Reinsurance News

Willis launches Asian Data Centre Practice led by Lay See Ong

Willis, a business of insurance and reinsurance broker WTW, has established a dedicated Data Centre Industry Practice for Asia,  with Lay See Ong appointed to lead the new unit as Practice Leader in Asia, based in Singapore. This new role is in ad...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Convex Insurance’s Theo Butt elected as Chair of the IUA

The International Underwriting Association (IUA), the representative body for re/insurers in the London company market, has announced that Theo Butt, Chief Executive Officer, UK at Convex Insurance, has been elected as its new Chair, effective Jan...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Human error causes 60% of cyber insurance incidents and businesses losing days of operations: HDI Gl...

In its latest report, HDI Global, an international industrial insurer based in Hannover, analyses how companies can better manage cyber exposure and strengthen resilience. The report draws on the expertise of David Bartolini, Head of Cyber Risk En...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Allianz Trade appoints William Whittington as Global Head of Specialty Credit & Mid Term

Allianz Trade, a trade credit insurance provider, has announced a leadership update within its Specialty Credit & Mid Term division. William Whittington, who has been Head of Region for Specialty Credit & Mid Term, has been appointed Globa...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Hannover Re lifts full year ’25 guidance to €2.6bn as 9M’25 combined ratio strengthens

Hannover Re, one of Europe’s big four reinsurers, has raised its full year 2025 net income guidance by €200 million to €2.6 billion on the back of a strong performance in the first nine months of the year, during which net income increased b...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Acrisure appoints Aaron Radelet as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Global fintech Acrisure has announced the appointment of Aaron Radelet to the newly created role of Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. In this role, Radelet will oversee the company’s global corporate brand and reputation strategy, including communi...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Mission to launch eighth UK MGA, Lumara Insurance

Mission, the global Managing General Agent (MGA) incubator, has reached an agreement to support a new team in launching a UK commercial combined MGA, Lumara Insurance, in the fourth quarter of 2025. The MGA, led by industry veterans David Aslin an...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Testudo appoints Peter Wedge as General Counsel

Testudo, a technology and data company underwriting artificial intelligence (AI) risks, has announced the appointment of Peter Wedge as General Counsel. Launched in 2024, Testudo underwrites AI risks using active litigation monitoring and real-tim...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

AM Best rates new Labuan based Chinese reinsurer Zhibao Re

AM Best, the credit rating agency, has assigned Zhibao Labuan Reinsurance Company Limited (Zhibao Re) of Malaysia a Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good), with a stable outlook. According to A...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Canada Life Re reports 20% increase in base earnings to $265m for Q3’25

Canada Life Reinsurance, the Capital and Risk Solutions (CRS) reinsurance business of Great-West Lifeco, had a strong third quarter in 2025 with base earnings up 20% from the prior year quarter to $265 million. Alongside the increase in base earni...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Canadian P&C insurers seek ways to transfer rising cat risk: Morningstar DBRS

Morningstar DBRS has highlighted that while Canadian property and casualty (P&C) insurers remain robust, with strong capital margins and growth potential, they face a rising threat from natural catastrophes and the losses these events can caus...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Fitch Ratings warns of mild credit risk from proposed Solvency II capital reductions

Fitch Ratings, a provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, has stated that the European Commission’s proposed reductions in Solvency II capital requirements would be mildly negative for the credit profiles of European insurers. Acco...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Brown & Brown names Jessica Getman and Joe Siech as Retail Senior Leaders

Brown & Brown, Inc., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced the appointments of Jessica Getman and Joe Siech as Retail Senior Leaders (RSLs), within its Retail segment. In these roles, Getman and Siech will support the Reta...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Hurricane Melissa triggers $150mn World Bank cat bond for Jamaica

The Government of Jamaica will receive a full payout of $150 million under its catastrophe insurance coverage, backed by a World Bank catastrophe bond, following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. Hurricane Melissa was the thirteenth nam...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Canada Life completes third pension scheme buy-in worth £41m with A.G. Barr p.l.c.

Canada Life, an insurance and financial services company, has completed its third pension scheme buy-in transaction worth £41 million with drinks maker, A.G. Barr p.l.c., safeguarding 300 pension scheme members’ future benefits. The beverage...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Trisura’s operating net income rises 3.6% in Q3’25 amid profitable underwriting

Trisura Group Ltd., a specialty insurance provider, reported an operating net income of $34.4 million in the third quarter of 2025, up 3.6% compared to $33.2 million in the same period a year earlier, demonstrating consistent profitable underwriti...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Jay Virdi appointed as Distribution Leader, NA at Relm US Insurance Solutions

Relm Insurance, an insurer focused on emerging and innovative industries, has appointed Jay Virdi as Distribution Leader for North America (NA) of Relm US Insurance Solutions. In his new role, Virdi will report to Christian Davies, Relm’s Global H...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Zurich Insurance Group names Megan Shao as Chief Claims Officer, APAC

Large insurer Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Megan Shao as Chief Claims Officer, Asia Pacific (APAC), effective February 1st, 2026, based in Singapore. In her new role, Shao will report to Sean Walker, Head of Commercial Insurance & Chie...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

“Speed drives growth” as Gen AI accelerates underwriting: AIG CEO

Peter Zaffino, Chairman and CEO of global insurer AIG, said the company is accelerating its deployment of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) to digest data more effectively and access a broader range of data points, helping underwriters m...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Alt IMs’ move into Lloyd’s and US sidecars increases credit and liquidity risks: Fitch Ratings

Global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings warns that alternative investment managers’ (Alt IMs) growing participation in Lloyd’s syndicates and US casualty sidecars is introducing new third-party capital to the reinsurance market but also increasi...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Heritage’s net income hits $50.4m in Q3’25 as GPW grows by 6.4%

Heritage Insurance has reported net income of $50.4 million for the third quarter of 2025, an increase from $8.2 million in the prior year quarter, primarily driven by a significant reduction in losses and loss adjustment expenses and a reduction...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Westfield Specialty posts 89.9% CoR and $92m underwriting income in 9M’25

Westfield Specialty, a global specialty insurance carrier, reported a strong combined ratio of 89.9% for the first nine months of 2025, alongside underwriting income of $92 million, which are “considerably ahead of planned results.” For 9M’25, gro...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Strong underwriting drives Fairfax Q3’25 net earnings, CoR improves to 92.0%

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited has announced its financial result for the third quarter of 2025, reporting net earnings of $1,151.7 million, increasing from the $1,030.8 million net earnings reported in the same period last year. This increase...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Laws to succeed Nutter as President and CEO, Reinsurance Association of America

The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), a national trade association representing property and casualty reinsurers operating in the United States, has appointed Tracey Laws as its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective Decemb...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Liberty Mutual sees strong Q3’25 results with $2.22bn net income and 84.7% CoR

Liberty Mutual Holding Company (LMHC) has reported net income of $2.22 billion, and a consolidated combined ratio of 84.7% for the third quarter of 2025, driven by strong underwriting performance and a drop in catastrophe losses Q3 2025’s net inco...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025