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Reinsurance interviews
A series of interviews with prominent reinsurance industry executives, discussing the state of the global reinsurance market, opportunities for growth in reinsurance, disruptive factors and the influence of technology on risk transfer and reinsurance.
ASR maintains underwriting discipline while targeting developing market opportunities: CUO Malterre
4th September 2026
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) is maintaining its risk appetite and underwriting discipline ahead of the 1 January 2027 renewals, while seeing opportunities to meet demand for specialist capacity and products across developing markets, according to Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) Eric Malterre. In an interview with Reinsurance News around the annual meeting ... Read the full article
Oak Global targets profitable growth through Lloyd’s distribution and AI-led underwriting: CEO Carr
3rd September 2026
Reinsurance News spoke with Oak Global Founder and CEO Cathal Carr around RVS 2026 in Monte Carlo, with the discussion focusing on how the reinsurance business is using the Lloyd’s market, technology and artificial intelligence to support its growth strategy. Oak Global is a Lloyd’s-focused reinsurance business operating through two syndicates, ... Read the full article
Viewing AI as a capacity creator rather than a cost-reduction tool can unlock greater value: mea Platform CEO
3rd September 2026
Re/insurers that view artificial intelligence (AI) as a capacity creator rather than simply a cost-reduction tool can unlock greater value from the technology, according to Martin Henley, CEO of mea Platform. In an interview with Reinsurance News ahead of the annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, Henley emphasised that using ... Read the full article
Reinsurers raise the bar for MGA programmes as focus shifts to sustainable underwriting: Accredited
2nd September 2026
Reinsurers are becoming increasingly selective about the MGA programmes they support, with underwriting profitability, data quality, governance, and the strength of the carrier relationship emerging as key differentiators, according to Accredited’s Head of Reinsurance UK and Europe, Jon Wood, and Head of Business Development, Marco Hensemberger. As the program market has ... Read the full article
Video: Adequate pricing is key as risk landscape evolves, says Urs Baertschi, Swiss Re
2nd September 2026
Today’s risk landscape is more connected and faster moving, and as the environment continues to evolve, what’s important across the re/insurance value chain is charging an adequate rate, according to Urs Baertschi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Property & Casualty (P&C) Reinsurance at Swiss Re. Read the full article
Transition to SaaS key to modernise reinsurance core systems: Sapiens
27th August 2026
The reinsurance market has long relied on legacy spreadsheets and manual administration, often lagging behind broader digital transformation. Today, though, the merging of cloud-native Software as a Service (SaaS) and artificial intelligence (AI) is driving an essential modernisation across the sector, according to Sapiens. Sapiens, a global provider of software solutions ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint now a broader, more balanced business, says CEO Egan
11th August 2026
Scott Egan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint, said the firm is a broader and more balanced business today, giving it the ability to move and redeploy capital across lines, segments, and geographies where there are attractive returns. SiriusPoint recently reported its second-quarter 2026 results, generating ... Read the full article
QBE Re focused on building deeper, long-term relationships with key partners: Nick Hankin
27th July 2026
Nick Hankin, Managing Director at QBE Re, said the firm is increasingly focused on building long-term, meaningful relationships with a smaller number of key partners, rather than expanding broadly across the market, which can mean being selective about where it deploys capacity. In an interview with Reinsurance News, Hankin discussed where ... Read the full article
Re/insurers seek more advanced PVT risk models for data centres: Synthetik’s Tim Brewer
22nd July 2026
As data centres become increasingly critical infrastructure, insurers and reinsurers are seeking more sophisticated analytical models to better quantify potential losses from political violence and terrorism (PVT) risks, according to Tim Brewer, Chief Operating Officer at Synthetik. Synthetik is a research and development company based in Austin, Texas. It specialises in ... Read the full article
VIPR’s Paul Templar and Tony Russell: Delegated authority is now core to reinsurance distribution
17th July 2026
In a recent Reinsurance News interview, Paul Templar, CEO of VIPR Solutions, and Tony Russell, Chief Revenue Officer, discussed the rapid expansion of the delegated authority market, Bermuda's growing importance as a delegated underwriting hub, and the technology and data challenges facing the risk transfer industry. VIPR Solutions is a provider ... Read the full article
Reinsurance operations must evolve to remove constraining inefficiencies: INTX CEO Lewis
16th July 2026
Rob Lewis, CEO of INTX Insurance Software, said reinsurance operations remain constrained by fragmented architecture and manual workflows, arguing that platforms must unify data, workflows and intelligence across the economics of risk to address significant inefficiencies. INTX is a unified insurance platform that helps carriers modernise operations, connect data, and accelerate ... Read the full article
Artificial targets growth in US re/insurance market: President, Joost
14th July 2026
Eric Joost, President at Artificial, said the firm sees opportunities in the US re/insurance market, particularly across the wholesale market, MGAs, and more structured distribution models, as firms seek to manage increasing volumes of submissions and greater operational complexity. Established in 2013 and based in London, Artificial builds technology and software ... Read the full article
AI’s most immediate value is helping underwriters see portfolios more clearly, says Mandarin Re’s Grishin
29th June 2026
Mikhail Grishin, Chief Operating Officer at Malaysia-based reinsurance company Mandarin Re, suggests one of the biggest values of artificial intelligence (AI) in reinsurance is its ability to provide greater clarity over underwriting portfolios, enabling firms to identify where underwriting time is best spent and improve the speed and quality of ... Read the full article
Claims notifications are rising in an increasingly crowded Southern Europe transactional risk market: Devonshire’s Martinez-Salmon
18th June 2026
In an interview with Reinsurance News, Liria Martinez-Salmon, Managing Director and Head of Southern Europe at Devonshire Underwriting, said claims notifications in Southern Europe's transactional risk insurance market have risen by more than 100%. We recently spoke with Martinez-Salmon about current transactional risk market conditions, and the significant increase in claims ... Read the full article
GIFT City is attracting global reinsurance capital at scale, says PB Fintech’s Singh
15th June 2026
In an interview with Reinsurance News, PB Fintech’s Joint Group Chief Executive Officer, Sarbvir Singh, emphasised that a more open and predictable regulatory environment is attracting global reinsurance companies to India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). Insurance and reinsurance volumes have expanded rapidly at ... Read the full article
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