Latest Reinsurance Headlines

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

Lockton Expands Reinsurance Brokerage Globally; Hires 3 Guy Carpenter Executives

Mar 11 2019 // Global insurance broker Lockton has formed a global reinsurance business, Lockton Global Re, and hired several Guy Carpenter executives as part of its leadership team.In addition to Lockton CEO Ron Lockton, the leadership...

Aon Partners with Insurtech Skytek to Track Marine Risk Accumulations

Mar 7 2019 // Aon plc has partnered with software company Skytek to provide real-time monitoring of insurers’ marine risks, identifying accumulations for enhanced underwriting and reinsurance programs.In an era of mega-ports and...

ChainThat to Launch Blockchain-Driven Re/Insurance Risk Exchange in Bermuda

Mar 6 2019 // A blockchain-driven risk and capital exchange for the insurance and reinsurance market is set to be launched in Bermuda later this year by ChainThat. The exchange will allow broker, reinsurance and insurance companies...

Industry Eyes Renewal of U.S. Terror Reinsurance and Alternatives Should Congress Fail

Mar 5 2019 // U.S. insurers are pushing for the extension of a federal terrorism risk insurance program, hoping to fend off a possible gap that would leave their clients scrambling for alternate coverage.The program, which expires at...

Aon Partners with Insurtech Firm Skytek to Track Marine Risk Accumulations

Mar 5 2019 // Aon plc is partnering with software company Skytek to provide real-time monitoring of insurers’ marine risks, identifying accumulations for enhanced underwriting and reinsurance programs.In an era of mega-ports and...

Pool Re Completes £2.3B ($3.1B) Terrorism Retrocession Placement

Mar 1 2019 // Pool Re, Britain’s state-backed terrorism reinsurer, has today completed placement of its £2.3 billion (US$3.1 billion) retrocession program with more than 50 international reinsurers, led by Munich Re.The program,...

FedNat to Buy Maison Homeowners Insurance Operations from 1347 Holdings

Feb 26 2019 // FedNat Holding Co. has agreed to purchase substantially all of 1347 Property Insurance Holdings homeowners’ insurance operations, consisting of Maison Insurance Co., Maison Managers and ClaimCor in a 50/50 cash and...

Berkshire P/C Insurance Reported Q4 Loss, Profit for Full Year 2018

Feb 25 2019 // In the conglomerate’s annual report published on Saturday, Berkshire Hathaway’s Chair Warren Buffett recommended that readers focus on operating earnings, reviewing a year in which insurance operations...

Bill Creating North Dakota Health Reinsurance Pool Advances

Feb 22 2019 // Proposed legislation in North Dakota that would establish invisible reinsurance pool for the individual health insurance market, unanimously passed the North Dakota House of Representatives, the state insurance department...

SCOR Names Conoscente CEO of SCOR Global P&C, Succeeding Peignet

Feb 20 2019 // SCOR announced the appointment of Jean-Paul Conoscente, currently chief executive officer of reinsurance at SCOR Global P&C, as CEO of SCOR Global P&C.This appointment follows Victor Peignet’s decision to...

Prime Insurance Company Secures Reinsurance Support

Feb 20 2019 // “We are pleased to have the added power and prestige of these re-insurers behind us,” says Rick J. Lindsey, CEO, President and Chairman of Prime Insurance Company. “We believe it’s a natural...

JBA Broadens Access to Sri Lanka Flood Model to Help Bridge Protection Gap

Feb 19 2019 // JBA Risk Management has released its Sri Lanka Flood Model onto Simplitium’s ModEx platform. The initiative is specifically aimed at broadening accessibility to the Sri Lanka model for both the insurance and wider...

Midwest Ratings Roundup

Feb 18 2019 // Upgraded Ratings for Northwest G.F. Mutual InsuranceAM Best upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb” from “bbb-” of...

UK’s Pool Re Extends Terrorism Cover to Include Non-Damage Business Interruption

Feb 13 2019 // UK’s Pool Re now is able to cover losses incurred if a business cannot trade or is prevented from accessing its premises in the wake of a terrorist attack.Before a change in the law, Pool Re, a public-private...

Sanctions Against Sudan Are Lifted but Insurers Still Can’t Buy Overseas Reinsurance

Feb 11 2019 // Sixteen months after the United States lifted most sanctions on Sudan, businesses are unable to operate dollar transactions, insurance companies are cut off from the reinsurance market and the local airline is virtually...

Issuer Credit Ratings of Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance, Subsidiary Upgraded

Feb 5 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. and its...

W.R. Berkley’s Reinsurance Results Falter

Jan 31 2019 // W.R. Berkley Corp. ended 2018 with a decline in net income and worsening reinsurance combined ratio due to higher catastrophe loss expenses. At the same time, insurance premiums and investment income grew.The...

Specialist Re/Insurance Broker THB’s Completes Leadership Transition for Europe Division

Jan 31 2019 // THB, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, confirms the completion of its THB Europe leadership transition.Joaquim Caria retires today as managing director of THB Europe, which was first announced...

FEMA Renews $1.3 Billion Reinsurance Program with 28 Carriers

Jan 31 2019 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has renewed for the third year a reinsurance program that transfers future catastrophic flood insurance losses to the private sectorThe 2019 traditional reinsurance placement...

French Insurer Covea Abandons Hostile Takeover of SCOR

Jan 30 2019 // SCOR SE slumped the most in more than a decade in Paris trading [on Tuesday, Jan. 28] after rival Covea abandoned efforts to buy the French reinsurer, ending one of the country’s most acrimonious takeover attempts in...