Reinsurance News

Former Everest exec John Doucette named CEO of Amynta Risk Solutions

John Doucette, the former President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reinsurance at Bermuda-based Everest Group, has been appointed as the new CEO of Amynta Risk Solutions, effective May 2024. Amynta is an insurance services company that speci...

Posted: May 21, 2024

Atlantic structures first tax insurance policy for section 45Q carbon credits

Atlantic Global Risk announces the placement of the first tax liability insurance policy for a significant transaction in the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) sector. Following the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, the owner of a lar...

Posted: May 21, 2024

Generali sees Q1 GWP grow to €26.4bn as operating result improves

Generali has revealed that in Q1 of 2024, its gross written premiums (GWP) increased 21.4% from the previous year to €26.4 billion, driven by strong performances in both the Life and P&C segments. Broken down, GWP in the Life segment in Q1 of...

Posted: May 21, 2024

Wright and McLaughlin join WTW’s Strategic Client Engagement Leadership team

Global broker WTW, has appointed two new members to the Strategic Client Engagement Leadership (SCEL) team, Chad Wright and Conor McLaughlin. Wright will serve as a Strategic Client Engagement Leader while McLaughlin will take over the role of Glo...

Posted: May 21, 2024

IUA supports ICAEW’s professional indemnity insurance reforms for UK accountants

The International Underwriting Association (IUA) welcomes the professional indemnity insurance reforms for accountants in the UK proposed by The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Regulatory Board, the organisation rec...

Posted: May 21, 2024

Dubai’s DIFC continues to strengthen its re/insurance capabilities: Arif Amiri

Arif Amiri, CEO of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority, provides insights into the reinsurance industry. From the expanding opportunities in the MEASA region to the emergence of Managing General Agents (MGAs), Amiri explores...

Posted: May 21, 2024

Bindu Crandall named CMO for Duck Creek Technologies

Duck Creek Technologies, a provider of SaaS-delivered software to the property and casualty (P&C) arena, has announced the appointment of Bindu Crandall as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In her new role, Crandall will be responsible for overse...

Posted: May 21, 2024

Optimism amongst risk managers led to deprioritisation of core risk management: Origami Risk

Origami Risk, the risk, safety, and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, in its third annual State of Risk report, has disclosed the trend in deprioritisation of core risk management activities due to the increased optimism amon...

Posted: May 21, 2024

“Highly active” 2024 hurricane season on the horizon, says Munich Re

Global reinsurance giant Munich Re has indicated that the 2024 hurricane season in the North Atlantic is expected to be highly active, as current forecasts are suggesting that the number of tropical cyclones could be “significantly higher th...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Ageas to acquire 10% of Taiping Pension’s enlarged share capital

Ageas has announced that it has finalised an agreement with China Taiping Insurance Holdings (CITH), in order to subscribe to the capital increase of its wholly controlled subsidiary Taiping Pension Co., Ltd (TPP) for a total consideration of RMB...

Posted: May 20, 2024

ZEP-RE expands Planet collaboration for drought insurance in Horn of Africa

Today, a prominent provider of daily Earth data and insights, Planet Labs PBC, announced a contract renewal with ZEP-RE, an African reinsurance firm headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. This renewed collaboration builds on a successful first year of p...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Paragon Insurance & Ascot Group partner to deliver client solutions

National multi-line managing general agent (MGA), Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC, has entered into a partnership with Ascot Group, which is set to leverage both of the organisations strengths and capacities. In its first program partnership, Ascot...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Rising insurance premiums’ impact on US home prices: S&P

The increasing frequency of climate-related events in the US is driving up insurance premiums in certain areas, but it’s unclear how this affects home prices and affordability, prompting the need for further analysis, according to analysts a...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Howden acquires LatAm parametric insurance specialist MiCRO

Howden has acquired MiCRO, a microinsurance specialist that designs and implements parametric insurance coverage for underserved populations in Latin America against natural catastrophes. MiCRO was founded by Mercy Corps and Fonkoze in the afterma...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Sompo Intl. reports stronger P&C combined ratio in FY’23 results

Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer Sompo International Holdings has reported that the financial year 2023 combined ratio for commercial property & casualty (P&C) improved to 91.8% from 92.5%, driven by improved accident year loss ratios an...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Arch Insurance International welcomes new Head for Third-Party Claims

Laura Brahams ascends to Head of Third-Party Claims at Arch Insurance International following Barbara Rizzi’s elevation to Chief Claims Officer. Taking on her new position, Brahams will oversee various sectors including casualty, cyber, financial...

Posted: May 20, 2024

MS Amlin’s 2023 net income rises £316m YoY as CoR drops to 89.5%

MS Amlin has reported a 2023 net income of £509 million, marking an increase of £316 million from 2022, while its combined ratio fell 7.6 points to 89.5%. The firm noted that its improved net income in 2023 also included the positive impact of £75...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Ocean Re appoints Neil Bramley as Global Head of Treaty Underwriting

Ocean International Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Ocean Re) has appointed Neil Bramley as the Global Head of Treaty Underwriting, based out of London. Bramley is a market veteran with over 24 years of experience. Prior to this role, he served as a Spe...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Tokio Marine’s international business posts 99.8% rise in profit in FY23

Tokio Marine Holdings’ international business has reported a 99.8% increase in profits for 2023, at JPY 436.9 billion, which the company attributes towards a strong underwriting result, as well as investment income, and the reversal of the i...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Brokerslink adds Alexandra Littlejohn to its Board

Brokerslink has appointed Alexandra Littlejohn, the Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Alliant Retail Property & Casualty, to its Board of Directors. Littlejohn replaces Jamie Crystal as Alliant’s nominated member on the Brokers...

Posted: May 20, 2024

There is plenty more to come for the Cyber ILS market: Norris, Gallagher Securities

With Beazley securing an additional $160 million of reinsurance with its second 144A cyber catastrophe bond, PoleStar Re Ltd. (Series 2024-2), as we reported last Friday, Theo Norris, Head of Cyber ILS, Gallagher Securities, has said that there is...

Posted: May 20, 2024

MS Reinsurance’s 2023 profit soars to $366m as CoR improves

MS Reinsurance has revealed that against a backdrop of significant loss activity, continued inflation and geopolitical uncertainties, it still produced a net profit of $366 million for the full year 2023, much improved from a net loss of $50 milli...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Rising death rates in England and Wales pose longevity risk for pension schemes

In 2023, there was a notable increase in registered deaths in England and Wales, highlighting the emerging challenge of longevity volatility for pension schemes. Recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that the number of...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Concirrus appoints Ruth Polyblank as Director, Product Strategy

Concirrus, a provider of insurance intelligence, has appointed Ruth Polyblank as the Director of Product Strategy. In her new role, Polyblank’s remit will include spearheading Concirrus’ product vision and innovation strategy. As an in...

Posted: May 20, 2024

Innovation key if London Market is to maintain its primacy: LMG

Caroline Wagstaff, CEO of the London Market Group (LMG), has observed that if London is to remain the place where the world brings its risks, action must be taken at both a firm and market level to make specialty insurance a destination career for...

Posted: May 20, 2024