Reinsurance News

Zurich Australia names Head of Property, Marine & Technical Lines

Zurich Financial Services Australia, a division of global insurer Zurich, has announced the appointment of Evan Moore as Head of Property, Marine & Technical Lines for its general insurance business. Moore currently serves as Head of Personal...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Everspan promotes Dresner to President as Wyatt Blackburn retires

Everspan Group has promoted Steven K. Dresner to President of Everspan, succeeding Wyatt Blackburn, who has retired. Blackburn will assume the role of Vice Chairman of Everspan Holdings and become a member of the Everspan Holdings Board of Directo...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

FEMA reports NFIP has paid $793m in claims so far following Hurricane Ian

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has paid $793 million in claims following Hurricane Ian, as Federal support nears $3 billion. FEMA suggests that more than $2.97 bill...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Reinsurers face “generational opportunity,” if they can deploy: Howden’s Michelle To

Michelle To, Head of Business Intelligence at international insurance broker Howden, has asserted that the current pricing environment presents “generational opportunities” for those reinsurers that are able to deploy capital efficiently. Speaking...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

The Hanover appoints Schuler to lead Management and Executive Liability

The Hanover Insurance Group has appointed Eric M. Schuler as President of management and executive liability, effective immediately. Within this role, Schuler will assume responsibility for the strategy and execution of The Hanover’s managem...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Aon names two new leaders in Reinsurance Solutions APAC team

Re/insurance broker Aon has named Robert De Souza and John Carroll to new roles within its Reinsurance Solutions Asia Pacific (APAC) team. Robert De Souza, who is currently Reinsurance Solutions’ CEO of Australia and New Zealand and chairman of AP...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Liberty Mutual appoints Maria Grace as global product leader for property

Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Maria Grace as its global product leader for property. Grace is set to begin in the role at the beginning of January and will report to Matthew Moore, Global Risk Solutions (GRS) president of underwriting. Sh...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

AGCS names Brian McNamara Regional Head of Multinational, NA

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), the corporate insurance carrier of Allianz Group, has announced it is strengthening its North American Multinational team with the appointment of two new members. Brian McNamara has been named Regio...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Conduit Re appoints Peter Kiernan as head of property

Conduit Re has appointed Peter Kiernan as its new head of property. The firm said that Kiernan, currently Head of US Property with AXA XL Reinsurance in Bermuda, will take up his role at the beginning of December, subject to regulatory and work pe...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Arch Insurance & AEGIS London latest to rule out insuring EACOP

Arch Capital Group Ltd and AEGIS London have become the latest (re)insurance companies to commit not to provide any coverage to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. They join 19 other (re)insurers, including four of the world’s big...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Reinsurance structures as crucial as pricing at 2023 renewals: JP Morgan

Analysts at JP Morgan have asserted that the structure of reinsurance programs could play “as important of a role as pricing” at the upcoming renewal periods. In a new report, the firm argued that recent years of poor returns for the reinsurance i...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Reinsurance market expected to cause Hull insurers difficulties at renewals: Gallagher

According to the Divisional Director of Marine at Gallagher, Mike Ingham, the reinsurance market is expected to present Hull insurers with a new set of difficulties at the forthcoming January renewals. Ingham notes that the market is already suffe...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Aon highlights how captives can drive positive ESG outcomes

A recent Aon report has highlighted how using a captive insurance company can drive positive ESG outcomes, alongside how the UN Environment Program’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance can aid captive owners to address ESG risks and opportunitie...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

French Non-Life credit fundamentals to worsen in 2023: Fitch

According to Fitch Ratings, credit fundamentals in the French non-life insurance sector will worsen in the next 12 months as insurers adapt to new market and macroeconomic regimes, while the life segment will remain broadly unchanged. Fitch expect...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Howden CEO predicts $2bn of private-funded disaster insurance capacity over next five years

A new article by David Howden, founder and CEO of the Howden Group, says that forecasts that $2bn of private funded disaster insurance capacity can be delivered in the next few years. Writing on LinkedIn, Howden said that he believes that this ext...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

CyberCube reveals Version 4.0 of Account Manager

Cyber risk analytics provider CyberCube, has released Version 4.0 of Account Manager, its software-as-a-service (SaaS) application for single risk re/insurance underwriters. The latest version of Account Manager includes a variety of improvements...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Aegon sells insurance e-broker Futuready Thailand

Life Insurer and asset manager Aegon, is to sell Futuready Thailand, one of the country’s leading insurance e-brokers offering consumer-focused insurance solutions through affinity channels and partners. On November 28th, The Huntington Group, a S...

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Cyber a burgeoning risk pool with big challenges & big opportunities: Swiss Re

Digitalisation is increasing exposure to cyberattacks throughout society, though as the risk landscape grows, so does awareness and demand for commercial and personal coverage, says the Swiss Re Institute. Swiss Re forecasts global cyber insurance...

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

Ariel Re hires cleantech specialist Tad Dritz as Senior Risk Analyst

Global reinsurer Ariel Re has appointed clean energy and renewables technology consultant Tad Dritz as a Senior Risk Analyst. In this role, Dritz will help the company to evaluate the technical risks associated with clean energy technologies, incl...

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

Longer-term climate threats being ignored by risk professionals: Airmic

New research from Airmic says that risk professionals are highly focused on addressing immediate natural peril risks at the expense of looking at longer-term climate threats. The firm says that its Climate Risk and Parametric Insurance Cover surve...

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

RIMS replies to FIO on federal cyber backstop

The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) has written to the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in response to legislative dialogue regarding a federal backstop for large-scale catastrophic cyber incidents impacting infrastructure. The eight-pa...

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

Corvus hires Joe Duplock as manager of underwriting

Cyber insurer Corvus Insurance has hired Joe Duplock to be its new manager of underwriting. Duplock made the announcement on LinkedIn, saying that he had begun working for the firm this month. He is based in London. Prior to moving to Corvus Insur...

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

Interest rates reduce value of insurer securities: Moody’s

A new note from Moody’s says that the movement of interest rates this year has reduced the carrying value of fixed income securities held by insurance companies. This, said Moody’s, has lowered reported equity for insurers that mark such securitie...

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

Hard property cat reinsurance market to support 2023 margins: Fitch

According to Fitch Ratings, reinsurance rates for property catastrophe business should increase by over 10% at the January renewals, supporting underwriting margins against rising claims from high inflation and climate change. Further, increasing...

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

CelsiusPro partners with Global Earthquake Model Foundation

Swiss InsurTech CelsiusPro has announced it has partnered with Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation to enhance earthquake modelling capabilities and products. Based on GEM models, CelsiusPro will generate stochastic long-term earthquake catalo...

Posted: Nov 28, 2022