Latest Reinsurance Headlines

All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Lloyd’s Broker Ed Taps Ulhaq from RFIB to Expand Int’l Facultative Reinsurance Offering

Aug 6 2020 // Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced the appointment of Assad Ulhaq as senior broker and producer with immediate effect. In this role Ulhaq will focus on international property...

Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions Taps Turner from AXA XL to Lead UK Property Team

Aug 4 2020 // The Reinsurance Solutions business of Aon plc has appointed Catherine Turner as head of UK Property, and co-leader with Richard Evans of its UK & Ireland and Specialty Casualty business.Turner will report to Peter...

EXOR and Covéa ‘Normalize’ Relations After Failed PartnerRe Deal

Aug 4 2020 // Italy’s EXOR said on Monday that French insurer Covéa had agreed to invest a total of 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion), partly in entities managed by PartnerRe, after walking away from a deal to buy the reinsurer...

PartnerRe Names Bonneau as President and CEO as Clarke Exits

Jul 28 2020 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced it has appointed industry veteran Jacques Bonneau as its president and chief executive officer effective immediately.Bonneau, who will be based in the company’s headquarter in...

Guy Carpenter Names Piatti as Managing Director of Global Risk Solutions

Jul 28 2020 // Guy Carpenter announced today the appointment of Andrea Piatti as a managing director, Global Risk Solutions.Piatti will be responsible for serving clients in the customized reinsurance space across Europe and Middle East...

Workers Compensation Rates Could Start Rising in 2021, Says W.R. Berkley CEO

Jul 28 2020 // For W.R. Berkley Corp. and most other workers’ compensation carriers, rates have declined for some time. That trend could start reversing itself starting in 2021, CEO W. Robert Berkley Jr. predicted recently.“I...

London’s International Underwriting Association Publishes New Motor Terrorism Clause

Jul 24 2020 // A new model clause for clarifying coverage of motor terrorism risks has been published by the International Underwriting Association.It has been developed after a growing spate of terrorist attacks using vehicles led to...

Chubb Promotes 2 in Leadership Changes at Westchester and Financial Lines Businesses

Jul 22 2020 // Global insurer Chubb announced that Scott Meyer will succeed retiring Bruce Kessler as senior vice president, Chubb Group and division president of Westchester, the company’s wholesale and excess and surplus lines...

Mintz Adds Five to Insurance and Reinsurance Practice in Washington D.C., New York

Jul 20 2020 // Law firm Mintz has added a group of five practitioners to its Insurance and Reinsurance Practice.Deirdre G. Johnson, Paul W. Kalish, Suman Chakraborty and Ellen MacDonald Farrell joined as members, and Elaine Panagakos...

Lloyd’s to Exit U.S. Admitted Market to Focus More on U.S. Surplus Lines, Reinsurance Markets

Jul 20 2020 // Lloyd’s announced it plans to stop accepting admitted market accounts in the United States in a year and focus on the U.S. reinsurance and excess and surplus (E&S) insurance market, where it is the market...

Reinsurance Capital Dips 6%, Tightening of Capacity Accelerates: Aon

Jul 16 2020 // Global reinsurance capital fell 6% to $590 billion for the first quarter of 2020, Aon reported in its June/July Reinsurance Market Outlook report.The report, which also looks at changes in reinsurance demand levels,...

The Class of 2020: Capital Raising for Existing Firms or Insurance Startups?

Jul 16 2020 // Even though accelerating hard market conditions may seem ideal for a growing crop of professionals with designs on starting up insurance and reinsurance companies, garnering AM Best ratings still won’t be easy for...

Capsicum Re Names New Chairman as Chilton Takes on New Role Within Gallagher

Jul 10 2020 // Capsicum Re, the specialist reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Raja Balasuriya as its chairman.He succeeds fellow Capsicum Re founder Grahame Chilton in the role, who it was announced would re-join the...

Lloyd’s to Exit U.S. Admitted Market, Focus on U.S. Surplus Lines, Reinsurance

Jul 10 2020 // Lloyd’s announced it plans to stop accepting admitted market accounts in the U.S. in a year and focus on the U.S. reinsurance and excess and surplus (E&S) insurance market, where it is the market leader.As part...

Best: Reinsurance Pricing, Pandemic Add to Woes for Florida Property Insurers

Jul 9 2020 // The numerous issues in Florida’s property insurance market, including higher reinsurance pricing and social inflation, continue to challenge the financial strength of Florida personal property writers and impact...

Chubb Unveils Public-Private Program for Pandemic Business Interruption

Jul 9 2020 // Chubb unveiled a proposal for the insurance industry and federal government to partner on covering future pandemic-related business interruptions—and to get money to small businesses quickly—following through on an...

Coronavirus Business Interruption Claimants Lay Out Federal Plan to Reimburse Insurers

Jul 9 2020 // A U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow insurers to voluntarily pay certain COVID-related business interruption claims and get reimbursed by the federal government, but insurance groups have rejected the...

What ‘Follow the Fortunes’ Means for COVID-19 Reinsurance Claims

Jul 8 2020 // How reinsurers will respond when cedents pay their insureds for COVID-related business interruptions remains an open question, legal and insurance professionals suggested recently, adding more wrinkles to an already...

Harkins Retiring as Reinsurance Leader at Safety National Re; King Named Successor

Jul 7 2020 // Ray Harkins will retire as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer, Reinsurance, at St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National Re. Bob King has been tapped to succeed him as senior vice president and chief...

Obsidian Insurance Holdings Appoints Armstrong as Chief Client Officer

Jun 26 2020 // Obsidian Insurance Holdings Inc., a fronting insurance holding company, has appointed Stacy Armstrong as chief client officer.Armstrong is a senior executive with more than 25 years of insurance and reinsurance industry...