Reinsurance News

Hannover Re targets “industry-leading performance” in new strategy cycle 2026

In its new strategy cycle through to 2026, reinsurance giant Hannover Re has asserted it aims to showcase “industry-leading performance” in terms of profitability and earnings growth, alongside maintaining its “lasting stability...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

SiriusPoint and Nirvana Insurance announce new partnership

Nirvana Insurance, an AI and Technology-powered insurance provider specialising in US commercial auto insurance, has entered into a new strategic partnership with specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint to expand its offering with a new non-fleet program...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Howden Tiger names Wolfram Schultz as Head of Casualty Reinsurance, Continental Europe

Howden Tiger has appointed Wolfram Schultz as the new Head of Casualty Reinsurance, Continental Europe. Schultz is scheduled to commence his role on February 1st, with his base of operations situated in Cologne, Germany. Reporting directly to Mass...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Regulators looking to step up scrutiny of insurers & insurtechs: Clyde & Co

Looking ahead into the coming year for the insurance market, Clyde & Co states that regulators will look to step up scrutiny of insurers and insurtechs in order to protect consumer interests. Whilst insurers have traditionally relied on the co...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Spagnoli to lead Consumer Lines for Chubb’s International General Insurance Operations

Property and casualty insurer Chubb has announced the appointment of Federico Spagnoli as Division President, Consumer Lines for Overseas General Insurance, the company’s international general insurance operations. In this newly created role...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Insurance industry set to undergo digital transformation in 2024: Fadata

Fadata, a provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, highlighted the pivotal role of digitalisation in shaping the future of insurance in 2024. The company identifies three major trends, predicting that the adoption of Cloud servic...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Mulberri announces $6.75m Series A led by Eos Venture Partners

Mulberri, the AI-driven embedded business insurance platform, has announced its $6.75 million Series A funding round led by Eos Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Hanover Technology Management, MS&AD Ventures, and Alt...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

W. R. Berkley names Khan president of Preferred Employers Insurance

W. R. Berkley Corporation has appointed S. Akbar Khan as president of Preferred Employers Insurance, a specialty provider of workers’ compensation insurance exclusively for California employers. Berkley describes Khan as an accomplished property a...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Seismic events in Grindavík, Iceland may cause damages of $71.4m

Following seismic activity and a magma dike opening crevasses in Grindavík, Iceland, Hulda Ragnheiður Árnadóttir, director of the Natural Catastrophe Insurance of Iceland, has said the damage to homes and infrastructure could amount to ISK 10 bill...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Florida insurers navigate 2023 successes amidst 2024 uncertainty: KBRA

Florida’s homeowner insurers have experienced a positive turn of events in 2023, benefiting from a milder hurricane season and groundbreaking legislative reforms, according to KBRA. The state’s insurance landscape, marred by years of s...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Hiscox & Google Cloud create first AI-enhanced lead underwriting model for the London Market

Specialist global insurer Hiscox has collaborated with Google Cloud to create the first AI-enhanced lead underwriting model in the London Market insurance industry. According to the announcement, the collaboration combines Hiscox London Market’s r...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Ryan Transactional Risk appoints new Co-Heads of Continental Europe

Ryan Specialty’s transactional risk managing general underwriter, Ryan Transactional Risk (RTR), has appointed Marta Batalla and Luc Joordens as Co-Heads of Continental Europe. Batalla and Joordens first joined Ryan Transactional Risk in 201...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

McKenzie Intelligence Services secures strategic investment from Maven

McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), a provider of geospatial data and analysis to the insurance industry, has secured a strategic investment from Maven Capital Partners (Maven), a private equity firm focused on investing in fast growth businesse...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

HCI Group closes public offering, raising $85 million

Florida-based HCI Group, Inc. has closed the underwritten public offering of 1,150,000 shares of its common stock at $78 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions. HCI confirms that this includes the underwriters’ option to pu...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Italian non-life outlook improving, life remains neutral: Fitch

According to Fitch Ratings, the outlook for Italian insurance is improving for non-life compared with 2023 actuals, while life remains neutral. Fitch’s non-life sector is improving due to the expectation that widespread tariff increases to m...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

GenAI deployment imminent, though scepticism remains: EY

Despite 99% of financial services leaders in a recent EY survey reporting that their organisations were deploying Generative AI (GenAI) in some manner, over one in five respondents said they are nervous or sceptical about the potential impact of t...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Hannover Re expects net income of €2.1bn for 2024, reinsurance revenue growth of over 5%

Hannover Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, is anticipating net income of at least €2.1 billion for 2024 and a combined ratio of below 89% in its property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance business in the period, as the firm unveils...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Insurtech BirdsEyeView targets growth in UK & US markets with latest investment round

Backed by the European Space Agency, insurtech start-up BirdsEyeView has raised an undisclosed seven-figure sum as it looks to expand in UK and US markets and further develop its RAPTOR™ technology. The latest investment round was led by th...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Latin American insurance sector faces challenges amidst slower premium growth in 2024: Fitch

Fitch Ratings has outlined a neutral outlook for the Latin American insurance markets in 2024, citing stable operating conditions and economic growth. Despite positive premium growth projections, the sector is expected to experience a more moderat...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Liberty Specialty Markets promotes Patrick Bravery to Head of Construction

Liberty Specialty Markets, a subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Patrick Bravery to Head of Construction, LSM, London Markets, effective immediately. Bravery will continue to report to Melanie O’Neill, Chief Underwriting Off...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Global Re to accelerate growth with DXC Technology’s reinsurance software

Global Re, a full-service global reinsurance firm, has selected DXC Assure Reinsurance as its core administration solution, which will help underpin its expansion in the Middle East. During its seven-year contract, DXC Technology’s reinsurance sof...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

Nina Klingspor to become CEO of Allianz Central Europe

Allianz SE has announced that Nina Klingspor, currently CEO of Allianz Private Krankenversicherungs-AG, Allianz’s private health insurance business in Germany (APKV), will be appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Central Euro...

Posted: Dec 12, 2023

HPG Members to provide Funds At Lloyd’s to support underwriting capacity

High Premium Group (HPG) members have clubbed together to provide Funds At Lloyd’s (FAL) to support approximately £5 million of underwriting capacity in three Lloyd’s Syndicates. The group, led by Dhruv Patel OBE, Deputy Chair of HPG a...

Posted: Dec 11, 2023

U.S. commercial insurance prices rise 6.1% in Q3’23, double-digit surges in key sectors: WTW

Global insurance brokerage WTW revealed that U.S. commercial insurance prices have sustained a consistent upward trend throughout the third quarter of 2023. According to the Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS) conducted by WTW’...

Posted: Dec 11, 2023

Sompo Intl. hires Barr as Head of Marine & Energy Liability Insurance, London Market

Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based holding company, has appointed Stephen Barr as Head of Marine & Energy Liability Insurance, London Market. In his new role, Barr will be based in London, where he will report to Paul Ashworth,...

Posted: Dec 11, 2023