Reinsurance News
Marsh appoints Janelle Griffith as Global Logistics Practice Leader
15th April 2026
Marsh, a global firm specialising in risk, reinsurance, capital solutions, and management consulting, has announced the appointment of Janelle Griffith as Global Logistics Practice Leader within Marsh Risk. In this newly established position, Griffith will lead the company’s global logistics strategy, bringing together data-driven insights, advanced analytics, and risk transfer expertise ... Read the full article
Specialist Risk Group promotes Rosalan as Partner and Head of Business, Asia
15th April 2026
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), an insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has promoted Halim Rosalan to the newly created role of Head of Business, Asia, effective April 13th, 2026. In his new role, Rosalan will oversee business development, benefits solutions, corporate risk solutions, facultative reinsurance, claims, and, in the ... Read the full article
Aegon agrees £2bn sale of UK business to Standard Life
15th April 2026
Aegon, an international life insurance, pensions and asset management group headquartered in the Netherlands, has agreed to sell its UK operations to Standard Life plc in a transaction valued at £2.0 billion. The deal brings to a close Aegon’s strategic review of its UK business and supports its stated aim of ... Read the full article
Hamilton launches casualty reinsurance sidecar backed by Sixth Street
15th April 2026
Hamilton Insurance Group, a Bermuda-based underwriting and insurance platform focused on specialty insurance and reinsurance, has established a reinsurance sidecar to support capacity within its casualty reinsurance portfolio. The structure is expected to operate over multiple years, with total ceded premiums estimated at approximately $300 million across its lifespan. Investment capital ... Read the full article
Aon lifts Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program capacity to $3.5bn
15th April 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance group Aon has expanded its proprietary Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP) by an additional $1 billion, increasing total capacity to $3.5 billion. At the same time, the broker has expanded the programme to include coverage for existing data centres that are past their first year of ... Read the full article
BHSI promotes Jessica Kirby to Country Manager UK, Nick Major to retire
15th April 2026
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the promotion of Jessica Kirby to Country Manager, UK, succeeding Nick Major, who is retiring from the company and the London Market. Kirby, who will be based in London, brings nearly two decades of experience focused on the UK and London markets and deep ... Read the full article
The Fidelis Partnership and Pine Walk introduce new London hub at Grace Hall
15th April 2026
The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), a specialty insurance and reinsurance group, together with Pine Walk, its managing general agent (MGA) platform, has opened a new office at Grace Hall in London. Grace Hall is a Grade II listed building on Leadenhall Street in the City of London, originally established in 1927 as ... Read the full article
Sompo APAC appoints Daniel Lukas as SVP, Head of Personal Lines
15th April 2026
Sompo Asia Pacific (Sompo APAC), part of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., has announced the appointment of Daniel Lukas as Senior Vice President, Head of Personal Lines, Asia Pacific, effective 17th April 2026. Based in Singapore, Lukas will join the APAC Consumer Leadership team and report to Bill Zhang, President of Sompo ... Read the full article
Satispay adds dedicated business insurance coverage via REVO partnership
15th April 2026
Satispay, an Italian fintech platform, has announced the inclusion of dedicated business insurance coverage within its Business Premium subscription service through a partnership with REVO Insurance, aimed at protecting SMEs and helping them comply with new regulatory requirements. The Satispay Business Premium subscription service is an ecosystem designed to grow merchants’ ... Read the full article
Mapfre appoints Miguel Serrano Loredo as Corporate Director of Administration & Finance
15th April 2026
Mapfre, an international insurance company, has announced the appointment of Miguel Serrano Loredo as its new Corporate Director of Administration and Finance, succeeding Oscar García-Serrano. García-Serrano has held the role since April 2022, and will now step into the position of Chief Executive Officer of Mapfre Colombia, replacing Rafael Prado. Loredo ... Read the full article
EU‑wide risk‑sharing framework to help address nat cat insurance protection gap: Morningstar DBRS
14th April 2026
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), have announced a proposal for a Europe‑wide risk‑sharing framework to address the natural catastrophe insurance protection gap while safeguarding private‑sector involvement. Released on 9 April 2026, the proposal arrives at a pivotal moment, as escalating climate driven ... Read the full article
Kin adds Okta’s CFO Brett Tighe to Board of Directors
14th April 2026
Kin, the direct-to-consumer digital home and auto insurance and home finance provider, has appointed Brett Tighe, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Okta, to its Board of Directors. In his role at Okta, Tighe oversees the firm's financial strategy that guided it from its early stages through IPO and into its ... Read the full article
M&A activity and reinsurers’ pressure could quickly cool aviation rate reductions: WTW
14th April 2026
Further major losses, increased mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity, or pressure from reinsurers could reduce capacity across the sector which is likely to cool rate reductions quickly, WTW’s ‘General Aviation Insurance Market Outlook: Q1 2026’ warns. The general aviation insurance market appears to have started the year in a state ... Read the full article
Grace Kavanagh joins Howden Re’s Capital Solutions team as Director
14th April 2026
Global reinsurance broker Howden Re has announced the appointment of Grace Kavanagh as a Director within the firm’s Capital Solutions team. Kavanagh brings extensive market insight as well as strong carrier and client relationships to the Capital Solutions team. She joins following three years as part of Howden Re’s Market Engagement & ... Read the full article
Supply-side incentives key to closing SME terrorism protection gap, says Pool Re CEO
14th April 2026
As Pool Re rolls out a new incentive scheme designed to encourage Members to reintegrate terrorism cover as standard within SME property policies, CEO Tom Clementi said the initiative has the potential not only to strengthen SME ... Read the full article
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