Reinsurance News

Ledgebrook appoints new Chief Operating Officer

Tech-enabled E&S MGA, Ledgebrook, has appointed Adrian Copland as Chief Operating Officer (COO).  He joins the firm from insurtech Fairmatic, where he previously served as COO. Overall, he brings decades of industry experience towards the role...

Posted: May 19, 2023

Fannie Mae executes fifth CIRT transaction of 2023

Fannie Mae has executed its fifth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) transaction of 2023. As part of the firm’s ongoing effort to reduce taxpayer risk by increasing the role of private capital in the mortgage market, CIRT 2023-5 transferred $42...

Posted: May 19, 2023

Demand for parametric re/insurance is on the rise: Floodbase’s Lacovara

Demand for parametric insurance is on the rise as more people have started to recognise that these solutions can provide protection for things and events that could not be covered by indemnity insurance, said Peter Lacovara, Head of Commercial at...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Kin’s Q1’23 GWP soars to $83.2 million, marking a 54% year-on-year increase

Kin Insurance has reported a gross written premium (GWP) of $83.2 million for the first-quarter of 2023, up 54% from the year-ago $54.1 million. The GPW was positively impacted by $33.5 million in new bound premium, Kin said. Kin’s positive operat...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Allstate estimated cat losses for April at $631m

U.S. primary insurer Allstate has announced estimated catastrophe losses for April of $799 million or $631 million, after tax. April cat losses include 12 events estimated at $872 million, with approximately 60% of the losses related to two wind a...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Allianz Commercial reveals new financial underwriting teams

Allianz Commercial has announced that it has made a number of appointments to form a new financial lines team that will operate across three new regional hubs. The new team will focus solely on Allianz’s Directors & Officers and Professional I...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Markel to change name as it targets greater clarity amid growth

Markel Corporation has announced that it will change its name to Markel Group Inc. on Friday, May 26. The reason for this change is to provide a greater definition of the nature of their holding company. This includes three engines of insurance, i...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Miller welcomes Lee Bright to its Direct Marine team

Specialist re/insurance broker Miller has announced the appointment of Lee Bright as an Account Executive in its Direct Marine team. Joining the company towards the end of November, Bright will focus on Marine Hull and report to Nick Summers, Head...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Republican AGs pen critical letter to NZIA members conveying “legal concerns”

A consortium of Republican state attorneys general (AG) has penned a letter to insurers of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) raising concerns about the legality of their commitments to collaborate with other insurers and asset owners in order...

Posted: May 18, 2023

L&G announces final £2.7bn buy-in with the British Steel Pension Scheme

Legal & General has announced a £2.7 billion buy-in with the British Steel Pension Scheme, its final step to fully insure the £7.5 billion scheme which includes the benefits of 67,000 retired and deferred members. This is the fourth and final...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Everest set to rebrand company name from July

Global re/insurance player Everest Re Group, Ltd., has announced that following shareholder approval at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held yesterday, it will change its name to Everest Group, Ltd., and will trade under the new ticker symbol...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Swiss Re estimates $200bn US cat reinsurance demand, expects 10-15% surge by 2024

Swiss Re estimates that the US alone has approximately $200 billion in demand for catastrophe (cat) reinsurance, and with climate change, demographic shifts, and inflation expected to persist, there is projected to be a 10-15% increase in demand b...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Softer pricing for U.S. D&O insurance segment as market stabilizes in 2023: AM Best

After two years of hard market conditions, the U.S. directors and officers (D&O) insurance market stabilized toward the end of 2022. AM Best noted that pricing increases moderated and renewal pricing was flat on average indicating the stabilis...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Howden CAP bolsters surety division with three banking hires

Insurance broker Howden has made three new senior hires to its CAP’s Surety division, with the addition of Kevin Barrett, Patrick Shields, and Warren Withfield, each based in London. These new appointments demonstrate Howden CAP’s ongoing strategy...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Aegon reports strong operating capital growth of 5% in Q1’23

Aegon, a Netherlands-headquartered multinational life insurance, pensions and asset management company, has released its trading update for the first quarter of 2023, stating operating capital generation, before holding funding and operating expen...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Mitiga Solutions secures €13.25 million Series A funding to pioneer AI-driven climate risk modeling

Mitiga Solutions, a Barcelona-based climate-tech company specializing in science-based risk modeling, has successfully raised €13.25 million in a Series A funding round. The investment, led by Kibo Ventures in collaboration with Microsoft Climate...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Insurance Council of Australia appoints two new non-exec directors

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has appointed two new non-executive members to the Board, Zurich’s Justin Delaney and Ram Kangatharan from Auto & General. They have both started their new role as of May 16, 2023, and will complete a 1...

Posted: May 18, 2023

AXIS Capital hires its new Chief Data and Analytics Officer

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Rebecca O’Kill as Chief Data & Analytics Officer, effective immediately. O’Kill will report to AXIS Chief Underwriting Officer Dan Draper and will be based in London. In this role,...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Vulnerable organisations 33% more likely to experience cyber claims: Coalition

Policyholders with even one unresolved critical vulnerability are 33% more likely to experience a cyber claim, according to a recent report by cyber insurance provider Coalition. The 2023 edition of the Cyber Claims Report also confirmed human err...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Iovine joins Aspen as Vice President, Outwards Reinsurance Placement Manager

Celia Iovine joined Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, Aspen Insurance Group, as Vice President, Outwards Reinsurance Placement Manager. Prior to Aspen, Iovine served as AVP, Ceded Reinsurance & Retro at Everest Reinsurance Company. Iovine h...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Generali Malaysia aims higher positioning post business integration

Generali Malaysia aims to become one of the largest general insurers and emerging life insurer in Malaysia following its business integration with Affin Bank Bhd. Generali Group successfully acquired a controlling majority in AXA Affin joint ventu...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Allianz Indonesia names Grenz as Country Head, President Director & CEO

Allianz Indonesia has appointed Alexander Grenz as Country Head, President Director & CEO. Grenz has a ‘strong’ track record of working in the insurance industry. Grenz is skilled in Distribution, Operation and IT, DigitalTransform...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Miller names Pene Reuben Senior Client Executive, Marine Liability Reinsurance

Specialist re/insurance broker Miller has announced the appointment of Pene Reuben as Senior Client Executive in its Marine Liability Reinsurance team. Miller states that Reuben’s appointment is part of the Marine team’s continued growth amb...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Eurobase and Himalayan Re’s reinsurance platform Synergy2 goes live

Eurobase has announced that Himalayan Re has gone live with Synergy2, its best-of-breed reinsurance platform. Eurobase has maintained its 100% success rate for implementations and delivered an integrated, complete, end-to-end reinsurance administr...

Posted: May 18, 2023

Himalayan Re goes live with Eurobase’s reinsurance platform Synergy2

Eurobase has announced that Himalayan Re has gone live with Synergy2, its best-of-breed reinsurance platform. Eurobase has maintained its 100% success rate for implementations and delivered an integrated, complete, end-to-end reinsurance administr...

Posted: May 18, 2023