Reinsurance News

WTW and CodeEast partner on workers’ comp

WTW and software company CodeEast are to collaborate on enabling MGAs and carriers to rapidly implement a digital platform for workers’ compensation insurance. The collaboration will be centred around CodeEast’s ONEview platform, which now i...

Posted: Sep 22, 2022

APAC life insurers to remain disciplined in asset and liability management despite rising rates: Moo...

A recent Moody’s Investors Service’s survey to rated insurers in four markets in Asia-Pacific (APAC), shows that insurers will remain disciplined in asset and liability management as rates continue to rise. In a recent report published...

Posted: Sep 22, 2022

Franklin Templeton hires Heneg Parthenay for new role

Investment firm Franklin Templeton has appointed Heneg Parthenay to be its new head of insurance for the EMEA region. The role, a new one that begin early in the month, will see Parthenay report to both Matthew Williams, head of sales in the EMEA...

Posted: Sep 22, 2022

Pie Insurance raises $315mn Series D round of funding

Pie Insurance, a leading tech-enabled provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, has raised a $315 million Series D round of funding. The round was led by Centerbridge Partners and Allianz X, the digital investments arm of Al...

Posted: Sep 22, 2022

Reinsurance capacity crunch a catalyst for P&C rate rises at Jan 2023 renewals, says Peel Hunt

According to a report from analysts at Peel Hunt, a potential capacity crunch in the reinsurance sector could be one of the key catalysts for further property catastrophe rate rises at the January 2023 renewals. The report suggests that despite th...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

McDermott Will & Emery add to insurance division at NY Department of Financial Services

Law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed John F. Finston to be executive deputy superintendent of the insurance division at the New York State Department of Financial Services. The firm said that Finston will begin in his role at the begi...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Everest expands into group personal accident and health market

Everest Re’s offshoot Everest Insurance has said it is expanding into the group personal accident and health insurance market with the launch of a new suite of group personal accident insurance products. The products include K-12 Student Accident,...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Miller expands Delegated Authority with creation of Canada team

Specialist re/insurance broker Miller has announced the expansion of its delegated Authority offering with the appointment of five new hires to form a Canadian team. The team will be formed of Steve Maslen, Matt Dear, Mike Biddle, Saif Sulaiman an...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

SURE & SageSure launch commercial protection in Louisiana

SURE has announced its expansion into commercial insurance in Louisiana, with small and mid-sized Louisiana business owners now able to bundle general liability and commercial property coverage with SURE’s business owners policy (BOP), which is un...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Ryan Specialty hires Waleed Husain as Chief Risk Officer

Ryan Specialty Holdings has appointed Waleed K. Husain as its first Chief Risk Officer. As an industry enterprise risk management veteran, Waleed has expertise in identifying, analysing and mitigating internal and external risks for financial serv...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Primary insurer differentiation more prominent than ever, says RBC

According to analysts at RBC, primary insurer differentiation is more prominent than ever, as reinsurers are seeking clear articulation around underlying inflation assumptions and overall risk management frameworks. RBC’s analysts question w...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Richmond National names Ashlee Randall Chief Underwriting Officer

Richmond National Group – the holding company for Richmond National Insurance Company, a specialty excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance company – has appointed Ashlee Randall as Chief Underwriting Officer. Randall joins the fir...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Acrisure expands digital capabilities with B2Z Insurance acquisition

Global insurance broker and fintech platform, Acrisure, has acquired B2Z Insurance, a digitally native company that helps business owners obtain customizable insurance coverage in minutes. According to the announcement, this acquisition strengthen...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Elementum names Douglas Duncan as Chief Technology Officer

Alternative investment manager Elementum Advisors, which specialises in collateralised natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has announced that Douglas Duncan has joined its senior team in the firm’s Chicago headquarters as Chie...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Tremor develops Sandbox marketplace to demo transactions

Reinsurance pricing and placing platform provider Tremor Technologies has announced the launch of a fully featured Sandbox version of its marketplace where mock transactions can be conducted as a buyer or seller of reinsurance protection. Tremor S...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

PIC completes £370m full-scheme buy-in with Yell

The Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has concluded a full-scheme buy-in with the trustee of the Yell Pension Plan, covering £370m in remaining liabilities. This buy-in, the second between PIC and Yell, follows an initial buy-in in 2014 that ins...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Gallagher recruits Tim Wright as Consultant for aerospace practice

Insurance broker Gallagher has announced the appointment of Tim Wright as a Consultant within its global aerospace practice. In his new role Wright will be responsible for supporting international space clients with risk management and specialist...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

UIB promotes Sahhar to Head of Downstream Energy

International re/insurance broker UIB has promoted Mathieu Sahhar to Head of Downstream Energy, where he will report to Marc Perrin, Executive Director, Energy & Construction Division. Sahhar joined UIB in 2012, where he gained experience in t...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Swiss Re hires Roman Hohl as senior nat cat solutions manager

Roman Hohl has announced that he is to begin a new role as senior nat cat solutions manager at Swiss Re. The announcement, made on LinkedIn, has the Zurich-based Hohl returning to Swiss Re. He had previously worked for the firm between 2007 and 20...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

CCR passes new resolutions to drive CCR Re growth

The board of directors at CCR has passed a set of resolutions to drive growth at its reinsurance subsidiary CCR Re. The firm said in a statement that these resolutions are in line with the company’s strategic plan that it introduced last year. It...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Reinsurance reliance driving “worrying” concentration risk in UK, says regulator

UK regulator the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is “paying close attention” to the potential for concentration risk due to insurers’ reliance on reinsurance as a risk management tool, analysts at the Bank of England have warned. Speaking at...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

Howden to acquire French insurance broker Théorème

International insurance broker, Howden, has agreed to acquire Théorème, a family-owned corporate insurance broker headquartered in Paris. Upon completion, Xavier de Font-Réaulx will serve as General Manager of Théorème, and will report to Nicolas...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

European Life Consolidation activity improves after slow start to 2022: Fitch

According to a report by Fitch Ratings, European life consolidation activity picked up following a slow start to 2022 with four acquisitions announced within less than two months. Of the deals announced, two were in Germany, with one each in the U...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

dClimate acquires Oasis Hub to expand climate change datasets

dClimate has announced it has acquired Oasis Hub, a leading global data platform and aggregator for catastrophe, extreme weather, climate change and environmental risk data. dClimate states that the acquisition of Oasis Hub enables it to bring tho...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022

C&F promotes Nick Economidis to Senior VP of Cyber Insurance

Crum & Forster (C&F) has announced the promotion of Nick Economidis to Senior Vice President of eRisk. Economidis joined C&F as Vice President of eRisk in 2018, aiding with business line growth and the expansion of its tech and cyber u...

Posted: Sep 21, 2022