Reinsurance News

Aon Reinsurance Solutions appoints Secker and De Bosini to EMEA leadership roles

Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the appointments of Andrew Secker as EMEA Chief Client Officer (CCO) for Reinsurance Solutions and Daniele De Bosini as EMEA Chief Broking Officer (CBO) for Reinsurance Solutions...

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

Moody’s revises outlook for Germany’s P&C insurance sector to stable from negative

Moody’s Ratings has revised its outlook for Germany’s property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector to stable from negative, citing an expected improvement in underwriting profitability and a return to more balanced market conditions. The chang...

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

Mike Dalby succeeds Kelly Ogley as CEO of Howden CLC

Global insurance intermediary group Howden has announced the appointment of Mike Dalby as CEO, Howden Consumer & Local Commercial (CLC), succeeding Kelly Ogley. Dalby takes up this role alongside his existing leadership of Howden’s Consumer Li...

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

£86m traded in first 2025 Lloyd’s capacity auction, highest activity in a decade

Trading in the first of Lloyd’s three 2025 capacity auctions reached £86 million, marking the most active opening auction in a decade, with capacity changing hands across 21 syndicates. According to data from Argenta, there were £32.7 million of s...

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

CyberCube estimates preliminary AWS outage loss range of $38-581m

CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics for the re/insurance industry, has estimated a preliminary loss range of $38 million to $581 million for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, which the firm has nicknamed “Amazonk”. This estimate foll...

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

ACORD Solutions Group appoints Dave Matcham as Global Ambassador for Digital Markets

ACORD Solutions Group, a provider of advanced digital solutions for the global insurance industry, has appointed Dave Matcham as its Global Ambassador for Digital Markets. In this advisory role, Matcham will focus on promoting the advantages of st...

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

Allianz UK announces executive leadership changes

Allianz UK has announced a number of executive leadership changes, including the appointment of Ulf Lange as Managing Director of Personal Lines, subject to regulatory approval. The executive, who has held the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO)...

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

Miller announces new life insurance product to support farmers affected by inheritance tax changes

Miller, an independent specialist re/insurance broker, has announced the launch of Succession Insurance, a new life insurance product designed to help farmers manage the impact of recent inheritance tax reforms on agricultural assets introduced in...

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

US P&C rating upgrades rise slightly in H1’25, downgrades hold steady: AM Best

In the first half of 2025, US property/casualty (P&C) insurers saw a slight increase in issuer credit rating upgrades, rising to 18 from 16 in the same period a year earlier, while downgrades remained steady at 20, according to a recent AM Bes...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Delos expands wildfire coverage to 265,000 additional California homes

Delos Insurance Solutions, a property insurance managing general agent (MGA), has announced it will insure 265,000 additional homes across five southern California counties. Delos currently provides coverage for homes across California and the Wes...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

HDI expands presence in British Columbia with Rutherford’s appointment

HDI Global Canada (HDI) has announced the appointment of Ian Rutherford as Head of Pacific Region, Executive Property Underwriter, based in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC). In his new role, Rutherford will lead regional growth initiatives and bro...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

IAG raises FY26 guidance following RACQ Insurance acquisition

Australian insurer IAG has upgraded its FY26 guidance following the successful acquisition of the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland’s (RACQ) insurance business. IAG now expects FY26 gross written premium (GWP) growth of around 10%, up from its p...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Ategrity reports Q3’25 net income of $22.7m as GWP swell 30%

Ategrity Specialty Insurance has posted net income attributable to stockholders of $22.7 million in Q3 2025, up 76.2% from the same period in 2024. Ategrity’s Q3 2025 gross written premiums (GWP) also increased by 30.1% to $143.9 million, dr...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

S&P upgrades VIG’s outlook to positive on earnings growth and diversification

S&P Global Ratings has revised the outlook of Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) and its core subsidiary VIG RE to positive from stable, while affirming its A+ insurer financial strength and issuer credit ratings. The rating agency noted that VIG ha...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Howden US appoints Aon’s Ben Hanback as EVP

Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Howden has announced the appointment of Ben Hanback as Executive Vice President (EVP), Howden US. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Hanback will report to Mike Parrish, CEO of Howden US. In his new role,...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

FG Nexus to sell FG Reinsurance Division, Heise to serve as CEO

Fundamental Global Inc. (FG Nexus) has announced it has entered an agreement to sell a majority stake of its FG Reinsurance Division (FGRe) to Devondale Holdings LLC, led by industry veteran Tom Heise. This strategic transaction intends to positio...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Aon launches AI-powered supply chain risk consulting solution

Aon plc, a professional services firm, announced the launch of a new AI-powered supply chain risk consulting solution. The offering builds on Aon’s existing supply chain diagnostics and applies predictive analytics to identify potential risks, hel...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Willis launches Captive Fit to optimise captive insurance programmes

Willis, a WTW business, has announced the launch of Captive Fit, an analytical and strategic service designed to help companies optimise their captive insurance arrangements. The service leverages WTW’s Igloo platform, a risk analytics modelling s...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

WTW launches Captive Fit to optimise captive insurance programmes

WTW, an advisory, broking, and solutions company, has announced the launch of Captive Fit, an analytical and strategic service designed to help companies optimise their captive insurance arrangements. The service leverages WTW’s Igloo platform, a...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Selective’s NPW expand in Q3’25 as underwriting performance improves

Selective Insurance Group has reported net premiums written of $1.21 billion for Q3 2025, a 4% increase from $1.16 billion in the same period of 2024. The firm’s combined ratio also improved to 98.6%, reflecting a stronger underwriting performance...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Commercial insurance rates fall in Q3’25 as competitive market proves advantageous: Marsh

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Marsh reported in its latest Global Insurance Market Index that worldwide commercial insurance rates fell, on average, by 4% in Q3 2025, continuing the 4% decline observed in Q2 2025. John Donnelly, Presiden...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

RLI Corp. promotes Cathy Martin to Vice President, E&S Excess Liability

Specialty insurer RLI Corp. has promoted Cathy Martin to Vice President, Excess and Surplus (E&S) Excess Liability. In her new role, Martin will lead RLI’s E&S Excess Liability business and also co-lead the RLI E&S Casualty Brokerage G...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Jaguar Land Rover attack most economically damaging cyber event to hit UK: CMC

The Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) has disclosed that the recent cyberattack targeting Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) inflicted an estimated £1.9 billion in financial damage across the UK and disrupted more than 5,000 organisations, marking the most econo...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Novatae Risk Group hires Kimberly Jenkins as COO

Novatae Risk Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage, managing general agency, and program manager, has appointed Kimberly Jenkins as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this role, Jenkins will oversee Novatae’s operations and business...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025

Starr authorised to offer re/insurance and establish branch office in GIFT City, India

Starr, an insurance and investment organisation, has announced that it has obtained registration from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to establish a branch office in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT C...

Posted: Oct 23, 2025