Reinsurance News
Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., an international specialty insurance and reinsurance group, has announced the promotion of Moussa Thiam to Group Head of Compliance. In this role, Thiam will lead and coordinate compliance activities across Hamilton...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Catastrophe risk modelling firm Karen Clark and Company (KCC) has estimated that the privately insured loss from Winter Storm Fern, which brought snow and ice to more than 30 states, will be $6.7 billion. The estimate, which is based on the high-r...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Michelle Sipple has joined global insurer Markel’s Property and Marine product leadership team as Managing Director, Inland Marine. Sipple brings more than three decades of inland marine and builders risk underwriting experience to Markel, a...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Canopius Group, a global specialty and property and casualty re/insurer, has appointed Jasan Fitzpatrick as General Counsel, effective April 1st, 2026. In this newly created role, Fitzpatrick will report to Neil Robertson, Group Chief Executive Of...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets, Syndicate, managing agent of Syndicate 457 at the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has established The Pandemic Consortium, designed to offer parametric catastrophic communicable disease in...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
CICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, one of India’s leading private life insurers, has agreed to a strategic collaboration to implement PathWise, Aon’s high-performance modelling platform, across its actuarial modelling landscape. The i...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Distinguished Programs, a national MGA and insurance programmes manager, is broadening its specialty footprint with the launch of a Marine Cargo programme led by veteran executive Ralph Salce. The new initiative will offer a full suite of marine c...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has appointed Karl Hamann to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Philippines, effective April 1st, 2026, subject to regulatory requirements. Since 2022, he has served as the CEO of Indonesia, whe...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
The pipeline for buy-ins looking to complete during the months ahead is very strong, with 2026 expected to be a record year for the market and likely to exceed £50 billion for the first time, according to Hymans Robertson’s 2026 Risk Transfer Repo...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Specialist managing general agent (MGA) Prestige Underwriting, has announced the promotion of Katy Peacock to the role of Head of Home, Product and Governance. In her new role, Peacock will oversee the development and governance of Prestige’...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Howden has announced the appointment of Shunsuke Takechi, a highly experienced and qualified Japanese attorney with over 13 years of experience, as Head of Japan, M&A. Takechi holds the unique distinctio...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Atrium, a specialty insurer operating at Lloyd’s, has announced the appointment of Hayley Budd as Head of Innovation, a newly created role that aims to drive the company’s strategic transformation. Budd will take responsibility for leading innovat...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Zambia-based reinsurer Klapton Re is set to list directly on the Lusaka Securities Exchange Plc (LuSE) on March 24th, 2026, subject to regulatory approval, reaffirming the reinsurer’s continued growth, and the increasing sophistication and resilie...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Optio Group, a specialty managing general agent (MGA), has announced that it has acquired AGS Forsikring AS (AGS). Founded in 2008 by Lars-Petter Myklebost and headquartered in Oslo, AGS provides insurance solutions and claims handling across the...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Radian Group Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Inigo Limited, a specialty insurance group underwriting through Lloyd’s of London, for $1.67 billion. The acquisition, which received all required regulatory approvals at the...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage, risk management, and consulting services firm, has announced that its claims and risk management solutions subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett, has acquired Reck & Co GmbH (Reck & Co.)...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
David Flandro, Managing Director, Head of Industry Analysis and Strategic Advisory at reinsurance broker Howden Re, said the firm expects non-traditional lines to outpace the broader P&C market through 2030, and will be closely monitoring what...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Ed Louth as Head of Aviation. Louth succeeds Miles Taffs, who was named Interim Head of Aviation in September 2025 after joining LSM as Senio...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Insurance services holding company, K2 Insurance services, is expanding its financial lines capabilities with the acquisition of the Management Liability Underwriting business of specialty insurer Rising Edge. The acquired team will be integrated...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Insurance and reinsurance broking group Marsh has expanded Lisa Quest’s role to include serving as UK Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 6th, 2026. She succeeds Chris Lay, who is retiring from the business. Quest, currently Head of UK...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
New research from Autonomous has suggested there are grounds for optimism that the current reinsurance cycle is a “little more rational” than those that came before, although terms and conditions are set to face increasing pressure as 2026 p...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Walter Voigts-von Foster has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Munich Re Africa, a role he will hold alongside his responsibilities as Head of Non‑Life. “It’s a privilege to lead such a fantastic team, and I’m excited about what we w...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Global specialty broker Price Forbes has announced the launch of its cross-class follow facility, Lectio, in Bermuda, extending the facility’s premium scope to around $1.3 billion. The facility will initially offer a Bermuda property line, enablin...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the appointment of Alexander Krasavin as Regional Managing Director covering Asia Pacific. In his new role, Krasavin will drive the integration of human capital solutions for Aon’s l...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026
Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has disclosed its second industry loss estimate for the Australia East Coast Severe Convective Storms (SCS), which affected Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria between 26 October and 1 N...
Posted: Feb 02, 2026