Reinsurance News
Matthew Whyte has joined Willis Re as a broker, bringing 38 years of industry experience to further strengthen the firm’s client support capabilities. Whyte has led client teams across global marine and energy, property and composite accounts, as...
Posted: Jan 06, 2026
European property-catastrophe rate reductions varied by territory at the January 1st 2026 reinsurance renewals, with softening of up to 20%, according to Howden’s latest renewal report, with the firm expecting further softening in this part...
Posted: Jan 06, 2026
Australian insurer IAG has successfully placed its 2026 catastrophe reinsurance program, integrating RACQ Insurance (RACQI) into its main catastrophe cover, whole-of-account quota share (WAQS) arrangements and aggregate stop-loss protection. Reade...
Posted: Jan 06, 2026
Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM), the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty, has announced the rebranding of Leopanthera to Ryan Financial Lines, effective January 1, 2026. A specialist in underwriting diversified financial...
Posted: Jan 06, 2026
Global reinsurer Hannover Re has announced the appointment of John Walters as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of Hannover Life Re of Australasia. Hannover Life Re of Australasia is a specialist provider of insurance and reinsur...
Posted: Jan 06, 2026
Bobby Swarup, an insurance industry veteran with over two decades of experience, has announced the launch of Niyam Group, a new venture in India which will bring more reinsurance capital to the market. Niyam’s vision is to build economic resilienc...
Posted: Jan 06, 2026
According to reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter’s January 2026 renewal report, global price reductions were seen across Marine, Energy and Technical lines, as new and existing capacity continued to diversify from property and grow into an already cr...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Catalina Re, a provider of capital management and risk transfer solutions to the global insurance industry, has appointed Peter Mason as Group Chief Risk Officer. Andrew Pryde, Catalina Re’s former Group Chief Risk Officer, departed the role to jo...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
UK domiciled insurer Admiral Group has completed the sale of its US motor insurance business, including Elephant Insurance Company and Elephant Insurance Services (Elephant), to J.C. Flowers & Co., a global private investment firm dedicated to...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Ascot Group has appointed Ashleigh Edwards as Group Head of Ceded Reinsurance, where she will lead the firm’s global ceded re strategy, covering its structures, placement approaches, and business lines. Edwards joins Ascot from RenaissanceRe, wher...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Insurance and reinsurance broking group Howden has agreed to acquire Atlantic Global Risk LLC, an independent transaction liability insurance broker headquartered in New York, US. Since its establishment in 2017, Atlantic Group has rapidly expande...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Corebridge Financial, Inc., an American multinational financial services company, has successfully closed the final portions of the variable annuity reinsurance deal with Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company, an insurance subsidiary of Ven...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Global multi-line insurer, Zurich Insurance,, has appointed Paolo Mantero as its new Group Head of Reinsurance, who is transitioning to the role from his most recent position as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Mantero, who brings a wealth of strateg...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Global reinsurer capital increased by more than 6% from the end of 2024 to $760 billion as at September 30th, 2025, with growth in both traditional and alternative capital, driven by retained earnings, unrealised gains, and new inflows to sidecars...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
In 2026, insurers will move from experimenting with AI to scaling it with human oversight, stronger governance, and decisions driven by real-time data for underwriting, Travis MacMillian, president of the Americas at Xceedance, has suggested. Xcee...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
The cyber market benefited from more-than-adequate capacity at the January 1st, 2026, reinsurance renewals, with levels far exceeding those available a few years ago, according to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re’s 1st View renewal report. Ia...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Sompo, a global provider of property, casualty, and specialty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Christian Silies as President of Europe Reinsurance. Silies brings more than two decades of industry experience, with expertise spanning special...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Ryan Spettigue has joined AIG as the firm’s new Head of Client and Broker Engagement, Australia. Spettigue joins AIG from Chubb, where he served in a number of senior underwriting roles. He joined Chubb in 2014 as a casualty underwriter befo...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
The Baldwin Group, an independent insurance brokerage and advisory firm, and CAC Group, a national middle-market insurance broker and advisor, comprising CAC Specialty and CAC Agency, have completed the previously announced merger, with a total up...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Guy Carpenter experts from the Asia Pacific region have shared their insights on the reinsurance renewals for January 1, 2026, highlighting the region’s favourable results for the year with lower than average cat losses. Tony Gallagher, CEO Asia P...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
The Travelers Companies, Inc., a provider of property and casualty insurance, has completed the sale of the personal insurance business and the majority of the commercial insurance business of Travelers Canada to Definity Financial Corporation for...
Posted: Jan 05, 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re’s primary insurance arm, ERGO Group, has completed the previously announced acquisition of ADB Gjensidige, the former Lithuanian subsidiary of Norwegian non-life insurer Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, including its branches...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a re/insurance group specialising in Africa and the Middle East, has announced the renewal of Baobab, the first Lloyd’s Consortium focused exclusively on Africa, with an increase in capacity of up to USD 26 million pe...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., a property and casualty (P&C) specialist insurer, has completed its acquisition of Lloyd’s specialist Apollo Group Holdings Limited at the previously agreed terms. Launched in 2009, Apollo is a US-focus...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
The Board of Directors of global insurance and reinsurance broking group, Aon, has approved an extension of President and Chief Executive officer (CEO), Greg Case’s employment agreement through December 31st, 2030. Case has been with the bro...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026