Reinsurance News

AM Best maintains stable outlook on Vietnam’s non-life insurance segment

Global credit ratings agency AM Best has confirmed that it is maintaining a stable outlook on Vietnam’s non-life insurance segment. The agency cities premium growth and regulatory enhancements that strengthen risk management and corporate governan...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Rothesay and Thales seal £2.7bn insurance deal for Thales UK pension scheme

Rothesay, a prominent UK pensions insurance specialist, has successfully executed a £2.7 billion transaction to insure all liabilities of the Thales UK Pension Scheme. This comprehensive deal covers over 16,000 members, including 10,512 pensioners...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Genpact collaborates with Amazon on property loss replacement & claims management

Genpact, a global professional services firm, is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon Business to introduce a transformed approach to property loss replacement and claims management. The aim is for Genpact to use its claims mana...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

AIG names Rose Marie Glazer as the General Counsel

Global insurer, American International Group, Inc. has named Rose Marie Glazer as the General Counsel, effective immediately. Glazer served as Interim General Counsel since October 1, 2023, overseeing AIG’s legal, compliance, regulatory and govern...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Leadership transition at Markel’s Global Insurance operations as COO Bob Cox steps down

Markel, the insurance operations segment within Markel Group Inc., revealed that Bob Cox, President and Chief Operating Officer, Global Insurance Operations, will be stepping down from his role on December 31. Cox has played a pivotal role over th...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Technology can make health insurance more accessible, but there are challenges: GA

Technology has helped make health insurance more accessible, but there are still challenges to overcome, such as its quality, access to it, and its democratisation, Niti Pall, Board Chair, HARBR, highlighted at the Geneva Association’s 50th Summit...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Crum & Forster appoints Brock Masterson to Surety Division

Property, casualty, and accident & health insurer, Crum & Forster, has appointed Brock Masterson to the company’s Surety Division as a member of its executive leadership team. Masterson will be based in the company’s Morristown...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Global reinsurers navigate challenges and opportunities amidst rising interest rates: AM Best

In response to the recent surge in interest rates, the global reinsurance market has experienced a mixed landscape, according to a report by AM Best. The rise in interest rates has triggered concerns about unrealised investment losses, but reinsur...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Swiss Re sets IFRS net income target of over $3.6 billion for 2024

Global reinsurer, Swiss Re ahead of its transition from US GAAP to the IFRS accounting standard, has set a new IFRS target for net income of more than $3.6 billion for 2024. Simultaneously, the Life & Health Reinsurance segment is expected to...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

ICW Group Insurance names Sandy Smith as VP, Risk Management

Sandy Smith assumes oversight of the team of risk management specialists in her new role as Vice President, Risk Management, at ICW Group Insurance Companies. Paul Zamora, Senior Vice President, Workers’ Compensation, ICW Group, commented on...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Distinguished Programs announces strategic partnership with Covington Specialty

The aim of this partnership is to provide executive lines insurance products exclusively to the wholesale brokerage community. The Distinguished Executive Lines business will begin accepting submissions on January 2nd, 2024. Distinguished will ini...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Climate Change a challenge to UK flood defences: Moody’s RMS & Flood Re

A joint study by Moody’s RMS, the risk modeling and solutions company, and UK flood reinsurance scheme Flood Re, warns of the limitations of current flood defences in the face of climate change, and calls for the UK to invest further. The main poi...

Posted: Dec 01, 2023

Agreement to operationalise loss & damage fund reached at COP28

After being agreed at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the loss and damage fund became operational today as world leaders meet in Dubai for the start of this year’s annual climate conference, with the UAE announcing a commitment of $100 million to...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

Lowery-Biggers and Reiss join Compre’s Board in Bermuda

Compre, an international legacy group, has announced the appointment of LoriAnn Lowery-Biggers and Jonathan Reiss as independent non-executive directors of its holding company in Bermuda, subject to regulatory approval. Lowery-Biggers brings more...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

New capital still cautious, any new entrants unlikely to move reinsurance market: AM Best

AM Best’s latest reinsurance segment market report states that while established capital remains supportive, new capital remains cautious, as the ratings agency highlights the distinction between available and deployed capital. The report re...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

Polo Managing Agency enhances client services through partnership with VIPR

Polo Managing Agency (PMA), a prominent turnkey managing agency at Lloyd’s, has unveiled a collaboration with insurance technology company VIPR. This strategic partnership aims to elevate PMA’s managed delegated authority relationships by in...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

Synpulse announces partnership with insurtech Cenata

Synpulse, a global professional services company, has partnered with insurtech software provider Cenata for its outwards reinsurance system. Cenata’s CenataSure, provides real time outwards reinsurance management for commercial insurers and reinsu...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

PPL hires Mark Griffith as Chief Information Officer

Placing Platform Limited has announced that Mark Griffith has been appointed to take on the role of Chief Information Officer. He is set to join the business in January 2024, where he will report to Joe Gordon, PPL CEO. In his new role, Griffith i...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

Host of economic shocks escalating debt crisis in emerging markets: WTW

As per the latest Political Risk Index report from WTW, elevated government expenditures during the pandemic, global inflation, and increased interest rates in 2023 have contributed to an “escalating debt crisis in emerging markets.” E...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

HDI Global reports stronger combined ratio of 92.7% for 9M’23

Industrial insurer HDI Global, a part of the Talanx Group, has reported an improved year-over-year combined ratio of 92.7% from 95.4% for the first nine months of the year, as well as strong revenue and earnings growth. The company reported a 10%...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

Geopolitical tensions driving a decline of trust, says Swiss Re’s Mumenthaler

Speaking on a panel on day two of The Geneva Association’s 50th Summit in Zurich, Christian Mumenthaler, CEO of Swiss Re, said that amid the current geopolitical tensions, many investors are turning negative on risk-taking assets, preferring...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

Rokstone launches contingency account in UK and Europe

Rokstone, an international speciality re/Insurance MGA, part of the Aventum Group, has launched a new Contingency Portfolio as demand for the product grows. With exclusive backing from A rated carriers, Rokstone’s new contingency account will be i...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

Continuum strengthens senior team with two new specialist hires

M&A advisory firm, Continuum Advisory Partners, has announced the appointment of two new Senior Managing Directors, Duncan Buck and Andrew Gould. A financial services banker with over 25 years’ M&A experience, Buck is joining Continuum fro...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

Global reinsurers maintain strong financial standing despite challenges: Fitch

In Fitch Ratings’ latest peer review for large global reinsurers in November 2023, the industry has demonstrated resilience with a consistent strong to very strong capitalisation. The assessment, based on Fitch’s risk-based Prism Facto...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023

First-of-its-kind InsurTech Coalition launched by Lemonade, Root, Clearcover, & others

Members from Boost, Branch, Clearcover, Lemonade, Root Insurance, and others, have launched an advocacy group called InsurTech Coalition that aims to shape the industry’s future. Insurtech Coalition has published an open letter to the industry tha...

Posted: Nov 30, 2023