Reinsurance News

Markel appoints Collin Sim as Casualty Underwriter in Singapore

Markel Insurance, the insurance arm of Markel Group Inc., has announced the appointment of Collin Sim as Casualty Underwriter. The hire marks the establishment of Markel’s first dedicated casualty underwriting position in Singapore. In her new rol...

Posted: Jun 27, 2025

P&C insurers to deploy AI-powered multimodal technologies to combat fraud: Deloitte

By implementing AI-driven technologies across the claims life cycle and integrating real-time analysis from multiple modalities, property and casualty (P&C) insurers could reduce fraudulent claims and save between $80 billion and $160 billion...

Posted: Jun 27, 2025

Neptune appointed as Palomar’s exclusive MGA for flood insurance

Specialty property insurer Palomar Holdings, Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with Neptune Flood, a private flood insurance provider, to accelerate growth in the US flood insurance market. As part of the collaboration, Neptune will becom...

Posted: Jun 27, 2025

AXA XL hires Philip Anderson as Senior Underwriter in Dallas

AXA XL, the property and casualty (P&C) and specialty risk division of global insurer AXA, has announced the appointment of Philip Anderson as Senior Underwriter in Dallas to expand its energy underwriting capabilities. In his new role, Anders...

Posted: Jun 27, 2025

Chubb to launch new engineering centre in Bogotá, Colombia

Global insurer Chubb has announced plans to open a new engineering centre in Bogotá, Colombia, scheduled for October 2025. Joining existing engineering centres in India, Mexico, and Greece, the Bogotá centre will strengthen Chubb’s technological c...

Posted: Jun 27, 2025

S&P upgrades Convex Group entities credit ratings, assigns stable outlook

S&P Global Ratings has raised the financial strength ratings on re/insurer Convex group’s operating companies to ‘A’ from ‘A-‘, and assigned a stable outlook. The companies include: Convex Re Ltd., Convex Insuranc...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Marsh launches cyber insurance facility for mid-sized organisations

Marsh, an insurance broker and risk advisor within Marsh McLennan, has launched Cyber Unity, a new insurance facility for organisations with revenues up to €500 million across the European Union, as well as Israel, Norway, Serbia, and Turkey. In a...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Davies appoints James Ferris as CEO of Captive Management business

Davies, a specialist professional services and technology company, has announced the appointment of James Ferris as CEO of its Captive Management business, effective 1st July 2025. Based in Bermuda, Ferris succeeds Nick Frost, who will assume the...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

K2 Cyber & Liberty Mutual partner on cyber insurance for small & medium-sized organisations

K2 Cyber, a K2 Insurance Services brand and the provider of Intelligent Cyber Insurance™, has entered a partnership with Liberty Mutual Insurance and its Ironshore programs group, to provide intelligent cyber insurance to small and medium-sized bu...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Oliver Wyman to acquire Validate Health, expanding healthcare analytics capabilities

Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm and part of Marsh McLennan, has announced an agreement to acquire Validate Health, a healthcare analytics company that supports healthcare providers and Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs) in improving...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Cowbell partners with Zurich to expand insurance offerings for US SMEs

Cowbell, a cyber insurance provider focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has expanded its product lineup in the US by launching Zurich Select Plus, a co-branded insurance offering developed in partnership with Zurich North America...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Citizens CEO hails ‘tremendous’ impact of reforms on Florida’s property insurance market

Tim Cerio, President, CEO, and Executive Director of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, has suggested that Florida’s property insurance market is strong and well on the path to recovery, largely due to legislative reforms enacted in 2022. Ac...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Corebridge & Venerable enter $2.8bn variable annuity transaction

Corebridge Financial has entered into an agreement with CS Life Re, a subsidiary of Venerable Holdings, to reinsure all the variable annuities of its Individual Retirement business. Explained, Venerable is set to reinsure approximately $51 billion...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Descartes expands US Flood offer with new parametric product

Descartes Underwriting, a specialist in corporate parametric insurance solutions for climate and emerging risks, has launched a new fully customisable Flood-at-Location parametric flood insurance product for US commercial customers. Backed by exte...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Robert Kennedy to succeed Carl Shuker as CEO, Howden UK & Ireland

Howden, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the appointment of Robert Kennedy as CEO of Howden UK & Ireland, effective 1st October 2025. In this role, Kennedy will report to David Howden, CEO of Howden. Kennedy jo...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Global executives overestimate their cyber resilience: Beazley

While more global executives cite cyber risk as their greatest threat this year compared to 2024, 83% say they feel prepared to counter it—up from 74% last year—potentially indicating a false sense of security, as many organisations still lack the...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

AM Best revises Florida Family’s credit ratings outlook to positive

AM Best has revised the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) outlook of Florida Family Insurance Company and its subsidiary, Florida Family Home Insurance Company, to positive from stable, and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Wegener succeeds Wölbern as Head of Investment Management at HDI Global SE

Commercial and specialty lines insurer HDI Global SE has announced the appointment of Dr Christian Wegener as Head of Investment Management. Wegener is succeeding Thorsten Wölbern, who is moving to new challenges within the company after 15 years...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

MS Amlin appoints Gisela Nilsson as Political Violence Senior Underwriter

Lloyd’s global insurer and reinsurer MS Amlin has announced the appointment of Gisela Nilsson as Political Violence Senior Underwriter. Nilsson brings over 15 years of specialist underwriting experience. She joins from Talbot Underwriting, w...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

PIC secures £900m in buy-in transactions for Three Baker Hughes pension schemes

Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), a provider of insurance solutions for defined benefit pension schemes, has arranged buy-in transactions with three pension plans associated with Baker Hughes (“the Company”): the Baker Hughes (UK) Pension...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Insurance Europe calls for streamlining EU cybersecurity regulations

Insurance Europe, the organisation representing the European insurance and reinsurance sector, is welcoming the European Commission’s review of the Cybersecurity Act (CSA), a move aimed at simplifying regulations and easing the administrative burd...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

France’s insurance sector expected to maintain profitability and growth in 2025: S&P

According to a report released by S&P Global Ratings, a provider of credit ratings, the French insurance industry is well positioned to sustain both profitability and moderate growth over the coming years. Despite economic headwinds and rising...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Everest names Pamela Sinclair as Chief Human Resources Officer

Everest Group, Ltd., a provider of property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance and insurance, announced that Pamela Sinclair will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective July 14. She will report...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Concirrus partnership with Lloyd’s syndicates to redefine submission automation in specialty insuran...

Concirrus, a provider of AI-centric insurance solutions, has partnered with one of Lloyd’s leading digital syndicates to redefine underwriting performance in the London Market by optimising submission processing, improving risk analytics, an...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025

Accenture invests in Reserv to drive growth in claims ecosystem

Professional services firm Accenture has invested in Reserv, an insurance claims processing company that complements deep claims expertise with AI-driven solutions through Accenture Ventures, with the terms of the transaction undisclosed. The inve...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025