All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton and Canopius Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. Hamilton Appoints Brown as Chair of Board of DirectorsHamilton Insurance Group Ltd....
May 15 2023 // Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb said he’s no longer exploring an acquisition of specialist insurance underwriter SiriusPoint Ltd.Loeb held exploratory discussions with Bermuda-based SiriusPoint about a potential deal to...
May 9 2023 // London, England. May 09, 2023. — Eliot Partnership (“Eliot Partnership”), the leading global insurance sector specialist executive search firm, today announced its expansion into the global Life Insurance...
May 9 2023 // While the January reinsurance renewals proved to be the toughest and most gruelling for decades, the April 1 renewals, driven by the Japanese P/C market, were a much calmer affair, according to Swiss Re.“Overall,...
Apr 28 2023 // Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, has had a management shake-up, with three executives exiting the company.“Over the last 18 months, Canopius has reorganised our global underwriting...
Apr 25 2023 // A Brazilian reinsurer entered a non-prosecution agreement and will pay $5 million to resolve a U.S. probe into a false story that the company had received a significant investment from billionaire Warren Buffett’s...
Apr 21 2023 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced that Argo shareholders voted to approve an agreement for Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. to acquire Argo in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion.The...
Apr 18 2023 // Resolute Global Partners, an investment adviser specializing in insurance and reinsurance, announced the launch of “Footprint,” a new type of reinsurance contract, which the firm created in collaboration with...
Apr 17 2023 // Sompo Int’l Promotes Hyland to President of N. America Reinsurance, Succeeding HankeSompo International, the Bermuda-based provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty re/insurance, announced the...
Apr 12 2023 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Associated Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, April 18 to discuss taking possible action on the TWIA’s reinsurance purchase for the 2023 storm season. TWIA’s reinsurance broker,...
Apr 12 2023 // Activist investor Daniel Loeb is looking to take insurance firm SiriusPoint Ltd. private, the founder of hedge fund Third Point said in a regulatory filing, sending the shares of the company up 13% in early trading on...
Apr 12 2023 // Aspect Labs Ltd., the London-based re/insurance managing general agent, has officially opened its doors for business – targeting small-to-mid-market risks that are not big enough for Lloyd’s of London.Initially...
Mar 30 2023 // Tremor Technologies Inc., the Boston-based reinsurance pricing and placing platform, has launched a catastrophe bond issuance platform called Tremor Issuer™.Tremor Issuer is part of the suite of Tremor services that can...
Mar 24 2023 // Reinsurers’ premium growth averaged 12.1% for full-year 2022 and 10.2% for the fourth quarter, which was driven by improved pricing for commercial lines and reinsurance business, according to Gallagher Re.However,...
Mar 21 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at two London brokers: McGill and Partners and Howden Broking.A summary of these new hires follows here. McGill and Partners Hires Gallagher Re’s Turner...
Mar 20 2023 // Full-year 2022 financial results, reported by a handful of international groups that write reinsurance, show mixed results in a market full of challenges — ranging from inflation to the Ukraine war to growing losses...
Mar 10 2023 // Apollo, the London-based independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, announced a three-year agreement with Praedicat, the California-based emerging risk analytics and modeling company, that will deploy Praedicat’s...
Mar 8 2023 // ReFlex Solutions Ltd., a new independent reinsurance brokerage, has launched in Bermuda with near-term plans for expansion into London and the U.S.The new business is led by Neville Ching, an industry veteran with 40...
Mar 1 2023 // Canopius Group, the global specialty re/insurer, announced the opening of a new trading office in Melbourne, Australia. The operation will be led by David Mutton, who joins Canopius as casualty underwriter, APAC with...
Feb 28 2023 // Full-year 2022 financial results, reported by a handful of international groups that write reinsurance, show mixed results in a market full of challenges—ranging from inflation to the Ukraine war to growing losses from...