Reinsurance News
CCR Re launches 157 Re sidecar for 2023 with 40% more capital raised
18th January 2023
CCR Re, the French state-owned reinsurer, has sponsored the fifth renewal of its 157 Re 23 sidecar vehicle, increasing the capital raised on the previous year despite an extremely tight retrocession marketplace. According to the reinsurer, it succeeded in increasing the capital raised by over 40% when compared to 2022, ... Read the full article
PIC completes £400mn buy-in for Amey OS Pension Scheme
18th January 2023
Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC) has concluded a partial buy-in transaction with the Trustee of the Amey OS Pension Scheme. PIC worked directly with Amey and the Trustee, insuring approximately £400 million of liabilities, covering the pensions of 3,473 members, which includes 1,938 deferred members. Amey is a UK-based infrastructure services and ... Read the full article
Mark Dyson takes on interim role as CEO of Lloyd’s Asia
18th January 2023
Insurance and reinsurance marketplace Lloyd’s has appointed Mark Dyson as Interim CEO of Lloyd's Asia and Country Manager Singapore, taking over from Thomas Haddrill. It was announced last month that Haddrill would depart Lloyd’s for a new role as Head of Broking for the CEEMEA region at WTW. Dyson, who currently ... Read the full article
Aegon gets shareholder approval for Dutch business combination
18th January 2023
Aegon, a Netherlands-headquartered multinational life insurance, pensions and asset management company, has announced that its shareholders have approved a move to combine certain of its Dutch businesses with insurer a.s.r. Shareholders voted to allow Aegon to combine its Dutch pension, life and non-life insurance, banking, and mortgage origination operations at a ... Read the full article
Miller names Moore Account Executive in its Sports & Entertainment team
18th January 2023
Independent specialist re/insurance broker Miller has announced the appointment of Steve Moore as an Account Executive in its Sports and Entertainment team. Moore holds over three decades of industry experience, having spent the majority of his career at SBJ, which has since become Marsh Commercial. Here, he was responsible for assisting with ... Read the full article
Insurtech Joyn Insurance gets $17.7m in Series A funding round
18th January 2023
Insurtech company Joyn Insurance has announced it exceeded its target with a $17.7 million Series A funding round led by OMERS Ventures, with participation from SiriusPoint, ManchesterStory, Cohen Circle, Avanta Ventures and several other private investors. Joyn launched in July of 2021, announcing a key partnership and investment agreement with the ... Read the full article
BMS acquires Austbrokers Coast to Coast to boost Australian presence
18th January 2023
Independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, BMS has acquired Austbrokers Coast to Coast (C2C), the specialist Australian corporate, business, and retail broker. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1982, C2C is based in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast in Queensland. The firm specialises in transport, construction, hazardous goods, ... Read the full article
Cyber and business interruption are top risks for 2023: Allianz
17th January 2023
Cyber incidents and business interruption have ranked as the biggest company concerns for the second year in succession, according to the 2023 Risk Barometer report by Allianz, with economic and energy risks also on the rise. Cyber and business interruption were both flagged as top risks by 34% of the 2,700+ ... Read the full article
Parametric flood insurer, FloodFlash launches in the US
17th January 2023
Parametric flood insurer FloodFlash has announced that it has entered into the US insurance market. After a devastating hurricane season in the US, policyholders have been waiting weeks, and in some cases, months, to receive claims to be able to rebuild their businesses and revive local economies. Moreover, in the wake of ... Read the full article
Xchange Benefits launches reinsurance MGU
17th January 2023
Xchange Benefits LLC, a managing general underwriter owned by Ambac Financial Group, has launched a new reinsurance MGU called Xchange Re Underwriting Agency. The new entity has signed a reinsurance underwriting management agreement with United States Fire Insurance Company to underwrite worldwide accident and health (A&H) reinsurance coverage. Xchange Re will underwrite ... Read the full article
S&P upgrades CCR Re ratings as volatility reduced
17th January 2023
S&P Global Ratings has decided to upgrade the ratings of CCR Re, based on the expectation that the reinsurer will be able to structurally reduce the volatility of its technical results and overall profitability over the coming years. The rating agency has revised the stand-alone credit profile of CCR Re to ... Read the full article
Jennifer Gravelle becomes Kingstone’s Chief Financial Officer
17th January 2023
Kingstone Companies, P&C insurance holding company, has announced the appointment of Jennifer Gravelle as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gravelle brings to Kingstone more than two decades of experience in the P&C insurance industry and expertise in coastal-focused property insurance specifically. She commented:“I’m excited to be joining Kingstone at this pivotal moment for ... Read the full article
UN & NZIA launch target-setting protocol to accelerate transition to net-zero
17th January 2023
The United Nations-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has launched its first Target-Setting Protocol at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Version 1.0 of the Protocol will enable NZIA members to begin to independently set science-based, intermediate targets for their respective insurance and reinsurance underwriting portfolios in line with ... Read the full article
There’s reasons to be upbeat & positive on the MGA space, says Amwins’ Bernacki
17th January 2023
In an interview with Reinsurance News, Mark Bernacki, Chief Underwriting Officer of Amwins, suggested that he remains very upbeat and positive on the MGA/MGU world despite assessing that valuation expectations will trend down in 2023. Bernacki noted that the downward trend will be driven by a variety of factors. First noting ... Read the full article
Bermuda’s insurers can increase global resilience: PwC’s Wightman
17th January 2023
Arthur Wightman, PwC Bermuda territory and Insurance leader, has suggested that Bermuda’s insurers have a substantial opportunity to increase global resilience. Wightman's comments follow a PwC Global CEO Survey which polled 4,410 CEOs in 105 countries and territories, including Bermuda and the Caribbean region, throughout October and November in 2022. PwC's survey ... Read the full article
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