Reinsurance News

Natural disasters caused over $130bn global insured losses in 2022: Aon

A new Aon report has estimated that global insured losses caused by natural disasters exceeded $130 billion in 2022, mainly driven by Hurricane Ian, which is the second-costliest event on record from an insurance perspective. The 2023 Weather, Cli...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Rance joins Resilience as Head of Bermuda & Global Head of Large Accounts

Cyber risk solutions firm Resilience has announced that Dan Rance will be joining as Head of Bermuda and Global Head of Large Accounts. Resilience states that the appointment will help it secure the capacity to support large enterprise clients who...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

The Hanover launches specialty general liability solution

The Hanover Insurance Group has announced the expansion of its casualty offering with the launch of a specialty general liability solution. The firm suggests that with the new offering, its agents and brokers can provide an admitted general liabil...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Moody’s estimates $5-7bn in economic losses from California flooding

Global catastrophe and risk modelling solutions firm, Moody’s RMS estimates total US economic losses from the recent California flooding to be between $5-7 billion. This estimate reflects inland flood impacts for the US, which includes damage to i...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Moody’s RMS estimates $5-7bn in economic losses from California flooding

Global catastrophe and risk modelling solutions firm, Moody’s RMS estimates total US economic losses from the recent California flooding to be between $5-7 billion. This estimate reflects inland flood impacts for the US, which includes damage to i...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

ILS demand to be elevated throughout 2023: Aon

Analysts at Aon have said they expect demand for all forms of alternative capital to remain elevated throughout 2023 as insurers and reinsurers look to mitigate both macro-economic and reinsurance market challenges. In a new report on January rein...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Darlea named AVP, Product Recall of Nexus US Specialty Casualty Division

Specialty managing general agent (MGA), Nexus Underwriting has appointed Justin Darlea as Assistant Vice President, Product Recall, in its Specialty Casualty business. Darlea joins Nexus Underwriting from Starr Insurance Companies, where he held t...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Munich Re and Unifiedpost partner on financing for German SMEs

Munich Re has partnered with e-invoicing solutions provider, Unifiedpost Group, to provide invoice financing to the users of Unifiedpost’s SME platform Banqup. The strategic partnership, acting through Ireland-based Talaria One DAC, will co-create...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Horace Mann anticipates Q4 P&C segment loss up to $29m

Horace Mann Educators Corporation has announced that it expects Q4 2022 Property & Casualty segment loss between $25 million and $29 million following a “significant impact from late-in-quarter severe weather.” The firm’s Pre...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Aviva incurs £50m hit from UK’s December freeze

London-headquartered insurer Aviva has provided an update on its general insurance lines for the fourth quarter of the year, including £50 million of losses from severe weather last month. The company reported that its general insurance businesses...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Beazley hires Swiss Re’s Fred Kleiterp as European General Manager

Beazley has appointed former Swiss Re executive Fred Kleiterp to the role of European General Manager as the firm continues its growth across Europe. Kleiterp will join the company on 1 June 2023 and will additionally become a member of the Execut...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Swiss Re CorSo names Arquint CEO EMEA as Kleiterp departs to Beazley

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial direct risk underwriting arm of Swiss Re, has appointed Nina Arquint as CEO Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA). She succeeds Fred Kleiterp who will start a new venture with Beazley. In her new role...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Claims costs for motor injuries could rise after Court’s ruling

A judgment from the Court of Appeal could hamper the government’s attempts to maintain downward pressure on the cost of motor injuries in the UK, global law firm Clyde & Co has warned. Eighteen months after the government introduced reforms to...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Underwriters to retain more risk amid hardening market: Goldman Sachs

Analysts at Goldman Sachs expect underwriters to hold more risk on their own balance sheets going forward, rather than assuming the large increases to reinsurance and retrocession coverage that materialised at the recent January renewals. Reflecti...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

UK insurance claims inflation across the market “worse than feared”: Jefferies

A recent report from Jefferies suggests that UK insurance claim inflation across the market is worse than feared, which has a knock-on effect to reinsurers in inflating claims and losses. The firms UK motor insurance tracker showed that new busine...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

LMA updates cyber war & operation clauses

The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has updated and replaced a number of its cyber war clauses related to the involvement of states and sovereign actors in cyber attacks and other operations. In particular, the LMA has focused the updates a...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Conduit Re grows premiums 60% at 1/1, expects more rate momentum

Bermuda-headquartered property and casualty reinsurance group Conduit Holdings, owner of Conduit Re, has reported continued expansion at the recent January renewals, adding 60% in premiums and now looking forward to more rate momentum through 2023...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Berkshire BHSI appoints Head of Property, Switzerland

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Bart De Wilde to lead its growing property underwriting team and portfolio in Switzerland. He brings over two decades of industry experience towards the role. He joins BHSI from Holcim Lt...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Allianz Partners UK & Ireland hires Latchford as CSO

Allianz Partners UK & Ireland has appointed Marcus Latchford as its new Chief Sales and Distribution Officer (CSO). Within his new role, Latchford will lead both the sales and distribution teams at Allianz Partners. He will also report to Tim...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Chaucer doubles Dubai re/insurance business since 2020

Chaucer has doubled its re/insurance business in Dubai since 2020 as well as the size of its re/insurance book, said the group in a recent announcement. The Dubai office has gone from strength to strength since Chaucer MENA opened its doors in 201...

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Industry should “absolutely” move to less model dependency, says Amwins’ Bernacki

Given the continued ‘model miss’ of the recent catastrophes, Mark Bernacki, Chief Underwriting Officer of Amwins, has suggested that the industry should “absolutely” move to less model dependency. In his interview with Reinsurance News, Bernacki g...

Posted: Jan 24, 2023

Resolution Life welcomes Nippon Life’s further $1bn investment

Nippon Life has agreed to invest an additional commitment of $1bn in Resolution Life, a global life and annuity insurance consolidation business. The news comes after Resolution Life and asset manager Blackstone announced their strategic partnersh...

Posted: Jan 24, 2023

Timothy Powell joins Everest Insurance as Head of Financial Lines

Everest Insurance, the primary insurance division of Everest Re Group, has announced the appointment of Timothy Powell as Head of Financial Lines. According to the announcement, he will succeed Christian Colombera who will assume the role of Manag...

Posted: Jan 24, 2023

Travelers’ investment in Fidelis includes quota share arrangement

US primary insurer Travelers has disclosed that its investment in Fidelis includes a quota share arrangement, which its management says will allow the firm to “participate in the hard market.” Travelers made a strategic minority invest...

Posted: Jan 24, 2023

Travelers drops agg reinsurance cover, raises per-occurrence attachment

US primary insurer Travelers has disclosed details of its reinsurance renewals for 2022, which include a higher attachment point for its occurrence catastrophe excess-of-loss (XoL) program, as well as the apparent non-renewal of its aggregate cata...

Posted: Jan 24, 2023