Reinsurance News
Ahmad named Treaty & Structured Solutions Leader at Lockton MENA Reinsurance Brokers
4th June 2026
Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of independent insurance broker Lockton, has announced the appointment of Zeeshan Ahmad as Treaty & Structured Solutions Leader at Lockton MENA Reinsurance Brokers. Ahmad brings more than 15 years of reinsurance experience, with expertise spanning treaty underwriting, structured solutions, and portfolio optimisation across the Middle East ... Read the full article
CEA’s risk transfer reaches $8.2bn driven by increase in traditional reinsurance
4th June 2026
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has increased its total risk transfer limit from $7.912 billion at year-end 2025 to $8.214 billion as of 30th April 2026, driven solely by an increase in traditional reinsurance limit from $5.037 billion to approximately $5.34 billion during the first four months of 2026. As ... Read the full article
Resolution Life strengthens Asian presence with three new reinsurance agreements
4th June 2026
Resolution Life, an international life insurance group focused on reinsurance and the management and acquisition of life insurance portfolios, has completed three new transactions across Asia. The agreements, which involve life insurance business in Hong Kong and Japan, reflect Resolution Life’s ongoing involvement in supporting insurers across the region and its ... Read the full article
GIFT IFSC continues rapid growth as registrations and re/insurance activity rise
4th June 2026
The latest quarterly bulletin from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has highlighted the continued expansion of India’s Gujarat International Finance Tec-City International Financial Services Centre (GIFT IFSC), describing it as a transformative element in the country’s financial sector strategy and its integration with global markets. The bulletin said the ... Read the full article
Pinnacle announces recent acquisitions including Bermuda-based Ordinance
4th June 2026
Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Bermuda-based Ordinance Holdings Limited and the renewal rights for clients of Canadian firm Grape Bay Actuarial Consulting Inc. (Grape Bay), effective June 30, 2026. Ordinance provides actuarial consulting services to insurance, reinsurance, captive insurance and segregated accounts companies from its offices in ... Read the full article
Gen Re promotes Granville and Nerenberg to Chief Underwriters
4th June 2026
Gen Re, a reinsurance company and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has promoted Amanda Granville to Chief Underwriter, National and Multinational Treaty and Marc Nerenberg to Chief Underwriter, Regional and Specialty. Granville began her career in 2010 as an actuary, deepening her expertise across Specialty Markets and the Global Clients Casualty ... Read the full article
Munich Re appoints Marco Petrovic and Johanna Roman as Asia and Africa Cyber Heads
4th June 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re has appointed Marco Petrovic as Head of Cyber Asia (excluding Greater China) and Johanna Roman as Cyber leader for Australasia, Greater China, and Africa. To step into his new role, Petrovic will relocate back to Asia in August, to advance Munich Re’s cyber ambitions across a strategically important, ... Read the full article
Renewables insurance sector faces new challenges as co-located projects grow: Tokio Marine GX
4th June 2026
Tokio Marine GX (TMGX), the specialist green transition underwriting business within the Tokio Marine Group, has warned that the insurance market will need to continue adapting to support the growing number of co-located and hybrid renewable energy projects being developed worldwide. In a new report, Co-location, Co-location, Co-location: Underwriting the Future ... Read the full article
Gianluca Panzanaro named Executive Director of Gallagher Re Italy
4th June 2026
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Gianluca Panzanaro as Executive Director of its business in Italy, where he will play a key role in developing new relationships to enhance the Italian team. In his new position, Panzanaro will focus on providing tailored solutions as exceptional service to ... Read the full article
Aon reports rising M&A insurance claim values and record recoveries
4th June 2026
Aon plc, the global professional services firm specialising in risk, health and wealth solutions, has released its 2026 Global M&A and Transaction Solutions Claims Study, highlighting growing claim values, increasing notification activity and record levels of recoveries across the mergers and acquisitions insurance market. Drawing on Aon’s proprietary claims data, the ... Read the full article
Munich Re Specialty adds Bob Algie to Global Markets, Australia team
4th June 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re has appointed Bob Algie as Property, Construction & Engineering Manager at Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets, Australia, effective in the second half of 2026. In his new role, Algie will lead the establishment of the Property, Construction and Engineering underwriting team. He brings more than two decades ... Read the full article
Kin’s auto GWP surpasses $6m as home policies in force tops 250,000
3rd June 2026
Kin, the direct-to-consumer home and auto insurance company, has reported that auto gross written premiums (GWP) surpassed $6 million, while total home policies in force exceeded 250,000. In January 2026, Kin launched auto insurance for its Florida and Texas home insurance customers following a successful pilot in Texas at the ... Read the full article
DWF names Abbott Managing Partner of its Insurance Services division
3rd June 2026
DWF, a provider of integrated legal and business services, has announced the appointment of David Abbott as Managing Partner of its Insurance Services division, effective May 1, 2026. He succeeds Matthew Doughty, who has continued to lead the division on an interim basis since his appointment as Group CEO on 1 ... Read the full article
Adaptation projects essential for narrowing global nat cat protection gap: Swiss Re
3rd June 2026
A new report from Swiss Re has suggested that the rising value of natural catastrophe-exposed assets, and the resulting increase in the absolute protection gap, continues to pose resilience risks, even though insurance cover has broadly kept pace with rapidly growing exposures, highlighting the need for targeted adaptation projects that ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re becomes first reinsurance broker to deploy Allphins’ exposure management platform
3rd June 2026
Gallagher Re has announced the deployment of the Allphins exposure management platform, becoming the first reinsurance broker to license this tool. The global broker signed a multi-line agreement for the platform covering property, onshore energy, and terrorism lines. The deployment comes as property catastrophe rates face continued pressure, encouraging brokers to find ... Read the full article
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