Reinsurance News

Accredited names Grace Meek as President of America

Accredited, program management business operating across the US, UK and Europe, has appointed Grace Meek as the President of Accredited America, based out of New York, effective April 8th, 2024. She will report to William Spiegel, Chief Executive...

Posted: Apr 09, 2024

April 1 renewal in India sees resurgence in property cat capacity: Aon

In contrast to last year’s renewal, April 1 in India reportedly saw a resurgence in property catastrophe capacity, with reinsurers demonstrating an increased appetite to grow their books, according to a new report from Aon. Despite this excess cap...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

PURE Specialty Exchange expands high-risk home coverage to six new states

PURE Specialty Exchange (PSE) has recently extended its High Value Homeowners coverage to six additional states: Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. This coverage caters to homes situated in areas susceptible to coastal hazards,...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Active Re board promotes Robert Ali to COO

Active Re, a provider of reinsurance solutions for financial institutions, has announced the promotion of Robert Ali to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). In his new capacity, Ali will maintain his role as a key advocate and leader in...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Florida Citizens targets $5.5bn of reinsurance coverage for 2024

Florida’s property insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, aims to secure reinsurance coverage of approximately $5.5 billion across a sliver and core layer, as part of its 2024 risk transfer program. As we wrote previously...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

kWh Analytics raises capacity with Aspen to support renewable energy growth

Climate insurer kWh Analytics, Inc. has raised capacity with Aspen Insurance to support its property insurance offering for renewable energy projects to fight climate change. With this increase, kWh Analytics is able to underwrite up to USD$75 mil...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

James River secures Court order for Fleming to complete JRG Re acquisition

James River Group Holdings has announced that the Supreme Court, New York County, Commercial Division has issued an order directing Fleming Intermediate Holdings to complete its acquisition of JRG Reinsurance Company (JRG Re) by April 16, 2024. Th...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

NAIC adopts first National Climate Resilience Strategy for Insurance

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Membership has adopted the first-ever National Climate Resilience Strategy for Insurance to protect the nation’s property insurance market by closing coverage gaps and improvi...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

American Family Life adopts Munich Re Automation Solutions’ SaaS platform

Munich Re Automation Solutions has revealed that American Family Life Insurance Company is adopting its cloud-based automated underwriting and analytics solution, ALLFINANZ NOVA. ALLFINANZ NOVA is Munich Re Automation Solutions’ SaaS platfor...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Verisk launches Next Generation Models to help re/insurers mitigate losses

Global data analytics and technology provider Verisk has launched its Next Generation Models (NGM), which will be implemented by insurers and reinsurers to evaluate risks and anticipate insured losses from extreme events more accurately. According...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Consilium bolsters P&C division with senior hires

Consilium, the global specialty re/insurance broking arm of the Aventum Group, has appointed two seasoned veterans from the property and casualty (P&C) industry to enhance expertise within this division. James Williams, an experienced broker,...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Lancashire Insurance expands global footprint with opening of US business

Bermuda-based re/insurer Lancashire Holdings has announced the official opening of its Lancashire Insurance US (LUS) business, with Huw Jones, previously Group Head of Specialty Insurance, named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LUS. LUS will condu...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Global reinsurance industry capital hits $729bn in 2023: Gallagher Re

The dedicated capital of the global reinsurance industry increased 12% year-on-year to $729 billion in 2023, driven by improved profitability in the year, according to Gallagher Re’s latest Reinsurance Market Report. This marks the highest level s...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

NJ/NYC earthquake serves as a reminder of the risk despite minimal damage: CoreLogic

According to CoreLogic, the global provider of property information, analytics, and data-enabled solutions, the recent M4.8 earthquake that occurred in Hunterdon County, New Jersey serves as a reminder that low risk does not mean no risk. Although...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Antares syndicate launches credit & political risks consortium with $40m maximum line

Antares Syndicate 1274, the re/insurance subsidiary in the Lloyd’s market of QIC’s Antares Global, has launched a consortium for the underwriting of credit and political risk insurance. The consortium, already actively considering subm...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Scribestar launches new platform to streamline documentation production within reinsurance

UK-based Scribestar, a legal and regulatory technology company, has announced the rollout of its unique platform solution tailored for the global reinsurance and ILS (Insurance-Linked-Securities) market. With this solution, Scribestar aims to prov...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Reinsurers’ ROEs now comfortably exceed the industry’s cost of capital: Gallagher Re

As per Gallagher Re’s biannual Reinsurance Market Report, the global reinsurance industry’s underlying ROE was above the cost of capital for the second consecutive year in 2023, improving to 14.3% from 12% in 2022, mainly due to lower combin...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Fannie Mae transfers $709m of mortgage credit risk to re/insurers

The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) has executed two new Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) transactions transferring $709 million of mortgage credit risk to private insurers and reinsurers. Rob Schaefer, Vice President, Capi...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Centre for Disaster Protection to coordinate TAG for Global Shield against Climate Risks

The Centre for Disaster Protection has been selected as the Coordinator for the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Global Shield against Climate Risks. According to the announcement, the Centre will collaborate with a group of experts supportin...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Malakut appoints Sogo Yasuda as CCO of Japanese Business

Malakut, an international group of re/insurance brokers, has recently appointed Sogo Yasuda as the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Japanese Business, a newly established department aimed at integrating Japanese insurance brokerage services globa...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Munich Re’s HSB Canada names Barbara Bellissimo as President and CEO

Toronto-based specialty insurer and part of reinsurer Munich Re, HSB Canada, has appointed Barbara Bellissimo as its new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 1st, 2024. She succeeds John Mulvihill, who has retired after a s...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

Conifer Holdings reports $143.8m GWP in FY23 results

In their results for the full-year 2023, Conifer Holdings has reported a 4.2% increase in gross written premium (GWP), as it reached $143.8 million, compared to the previous year’s $138 million. Net written premiums however, saw a 24.7% decl...

Posted: Apr 08, 2024

US commercial P&C rates decelerate in Q1’24, personal lines steady: MarketScout

Commercial rates in the US went up 3.9% on all property and casualty placements in the first quarter of 2024, a notable decline compared to the plus 5.6% in Q4 2023, while personal insurance rates held steady at plus 4.75% in the period, according...

Posted: Apr 05, 2024

ACORD expands GRLC ePlacing Implementation Guide to include fac reinsurance

ACORD, the standards-setting body for the global insurance industry, has announced the latest enhancements to its Global Reinsurance & Large Commercial (GRLC) ePlacing Implementation Guide. The newly released GRLC ePlacing Implementation Guide...

Posted: Apr 05, 2024

Great American promotes Goldman and Nieberding to Divisional Presidents

Great American Insurance Group has announced the promotions of Jonathan M. Goldman to the role of Divisional President, Strategic Comp; and Kenneth R. Nieberding, to Divisional President, Great American Risk Solutions, both effective July 1, 2024....

Posted: Apr 05, 2024