Latest Reinsurance Headlines

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Broker McGill Offers Property War Reinsurance for Ukraine

Jan 9 2025 // Broker McGill and Partners has launched a commercial property war risk reinsurance program for Ukraine, which it said on Thursday was the first of its kind since Russia’s invasion of the country in Feb 2022.Companies...

Lloyd’s CEO Neal Appointed Aon CEO of Reinsurance, Chairman of Climate Solutions

Jan 8 2025 // Insurance broker Aon plc announced the appointment of John Neal as global CEO of Reinsurance and chairman of Climate Solutions, effective following the conclusion of Neal’s notice period at Lloyd’s of London...

Reinsurance Buyers With Good Portfolio Stories See Better Renewal Outcomes: Brokers

Jan 7 2025 // Reinsurance buyers generally found ample capacity during the January renewals as well as increased reinsurer appetite, which led to risk-adjusted rate reductions and improved terms and conditions for clients that could...

Brown & Brown’s Nexus Agrees to Acquire Reinsurance MGA Arma in Dubai

Jan 2 2025 // Nexus Underwriting, a Brown & Brown group business, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Arma Fusion Ltd., the parent company of Arma Underwriting Ltd.Arma is a leading specialty reinsurance MGA based...

California Commissioner Issues Regulation to Allow Reinsurance in Ratemaking

Dec 30 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced what he is calling the final step in his efforts to help the state’s ailing homeowners insurance market with the Net Cost of Reinsurance in...

Loss-Free Property Cat Rates Fall 5%-15% as Reinsurer Appetite Grows: Guy Carpenter

Dec 30 2024 // Global reinsurers’ appetite rose for property catastrophe during the upcoming January renewals, which have seen risk-adjusted reinsurance rate reductions of 5%-15% for loss-free accounts, according to a renewal...

SCDOI Orders Atlantic Coast Life and its Reinsurer to Cease Writing in the State

Dec 27 2024 // South Carolina regulators have ordered Atlantic Coast Life Insurance and its captive reinsurer, Southern Atlantic Re, to stop writing new policies by Tuesday, Dec. 31.The carriers also were ordered to notify all producers...

AXIS to Transfer $2.3B of Reinsurance Reserves to Enstar in Boost to Specialty Focus

Dec 17 2024 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and Enstar Group Ltd. announced they have entered into a loss portfolio transfer (LPT) reinsurance agreement, which will retrocede $2.3 billion of AXIS’s reinsurance reserves.Structured as...

TWIA Anticipates Higher Reinsurance Spending in 2025

Dec 17 2024 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association expects to spend more on reinsurance in 2025 to account for projected policy count and exposure growth and losses to the association’s catastrophe reserve trust fund (CRTF)...

AIG Leads Launch of Reinsurance Syndicate at Lloyd’s

Dec 13 2024 // American International Group announced it has led the launch of a new reinsurance syndicate at Lloyd’s. Commencing underwriting from Jan. 1, 2025, Syndicate 2478 will be a multi-year participant on AIG’s...

Cyber Specialty MGA Envelop Risk Extends Capacity Backing From MS Reinsurance

Dec 11 2024 // Envelop Risk, the data-driven cyber reinsurance and analytics specialist, announced it has just completed a capacity agreement with MS Reinsurance for a further three years.Further to that, MS Reinsurance recently became a...

People Moves: O’Connell to Lead Aon’s Reinsurance Global Cyber Strategy; Flude New CEO of Lancashire Insurance US; Hippo Names Collins CMO

Dec 5 2024 // Aon Names O’Connell as Global Cyber Strategy and Growth LeaderAon plc named Robert O’Connell as global cyber strategy and growth leader, executive managing director, within its Reinsurance Solutions business....

WTW to Return to Treaty Reinsurance Broking Via Bain Capital Joint Venture

Dec 3 2024 // WTW announced it will return to treaty reinsurance broking via a joint venture with the private investment firm Bain Capital.WTW will hold a minority share in the new company, said WTW in an announcement outlining its...

People Moves: Coalition Taps Munich Re’s Foster as Head of London Mkts.; Hamilton Re Expands Into Credit, Bond & Political Risk Reinsurance With Lottimore Appointment

Nov 27 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the MGA Coalition and Hamilton Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Coalition Taps Munich Re’s Foster as Head of London MarketsCoalition,...

Oak Reinsurance Gets Permission From Lloyd’s to Begin Underwriting in January

Nov 26 2024 // Oak Reinsurance (OAK Re), the London-based reinsurance company, announced that its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2843 has received permission to begin underwriting business incepting from Jan. 1, 2025. This follows the approval...

People Moves: Hendrickson Appointed Head of Reinsurance for Delos

Nov 25 2024 // Gloria Hendrickson Delos Insurance Solutions named Gloria Hendrickson as its new head of reinsurance. Hendrickson has a catastrophe modeling and risk background and was most recently chief operating officer and chief...

Guy Carpenter to Acquire Athens-Based Reinsurance Broker Carpenter Turner

Nov 19 2024 // Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance specialist and a business of Marsh McLennan, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 51.5% of shares of Carpenter Turner, an Athens-based regional leader in the...

Global Reinsurers’ ROE Jumps to 22% in 2023 but Market Softening Unlikely: AM Best

Nov 18 2024 // AM Best’s population of global reinsurance companies posted a return on equity (ROE) of 22% in 2023 — a five-year high that was driven mainly by favorable investment income and strong underwriting performance....

People Moves: Everest Promotes Davis to Lead Reinsurance Global Specialties Business; Miller Names Armitage and Gorman for Professional & Financial Lines Team

Nov 12 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the Everest Reinsurance and the broker Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Bermuda-based...

AIG CEO Zaffino on Approach to Catastrophe Losses in Today’s Reinsurance Market

Nov 6 2024 // American International Group CEO Peter Zaffino said he expects the reinsurance market’s attachment points to remain on top of losses generated by the frequency and severity of natural catastrophes.Losses will instead...