform for insurers, have announced a new strategic partnership, leveraging MEA’s GenAI solution to enhance its underwriting processes in International Wholesale operations. Martin Henle...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Brown & Brown, the insurance brokerage, has reported its results for the second quarter of 2024, which includes a net income of $257 million, representing a substantial increase from the previous year’s $190 million. At the same time, re...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
IQUW, a property and specialty re/insurer, has announced the promotion of Robbie MacDonald from Head of Property, Direct and Facultative (D&F) to Head of Property. MacDonald started his former role in 2023, where he co-lead IQUW Property along...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation generated record net premiums written (NPW) of more than $3.1 billion in the second quarter of 2024, as net investment income increased by almost 52% to a new record. As NPW grew more than 11% ye...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Swiss Re Reinsurance Solutions has revealed that Fathom’s advanced Global, UK, and Japan flood maps are now available within the CatNet risk assessment platform. If you recall, the global reinsurance giant acquired Fathom, the Bristol, UK-ba...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Cytora, the digital risk processing platform, has bolstered its global advisory board with the addition of industry veteran Laurent Rousseau, Guy Carpenter CEO of EMEA and Global Capital Solutions (part of Marsh McLennan). A renowned figure across...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
After taking a $1 billion slice in 2023, it’s notable that Berkshire Hathaway did not participate in Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s 2024 catastrophe reinsurance renewal, which was dominated by Bermuda-based and colla...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
In its Q2 2024 results, RLI Corp has revealed that its underwriting income increased to $70 million on an 81.5 combined ratio, up from $41.2 million on an 87.2 combined ratio in Q2 of 2023. RLI’s Property segment reportedly made up $53.2 mil...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Beazley has noted that despite its position as a leading cyber insurer, the recent global IT outage event will not change its current undiscounted combined ratio guidance of low-80s for its full year 2024 results. For those unaware, the outage was...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
SiriusPoint Ltd., a global specialty re/insurer, has appointed Inmaculada Gonzalez as Global Head of Ceded Reinsurance, effective August 19th, 2024. Gonzalez succeeds Habib Kattan, who will leave on December 31st, 2024, following a period of trans...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
Floodbase, a climate adaption technology company, has launched a rapid flood response data product covering flood events in continental U.S. which will be available starting 1st August, 2024. The service will provide a near-real-time flood hazard...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
The Baldwin Group, formerly known as BRP Group, has announced the appointment of three new executives to lead the MGA and non-MGA segments within the company’s Underwriting, Capacity, and Technology Solutions (UCTS) Operating Group as it con...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
TMG Insurance Services, LLC (The Mutual Group), an integrated insurance operations platform serving the mutual industry, has announced the appointment of Coleman Johnson as Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer. In his new role, Joh...
Posted: Jul 23, 2024
The latest edition of the REDY Index by CRC Group reveals that Q2 2024 continues the positive trends in the E&S property market observed over the past two quarters. These developments suggest a turnaround from the challenging market conditions...
Posted: Jul 22, 2024
Applied Surety Underwriters (ASU), a subsidiary of Applied Underwriters’ United Risk Division, has completed its acquisition of the majority of Argo’s remaining surety business. If you recall, back in April of 2024, it was confirmed th...
Posted: Jul 22, 2024