Reinsurance News
African Risk Capacity (ARC) has launched Africa’s first sovereign parametric flood insurance policy, with the Republic of Madagascar becoming the first country on the continent to subscribe to the new coverage. ARC developed the parametric flood i...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
Swiss reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re) has completed its January 2026 renewal, achieving results roughly in line with last year’s record €222 million in a market the company described as having ample capacity, softening rates, and co...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
After the recent escalation from a significant event declaration to an Insurance Catastrophe, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has confirmed that insured losses from the devastating Victorian bushfires have crossed AU$200 million across 3,...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
California wildfire losses at the start of last year failed to drive sufficient support for reinsurance pricing at the recent January 1st, 2026, renewals, while a benign Atlantic hurricane season in 2025 also contributed to property catastrophe pr...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
As part of its new strategy, VIG Re has strengthened its client-facing senior leadership team, appointing Marc Haushofer as Managing Director, APAC, and Joachim Mathe as Head of Special Markets. Under the VIGRe28 initiative, the firm has introduce...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
Roosevelt Road Specialty, a specialty insurance platform and managing general underwriter within Roosevelt Road Capital Partners, serving construction, habitational real estate, sports, entertainment, and other complex risk sectors, has announced...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group WTW has completed the acquisition of San Francisco-based Newfront, a top 40 US broker combining deep specialty expertise and cutting-edge technology, for upfront and contingent consideration payments...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
Vertafore, an insurance technology provider, has introduced new artificial intelligence capabilities in Surefyre, that allow program administrators to automatically convert PDF submission forms into web applications. Acquired by Vertafore in 2024,...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
Grace Emson has joined insurance broker Willis, a WTW business, as a Senior Broker within the International Property Facultative, GB team. The executive brings nearly 15 years of industry experience, with deep expertise in the international proper...
Posted: Jan 28, 2026
William Robert Berkley, President, CEO & Director of W. R. Berkley Corporation, said that he is seeing early signs that competitiveness in the property catastrophe reinsurance market is spilling over into casualty, driven by participants strug...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
HIVE Underwriters, an independent specialty managing general agent (MGA), has expanded into specialty Marine insurance with the appointment of Nick Lewis as Marine Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), effective July 2026. The launch of Marine marks t...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Mantas, a provider of parametric cyber insurance and predictive analytics to help businesses mitigate cloud downtime risks, is launching a parametric-based insurance solution to cover the operational and financial impact of cloud outages and digit...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Credit rating agency AM Best has assigned new Guernsey reinsurer, Halldora Re Ltd (Halldora Re), a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent), with a stable outlook. AM Best explained that...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Novi Underwriters has welcomed Jason Binette, James Cinque, and Cody Ruggirello to lead its newly launched management liability offering. Novi Underwriters is a full-service managing general underwriter administered by Lockton Affinity, focused on...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Lillian Hua as Head of War and Terrorism for Latin America (LatAm) and the US, effective January 12th, 2026. In her new role, Hua has a dual reporting line to Wi...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Squalify, a cyber risk quantification (CRQ) platform, has launched Essential CRQ, a streamlined CRQ offering that enables organisations to rapidly quantify their cyber risk in financial terms, requiring only minimal inputs and delivering results i...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, the reinsurance division of global broker Aon, has expanded Connor Halliday’s role to Head of EMEA & LatAm Property Facultative, London. Halliday brings more than a decade of industry experience, with international...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Willis, a WTW business, has announced it is returning to the light and recreational general aviation market after a 30-year absence. The expansion was made possible by the arrival of the Crispin Speers team, a specialist Lloyd’s insurance an...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Atrium Underwriters has expanded its partnership with InsurX Limited, a smart follow technology provider. Atrium’s Syndicate 609, an already recognised smart lead on the platform, is set to participate on InsurX as an independent smart follow mark...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
JBA Risk Management, a UK-based flood science specialist, has partnered with start-up TransZero to enhance flood risk assessment for global property assets. Launched in September 2025, TransZero supports businesses with climate-related risk disclo...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Howden, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the appointment of Jamie Wan as Senior Director, M&A for Asia. Wan brings 14 years of industry experience, joining Howden from global re/insurance broker Aon, where she mo...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
AI’s productivity-boosting impact will “ultimately prevail,” ushering in an era that produces its own leaders, with those who deploy the technology effectively reaping increasing gains over time, according to Pravina Ladva, Group Chief Digital ...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
AUB Group Limited has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Prestige Insurance, positioning Prestige as its flagship UK retail broking platform to consolidate Tysers’ Retail portfolios, drive AUB’s Retail MGA strategy, and accelerate its UK footpr...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
BMS Re, the reinsurance arm of independent re/insurance broker BMS Group, has appointed Tony Grippa as Chief Strategy Officer for its US business. Grippa holds extensive industry experience, having previously served as a senior advisor to Dowling...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026
Brown & Brown has disclosed its full-year 2025 results, revealing total revenues of $5.9 billion, an increase of $1.1 billion, or 22.8%, compared with 2024. Income before income taxes rose to $321 million, up 16.7% year over year. Net income a...
Posted: Jan 27, 2026