Reinsurance News

ARC’s Board appoints David Maslo as interim CEO

The Board of African Risk Capacity Ltd (ARC) has announced the appointment of David Maslo as interim CEO, effective 16th June 2025. Maslo brings a strong combination of actuarial expertise and policy insight to this role. He returns to ARC Ltd aft...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Global reinsurance viewed as stable amid uncertainty: S&P

At S&P Global Ratings’ 41st Annual North American Insurance Conference, the key topic of conversation was uncertainty, yet S&P believes the industry is well-positioned to withstand it, viewing global reinsurance and North American life and...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

RIQ revealed as official name for AI-native reinsurance platform launched by IHC

Global investment firm IHC has announced the official launch of Reinsurance Intelligence Quotient (RIQ), the newly named global reinsurance platform based in ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market), the international finance centre in Abu Dhabi. “The...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Concirrus launches AI underwriting platform in US specialty market

Concirrus, a provider of AI-driven insurance solutions, has expanded its presence in the US specialty market with the launch of its new AI underwriting platform. The company revealed it has deployed the platform with “one of the world’s top ten sp...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Gallagher Re sees signs of recovery in Florida’s insurance market

According to the 2024 Year-End Florida Market Watch Report released by reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, Florida’s property insurance market ended the year showing progress across several key financial indicators despite ongoing underwriting pressu...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Hymans Robertson launches risk transfer and investment service for small pension schemes

Hymans Robertson has announced the launch of TRUST, a new end-to-end risk transfer and investment service designed to help smaller pension schemes navigate and execute bulk annuity transactions. The service is aimed at schemes with typically £150m...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Hippo targets $2bn+ in GWP by 2028

At its 2025 Investor Day, Hippo unveiled a three-year strategic roadmap, setting 2028 financial targets that include gross written premiums exceeding $2 billion, adjusted net income above $125 million, and an adjusted return on equity greater than...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Singapore Re secures reinsurance branch license to operate as IIO in India’s GIFT City

Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (Singapore Re) has secured a reinsurance branch license from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to operate as an IFSC Insurance Office (IIO) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-Cit...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Volante Global appoints Peter Montanaro as Non-Executive Director

Volante Global, an international Managing General Agent (MGA) and Lloyd’s Syndicate, has announced the appointment of Peter Montanaro as Non-Executive Director, effective 1st July 2025. In this role, Montanaro will work closely with Martin Reith,...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Bermuda’s long-term insurance sector maintains stability amid systemic risk concerns: BILTIR

A recent independent report commissioned by Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers (BILTIR)—an association representing Bermuda-based long-term re/insurance companies—and conducted by Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting f...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

IQUW promotes Phil Furlong to Head of Technical Underwriting and Oversight

Specialty insurer and reinsurer IQUW has promoted Phil Furlong to the newly created role of Head of Technical Underwriting and Oversight, with Mark McDonach succeeding Furlong as Head of Marine, Energy, and Aviation. According to IQUW, in his new...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Ryan Specialty acquires J.M. Wilson

Ryan Specialty, an international specialty insurance firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business of J.M. Wilson Corporation, a Michigan-domiciled business offering products from personal lines to surety, and transportation expe...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Coastal Marine names Joe Battle as Chairman and Callum Clark as CEO

The Board of Coastal Marine Asia Holdings Ltd. (Coastal Marine), a specialist marine insurance MGA and risk management consultancy, has announced the appointments of Joe Battle as Chairman of the Board and Callum Clark to the newly created role of...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Majesco report urges shift from legacy models to future-ready foundations

Majesco, a provider of cloud-based insurance software, has released a new Thought Leadership report, Strategic Priorities 2025: A New Operating Business Foundation for the New Era of Insurance, which outlines why a shift away from legacy operating...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Mission Underwriters appoints Sujatha Raju as Chief Technology Officer

Mission Underwriters, a technology-driven global underwriting company, has announced the appointment of Sujatha Raju as Chief Technology Officer. In her new role, Raju will lead the technology team in advancing the company’s platform, focusing on...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

KCC US Hurricane Model 5.0 receives certification from Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss

Karen Clark & Company (KCC), a provider of catastrophe risk models and analytics to the insurance industry, has announced that its US Hurricane Reference Model Version 5.0 has been officially certified by the Florida Commission on Hurricane Lo...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

Gordon Watson elected to Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Board

Tim Sweeney, Chairman and CEO of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has announced that Gordon Watson has been elected to the company’s board of directors. Watson brings over three decades of experience in the insurance sector. He recently served as C...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

WTW adds Scott Van Slyck and Kate Gingras to Insurance Consulting and Technology team

Insurance and reinsurance broking group WTW has appointed Scott Van Slyck as Senior Director of Technology Sales and Kate Gingras as Director of Strategy Execution within its Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) business. The pair will report...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

The Baldwin Group’s Westwood to acquire Hippo’s homebuilder distribution network

The Baldwin Group has announced that its indirect subsidiary, Westwood Insurance Agency LLC, has entered into an agreement to acquire the homebuilder distribution network from Hippo Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates, expected to close on or around...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

Guy Carpenter’s Ian Wrigglesworth elected as President of the AIA

Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh McLennan, has congratulated Ian Wrigglesworth on his election as President of the Aviation Insurance Association (AIA) for the 2025–2027 term. The AIA is a professional organisation dedicated to...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

Specialist Risk Group appoints Neil Nimmo as CEO – UK

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), an insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has announced the appointment of Neil Nimmo as CEO – UK. In his new role, Nimmo will oversee SRG’s Retail, Wholesale, and Underwriting businesses in the U...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

Swiss Re flags extreme heat as deadliest natural hazard in latest SONAR report

Swiss Re, a reinsurance company, has issued a warning in its newly published 2025 SONAR report: extreme heat now poses a greater threat to human life than floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes combined. The annual report, which monitors emerging ris...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

Stuart Logue named new CFO of Asta Managing Agency

Asta, a third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, has appointed Stuart Logue as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Asta Managing Agency, subject to regulatory approval. Logue replaces Richard Barke, who is moving to a senior leadership role at Asta’s o...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

Just Group completes £150m pensioner buy-in with MGN Pension Scheme

Just Group has completed a c. £150m pensioner buy-in with the MGN Pension Scheme, sponsored by Reach plc, which provides pensions for former employees of Mirror Group Newspapers. The buy-in, which was completed in November 2024, reportedly insures...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025

MGAA partners with market intelligence platform Insurance DataLab

The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has partnered with market intelligence platform Insurance DataLab to provide valuable insights to its members and empower the community to make more informed, data-driven decisions. In line with the...

Posted: Jun 12, 2025