Reinsurance News
Through 2025 and into the January 1, 2026 reinsurance renewals, catastrophe bonds firmly established themselves as a core component of clients’ risk management frameworks, according to Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA). HCMA noted that...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Canopius Group, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has announced the additions of Nicholas Whettem and Namrata Soni to its newly created Natural Resources team. The re/insurer recently restructured its underwriting capabilities with the fo...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Talbot Underwriting, an international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, part of AIG, has promoted Andrew Bickmore to Head of Political Risk, and George Goodliffe to Head of Public Agencies. Bickmore has been part of Talbot for close to...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. has reported net income of $138.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $109.1 million in Q4’24. Net income for the final quarter of 2025 included after-tax catastrophe losses of $2.3 million, compared to...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the appointment of Nick Fraccalvieri as CEO of global facultative for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, effective March 1, 2026. In his new role, Fraccalvieri will be responsible for defi...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Canada Life Reinsurance, the Capital and Risk Solutions (CRS) reinsurance business of Great-West Lifeco, had a strong end to 2025 with fourth quarter base earnings rising 11% year-on-year on a reported basis to CAD 258 million, while net earnings...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Credit rating agency AM Best has revised Atlantic Re’s Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) outlook to positive from stable. Concurrently, AM Best affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb”...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Conduit Holdings, the ultimate parent company of Conduit Re, a multi-line Bermuda-based reinsurance business, has announced the appointment of Nicholas Shott as Chair of the Board. Shott, who joined the Conduit Holdings Board in November 2025, wil...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Concirrus, a specialist insurtech company, has officially launched Concirrus Inspire, an AI-native underwriting platform aimed at helping specialty insurers and managing general agents accelerate their processes while retaining control over underw...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Between late January and early February, a series of Atlantic windstorms hit Southwestern Europe, with Storm Kristin as the most severe and potentially one of the costliest re/insurance loss events ever recorded in Portugal, according to Aon. Sinc...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the appointment of Michaela Hannemann as Head of Non‑Life for Australasia, effective 1 May 2026. Hannemann will be based in Sydney, reporting to Scott Hawkins, Managing Director, Munich Re Australasia. She...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) has reported a net profit of QAR 806 million for the full year 2025, representing a 10% increase compared to 2024. Net profit before the Pillar Two global tax provision increased 19% year over year to QAR 874 million,...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Willis, a WTW business, has appointed Michelle Ng as Head of Risk & Analytics, Pacific, succeeding Matt Frost, who has retired from the company. In her new role, Ng will lead the Pacific Risk & Analytics (R&A) team to deliver data-driv...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Willis, a WTW business, has appointed Michelle Ng as Head of Risk & Analytics, Pacific, succeeding Matt Frost, who has retired from the company. In her new role, Ng will lead the Pacific Risk & Analytics (R&A) team to deliver data-driv...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has formally liberalised India’s insurance sector, permitting up to 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route, marking a significant shift in ownership policy for ins...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Miller, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Sailesh Divakaram as Head of Treaty Asia. Based in Miller’s Singapore office, Divakaram will report to Richard Broad, Head of Treaty (Asia Pacifi...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Trisura Group, a specialty insurance provider, announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025, reporting a net income of $37.6 million, which increased 95.1% from the $19.2 million reported in Q4 2024, and a combined ratio of 85.2%...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Gallagher & Co., the international insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting group, has appointed Hassan Ashtari as Senior Executive Officer (SEO) of its Middle East joint venture with Artex Risk Solutions. The joint venture operates...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
AI-enabled insurance and reinsurance underwriter Kettle has partnered with RLI, a U.S.-based specialty insurer, to launch a new multi-peril commercial property insurance product. Kettle explained that the non-admitted product provides comprehensiv...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
The two insurers reached an agreement on the key financial terms of a possible recommended cash offer for Zurich to acquire 100% of Beazley on February 4th, and Zurich has now been granted an extension of the PUSU deadline by more than two weeks....
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Australia’s terrorism reinsurance pool, administered by Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC), has purchased a reduced terrorism retrocession limit of $2 billion, with an increased deductible of $500 million, for the 2026 calendar year. A...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Howden, an insurance brokerage and risk advisory group, has promoted Ping Li (Eva) to a senior leadership role within its reinsurance division, Howden Re, in Mainland China. Ping Li has more than 15 years of experience across the insurance and rei...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Consilium, a specialist re/insurance brokerage, has launched a blended professional indemnity (PI), directors & officers (D&O) and crime policy to address the risks faced by real estate professionals when working collaboratively on propert...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Pen Underwriting, a multi-class multi-territory managing general agent (MGA), has expanded its team of professional indemnity (PI) underwriters in Birmingham, with the addition of Raman Nahal as Senior PI Underwriter, and Jazz Parkash as PI Underw...
Posted: Feb 16, 2026
Price declines reported so far by European reinsurers are much less severe than the figures reported by reinsurance brokers, aided by diversified portfolios which help to buffer the impact, according to JP Morgan analysts. The report from JP Morga...
Posted: Feb 13, 2026