Reinsurance News
CRC Group appoints Bethany Greenwood as CEO of Underwriting Division
17th June 2026
CRC Group, a specialty insurance distributor, has announced the appointment of experienced insurance and reinsurance professional, Bethany Greenwood, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Underwriting Division. Greenwood joins the role with more than 25 years of leadership experience across the specialty insurance sector, covering brokerage, underwriting and executive management. She was ... Read the full article
Moonrock Insurance strengthens underwriting team with appointment of Alex Seymour
17th June 2026
Moonrock Insurance, a specialist managing general agent (MGA) providing insurance solutions for unmanned aviation, drones and advanced air mobility, has appointed Alex Seymour as Senior Underwriter as the company continues to broaden its underwriting capabilities and support its international growth strategy. Seymour brings more than 30 years of experience in aviation ... Read the full article
Zurich and YAS launch embedded insurance for robots in Hong Kong
17th June 2026
Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong), part of Zurich Insurance Group, has collaborated with YAS Insurance, a data and AI risk technology company, to promote the use of AI and robotics in Hong Kong through an embedded insurance solution. Under the partnership, Zurich will develop bespoke micro-insurance products for robots and embed coverage ... Read the full article
Augment Risk adds Brad Livingston as Partner to expand ILS offering
17th June 2026
Augment Risk, a reinsurance and capital solutions broker, has appointed Brad Livingston as Partner to expand its insurance-linked securities (ILS) offering. In his new role, Livingston will be based in Nashville, and report directly to Thad Hall, Head of ILS solutions at the firm. He has over 18 years of industry experience, ... Read the full article
Aon’s new AI platform to help insurers rapidly assess exclusions in reinsurance contracts
16th June 2026
Aon, a major global professional services and consulting firm, has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Contract AI, designed to enhance contract certainty through the rapid analysis of reinsurance coverage. Contract AI interrogates Aon’s entire U.S. and Canada contract database from the past three years in real-time to identify global ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter appoints Connie Tregidga as MD in Global Structured Solutions
16th June 2026
Guy Carpenter, a Marsh business, has announced the appointment of Connie Tregidga as Managing Director within its Global Structured Solutions team. Based in London, she will focus on legacy transactions and sidecar activity, areas that Guy Carpenter identifies as becoming increasingly important within the reinsurance and structured solutions market. Tregidga’s appointment further ... Read the full article
Marsh Nexus to help firms counter rising international employee benefit costs
16th June 2026
Marsh, a risk advisory, insurance broking and reinsurance services firm, has launched a new captive insurance solution, Marsh Nexus Captive Solution (Marsh Nexus), designed to support multinational organisations in managing risks and costs associated with soaring international employee benefit costs. According to Marsh’s Health Trends 2026 report, employer-provided health plans are ... Read the full article
Defne Turkes named President and MD Liberty International Insurance
16th June 2026
Global property and casualty insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced the appointment of Defne Turkes as President and Managing Director (MD) of Liberty International Insurance (LII), the international division of Global Risk Solutions (GRS), effective July 1, 2026. She succeeds Phil Hobbs, who recently moved into the role of President of ... Read the full article
Hippo hails 2026 reinsurance overhaul as ‘structural evolution’ in move to enterprise-wide cat program
16th June 2026
Hippo Holdings Inc. has completed the placement of its 2026 reinsurance program, effective June 1, 2026, securing meaningful protection, improving capital efficiency and introducing new features, including a whole-account quota share that enhances flexibility, with the firm describing the renewal as a “significant structural evolution”. Hippo, a technology-native insurance group that ... Read the full article
Lockton adds Stéphane Lespérance as CEO of Canadian Retail business
16th June 2026
Lockton, an independent insurance broker, has appointed Stéphane Lespérance as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its new Canadian retail business. The appointment aligns with Lockton's overarching strategy to build a Canadian-led organisation to deliver enhanced, high-level advisory support to Canadian enterprises. It reflects the broker's longstanding work with Canadian clients and ... Read the full article
Braven closes $4.6m Seed round and launches London office
16th June 2026
Braven, a US-based technology company focused on building infrastructure for the insurance industry, has closed a $4.6 million Seed round to fund its expansion into the UK market, including the launch of a London office this month. Formerly known as Sytrex, Braven is an insurance infrastructure technology company headquartered in San ... Read the full article
Price Forbes expands fac capability for MEA region with two senior appointments
16th June 2026
Independent, specialist international wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker Price Forbes has appointed Tarek Semaan as head of facultative, Middle East & Africa, and Anthony Abi Fadel as director, facultative, both of whom will be based in Dubai. Reporting to David Howells, senior executive officer, Price Forbes Dubai, Semaan is tasked with ... Read the full article
Captives ‘coming home’ as PRA eyes 2027 UK regime launch
16th June 2026
Shoib Khan, Director of Insurance Supervision at the Bank of England, said the PRA is moving to build a UK captive regime aimed at reversing decades of offshore migration, with 2027 set as the moment captives are finally “coming home” to the UK. Captives are wholly owned insurance companies set up ... Read the full article
Aon promotes Hugo Carson to Greater Florida Market Leader
16th June 2026
Aon, a global re/insurance broker and risk advisor, has announced the promotion of Hugo Carson to Greater Florida Market Leader. Carson succeeds Brian Bark, who is now responsible for Aon's New York City Market. In his new role, Carson will lead the overall strategy, growth, and operations across Aon's Greater Florida market. ... Read the full article
Fitch reaffirms ‘deteriorating’ outlook for global reinsurance amid softer pricing cycle
16th June 2026
A new report from Fitch Ratings has reaffirmed its 'deteriorating' outlooks for the Global Reinsurance and UK London Market sectors, with softer pricing cycles said to be having a more acute effect. In a new report, Fitch noted that although the global insurance sector outlook remains “neutral” as of mid-2026, supported ... Read the full article
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