Reinsurance News
WTW names Owens as Head of Captive & Insurance Management Solutions, Ireland
11th September 2026
Willis, a WTW business, has promoted Gerard Owens to Head of Captive and Insurance Management Solutions, Ireland, effective 1 November 2026. In his new role, Owens succeeds Trevor Madden, who will lead Willis’ Captive and Insurance Management Solutions business in Singapore. Owens will report to Elizabeth Carbonaro, Managing Director, Captive and Insurance ... Read the full article
Property cat XoL reinsurance rates expected to fall by at least 10% at 1.1 2027, reports KBW
11th September 2026
KBW, a financial services firm providing research and advisory services across the insurance and reinsurance sectors, expects property catastrophe excess-of-loss (XoL) reinsurance rates to fall by at least 10% at the 1 January 2027 renewals. The outlook comes from KBW’s commentary following the 2026 Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS), where the firm ... Read the full article
Bloc Cyber launches as new cyber insurance and technology E&O brokerage
11th September 2026
Bloc Cyber, a specialty cyber insurance brokerage, has officially launched as an independent, carrier-agnostic firm aiming to serve regulated industries nationwide. The firm, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, provides access to over 100 specialty cyber carriers and delivers quote turnarounds in under 24 hours. With compliance-mapped programmes addressing HIPAA, CMMC, PCI-DSS, FERPA, ... Read the full article
Laura Coppola joins Munich Re Specialty, North America
11th September 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re has appointed Laura Coppola as Head of Underwriting Management, US, Binding Authorities at Munich Re Specialty, North America (MRS-NA). In her new role, Coppola will lead a team of US-based underwriting managers who, along with members of the Binding Authorities managed underwriting team in London, are responsible ... Read the full article
Significant pressure required to change pricing direction, market remains rate-adequate: Berenberg
11th September 2026
Significant pressure would be required to push reinsurance pricing to change direction from a continued easing to a hardening signal, nevertheless, the consensus at the 2026 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) was that pricing remains adequate, according to Berenberg. At RVS 2026, Berenberg analysts met with representatives of Hannover Re, ... Read the full article
Ascot bolsters US senior leadership team
11th September 2026
Global specialty re/insurance company Ascot Group has bolstered its US Regional Executive Leadership team, expanded the North America Distribution role, and consolidated seven US business segments into five product verticals. Together, these changes aim to align underwriting expertise and regional leadership more closely around the exposures, geographies, and client segments Ascot ... Read the full article
US commercial insurance prices saw an aggregate increase of 0.5% in Q2’26: WTW
11th September 2026
In the second quarter of 2026, U.S. commercial insurance prices continued to grow, with an aggregate price increase of 0.5%, according to WTW’s latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey. The survey compares premiums for policies underwritten during the quarter with those for the same coverage in the prior year. The aggregate price ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC International appoints Nicolas Pelletier as Head of Distribution – Europe
11th September 2026
Tokio Marine HCC (TMHCC) International, a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of specialty insurance companies headquartered in Houston, Texas, has appointed Nicolas Pelletier to the newly created position of Head of Distribution – Europe. Pelletier takes up the role on 1 September 2026 and will be responsible for developing ... Read the full article
Trium Cyber names Dave Stanard Interim CEO as Josh Ladeau steps down
11th September 2026
Trium Cyber, a specialist cyber insurance and risk transfer provider, has announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Josh Ladeau, will step down from his role, with Dave Stanard, CEO of Trium Holdings, serving as Interim CEO of Trium Cyber. Ladeau joined Trium in September 2022 and has since played a ... Read the full article
MS Amlin CEO Christiern Dart joins LMA Board
11th September 2026
The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA), the body representing the interests of Lloyd’s managing agents and members’ agents, has announced the appointment of Christiern Dart, Chief Executive Officer of MS Amlin, to the LMA Board. The LMA is governed by a Board that sets the overall strategy, direction and priorities of the ... Read the full article
US P&C industry’s underwriting income nearly tripled in H1’26: AM Best
10th September 2026
The U.S. property and casualty (P&C) industry recorded $31.2 billion in net underwriting income in the first half of 2026, nearly triple the $10.9 billion reported in the same period a year earlier, according to a recent report by AM Best. The report revealed that the P&C industry saw a 3% ... Read the full article
Carbon adds Phil Wooldridge as Head of US Casualty and Deputy Active Underwriter
10th September 2026
Carbon Underwriting Limited, a delegated authority underwriting specialist with its own Lloyd’s syndicate, has appointed Phil Wooldridge as its new Head of US Casualty and Deputy Active Underwriter, effective 28 September 2026. In his new role, Wooldridge will grow Carbon’s book of business for US policies covering long-tail casualty risks. He will ... Read the full article
MNK Group acquires Danish non-life insurer ETU Forsikring
10th September 2026
MNK Group, the independent international insurance group, has completed the acquisition of 100% of Danish insurer ETU Forsikring A/S, following approval from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet). According to the announcement, MNK Group's main focus is to strengthen ETU as a Danish insurer. By deploying fresh ... Read the full article
Marsh launches new European D&O insurance facility
10th September 2026
Global professional services firm Marsh has launched Unity D&O, a new European directors and officers (D&O) insurance facility for private and public organisations with revenues up to €1 billion. The facility will be initially available in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and has been designed to ... Read the full article
Willis names Madden as Head of Captive & Insurance Management Solutions, APAC
10th September 2026
Willis, a WTW business, has appointed Trevor Madden as Head of Captive and Insurance Management Solutions, Asia Pacific (APAC), based in Singapore, effective 1 November 2026. In his new role, Madden will lead the firm's regional captive and insurance management solutions business unit. He succeeds Joyce Chua, who is leaving the ... Read the full article
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