Reinsurance News

Price Forbes appoints Suvimol Sathanart as Head of Property, Asia

Global specialty broker Price Forbes has announced the appointment of Suvimol Sathanart as Head of Property, Asia. Based in Singapore, Sathanart will report to Julian Coates, Chief Broking Officer at Price Forbes. In her new role, she will be resp...

Posted: Jun 23, 2025

SCOR bridging the funding gap for ecological restoration projects: Harmender Singh Kalirai

In an interview with Reinsurance News, Harmender Singh Kalirai, Chief Transaction Officer at SCOR P&C, discussed SCOR’s new Ecological Restoration Insurance Solution and how it aims to bridge the gap between the need and the desire to finance...

Posted: Jun 23, 2025

Acrisure Re launches West Coast Office, led by SVP Souza

Acrisure Re, the re/insurance division of global fintech company Acrisure, has expanded its US footprint with the launch of its West Coast Office, based in San Francisco, to be established and led by Danny Souza, Senior Vice President. Souza will...

Posted: Jun 23, 2025

Howden launches reinsurance operation in Saudi Arabia with Motaz Bukhari as CEO

Howden, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has received regulatory approval to launch a reinsurance business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which will be led by Motaz Bukhari as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Howden Re, Kingdom...

Posted: Jun 23, 2025

Pen Underwriting promotes Jamie Lawson to Head of Digital E-Trade

Pen Underwriting, a specialist underwriting agency in the UK, has promoted Jamie Lawson to the newly created role of Head of Digital E-Trade, effective July 1st, 2025. In his new role, Lawson will manage and coordinate digital growth initiatives r...

Posted: Jun 23, 2025

S&P Global raises Sava Re group’s ratings to ‘A+’ following Slovenia’s sovereign upgrade

S&P Global Ratings, a credit rating agency known for assessing credit risk and financial strength across markets, upgraded Sava Re Group and its core subsidiary Zavarovalnica Sava from ‘A’ to ‘A+’ on both their long-ter...

Posted: Jun 23, 2025

MS Transverse gets credit ratings upgrade from AM Best

AM Best, a credit rating agency, has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company, MS Transverse Insurance Company, and TRM Specialty Insurance Company—together known as MS Transverse Insurance Group (MS Tran...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Aon’s NFP hires Darrin De Stephanis to drive commercial surety growth

NFP, a subsidiary of Aon and a global insurance brokerage and consultancy, has appointed Darrin De Stephanis as Senior Vice President, Capital Solutions and Commercial Surety Growth Leader. Based in Vancouver, De Stephanis will report to Adrian Pe...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Apollo’s Athora in talks to acquire PIC, reports Sky News

Athora, a savings & retirement services firm in Europe established by Apollo Global Management, is in talks to acquire Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), according to Sky News. While spokespeople for Apollo and PIC reportedly declined to com...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

SageSure appoints Prasad Gunturi as VP Catastrophe Risk R&D

SageSure, a provider of catastrophe-exposed property insurance, has announced the appointment of Prasad Gunturi as Vice President (VP), Catastrophe Risk R&D. Founded in 2009, SageSure is a managing general underwriter focused on catastrophe-ex...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

US lightning-related insurance claims down 16.5% in 2024: Triple-I

U.S. insurers paid $1.04 billion in lightning-related homeowners insurance claims in 2024, marking a 16.5% decrease from the $1.24 billion paid in 2023, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). The total number of lightning-cau...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

ICW Group enters E&S market with new business unit, ICW Specialty

California-domiciled privately held insurance company, ICW Group Insurance Companies, has launched a new Excess and Surplus (E&S) business unit, ICW Specialty. The unit is being launched through VerTerra Insurance, ICW Group’s Excess and...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Marco Capital acquires R&Q Gamma, marking third transaction with parent

European P&C insurance run-off group Marco Capital has acquired R&Q Gamma Company Limited, subject to regulatory approval. Marco Capital explained that R&Q Gamma, formerly The Royal London General Insurance Company Ltd, was established...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Walaa Cooperative Insurance acquires majority stake in DIFC-based fac reinsurance MGA Aspire

Last month, Walaa Cooperative Insurance Company, a listed Saudi insurer, completed its acquisition of an 88% stake in Aspire Underwriting Agency Ltd. (AUAL), a Managing General Agent (MGA) based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)....

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

S&P lifts ratings on Fairfax’s core re/insurance subsidiaries

S&P Global Ratings has raised its long-term issuer credit and financial strength ratings on Fairfax Financial’s core re/insurance operating subsidiaries, which include Odyssey Re and Allied World, to ‘AA-‘ from ‘A+&#821...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Concert hands Kenneth Carter additional Chief Risk Officer role

Concert Group, a privately owned insurance holding company, has expanded Kenneth Carter’s role in the company to include Chief Risk Officer, along with serving as Chief Claims Officer. Carter joined Concert in October 2024 as Chief Claims Of...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

ADGM plans to establish Insurance Association in Abu Dhabi

ADGM has announced plans to establish the Insurance Association within its jurisdiction, marking a key milestone in advancing the insurance and reinsurance sectors both within ADGM and across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ADGM is an Internationa...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Send names Chief People Officer to support growth strategy

Send Technology Solutions Ltd (Send), an insurtech firm, has named Will Sparkes as its new Chief People Officer. The appointment comes as the company looks to formalise and expand its approach to people operations during a period of ongoing growth...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Fitch upgrades QBE ratings, citing strong financial performance

Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of QBE Insurance Group Limited to ‘A’ from ‘A-’ and raised the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Ratings of its core subsidiaries to ‘AA-’ from ‘A+’. The outl...

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

AmRisc launches Illinois-domiciled reciprocal insurance exchange

AmRisc, a subsidiary of CRC Group, has launched an Illinois-domiciled, reciprocal insurance exchange, Calais Reciprocal Insurance Exchange, which has already been assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) by AM Best. Calais is backed...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

High Court ruling on Russia / Ukraine aircraft test case has credit implications for re/insurers: Mo...

Last week, the High Court of Justice in London ruled in favour of aircraft lessors for the 2021 and 2022 underwriting years, a key development in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine aviation litigation, and one which analysts at Morningstar DBRS warn has p...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Q1’25 property claims hit five-year low despite severe weather: Verisk

According to Verisk’s Quarterly Property Report, claims volume continued to decline in the first quarter of 2025, reaching a five-year low despite significant weather events in several regions. The quarter ended with a total of 1,059,323 claims, c...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

Mosaic develops hybrid coverage to support orphaned well projects in North America

Mosaic Insurance, a specialty insurer focused on complex and emerging risks, has introduced a new product aimed at supporting efforts to remediate abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells across North America. The company’s environmental division...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

AEGIS London names Sarah Yuile to strengthen International Casualty team

AEGIS London, a syndicate at Lloyd’s, has named Sarah Yuile as an underwriter in its International Casualty team. This strategic hire reflects the company’s focus on enhancing its underwriting expertise and advancing the growth of its Internationa...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025

CNA launches new brand Cardinal E&S

CNA Financial Corporation has launched Cardinal E&S, a new brand dedicated to the excess and surplus (E&S) market, offering specialised insurance solutions tailored to brokers handling complex, hard-to-place risks. According to CNA, Cardin...

Posted: Jun 19, 2025