Reinsurance News
Hannover Re expands Cardinez’s remit with Global Head of Financial Solutions role
26th January 2026
Global reinsurer Hannover Re has announced the appointment of Chantal Cardinez as Global Head of Financial Solutions. Cardinez will take on the role in addition to her existing mandate as Chief Executive Officer of Hannover Re Bermuda. She brings more than 20 years of industry experience, with strong business development acumen and ... Read the full article
Territorial disputes, regime changes are political & geopolitical risks for insurers: BMI’s Sano
26th January 2026
Territorial disputes, regime changes, and the possible shifting of global alliances are the main themes of political and geopolitical risks insurers need to watch for in 2026 and beyond, according to Yoel Sano, Head of Global Political and Security Risk at BMI, a multinational research firm and Fitch subsidiary. At the ... Read the full article
Apollo partners with ZenHedge to launch new parametric Freight Expense Insurance solution
26th January 2026
Apollo, a Skyward Group company, has entered into a partnership with ZenHedge, a US-based insurtech start-up, to bring to market Freight Expense Insurance, a parametric insurance solution aimed at shielding US shippers from unplanned freight cost increases driven by trucking carrier tender rejections. ZenHedge’s proprietary platform leverages data drawn from ... Read the full article
Major joins Markel Insurance as Senior Claims Adjuster – Professional Indemnity
26th January 2026
Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc., has announced the appointment of Charlotte Major as Senior Claims Adjuster – Professional Indemnity, effective immediately. In her new role, based in London, Major will focus on resolving complex PI claims for clients across multiple professions, including construction firms, accountants, and insurance ... Read the full article
LIIBA strengthens Board with seven new Directors reflecting market diversity
26th January 2026
LIIBA, the London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association, appointed seven new Directors in 2025, broadening member representation, a move that reflects new Articles of Association adopted in March. The changes were aimed at broadening the profile of the Board across its membership and to ensure representation of the perspectives from all ... Read the full article
Brit introduces FI Cyber Max Consortium for Financial Institutions
26th January 2026
Brit Group Holdings Limited, a specialty insurer and reinsurer operating across Lloyd’s, the London market and internationally, has announced FI Cyber Max, a new integrated Cyber and Financial Institutions (FI) consortium. Developed to support large and complex financial organisations, FI Cyber Max brings together Brit’s specialist Cyber and FI underwriting teams ... Read the full article
Marsh Risk expands Nimbus data centre facility to $2.7bn
26th January 2026
Marsh Risk, an insurance broker, risk advisor, and a business of Marsh, has added significant capacity to Nimbus, its large-scale data centre construction insurance facility, which now offers limits of up to $2.7 billion, including delay in start-up and business interruption coverage, for major projects across the UK, US, Canada, ... Read the full article
AXA redomiciles China unit from Bermuda to Hong Kong
26th January 2026
Global insurer AXA Hong Kong and Macau has successfully completed the re-domiciliation of AXA China Region Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited from Bermuda to Hong Kong. This was done to comply with the re-domiciliation regime introduced by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Following this, the firm was renamed to AXA ... Read the full article
PERILS issues final industry loss estimate of €765m for Windstorm Éowyn
26th January 2026
PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organisation that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has published its fourth and final industry loss estimate for Windstorm Éowyn, which affected the British Isles on 24 and 25 January 2025, with PERILS stating that the final estimate of the insured market loss stands at €765 million. Read the full article
CFC adds Christyn Yoast as Global Head of Commercial
26th January 2026
Specialist insurance provider CFC has appointed Christyn Yoast as Global Head of Commercial to drive the group’s commercial strategy across its growing international footprint. Yoast is expected to start in January 2026 and will be based in New York. She has over two decades of experience spanning underwriting, distribution, and strategy development ... Read the full article
Concirrus and Diesta partner to deliver efficient quote-to-cash in specialty insurance market
26th January 2026
Concirrus, provider of AI-centric insurance solutions, has strategically partnered with Diesta, the dedicated payment operations platform built for intermediated insurance, to deliver a unified, quote-to-cash solution. This collaboration merges Concirrus' risk processing solutions with Diesta's automated premium processing and financial transparency layer. The duo hopes that this partnership will reduce operational friction ... Read the full article
Swiss Re appoints Alexander White as Senior Casualty Treaty Underwriter, Australia
26th January 2026
Swiss Re, a global provider of reinsurance, insurance, and risk solutions, has appointed Alexander White as Senior Casualty Treaty Underwriter for Australia. White joins the reinsurer with nearly 14 years of industry experience. Most recently, he served at another one of the Europe's big four, Munich Re, for over four years. ... Read the full article
US P&C industry set for lowest net combined ratio in over a decade: Triple-I/Milliman
23rd January 2026
The US property & casualty (P&C) insurance industry is forecast to have its lowest net combined ratio (NCR) in over a decade for the full year 2025, despite the devastating California wildfires in Q1’25, supported by an Atlantic hurricane season that did not make landfall in the US. The findings are ... Read the full article
RLI trims cat reinsurance by $150m at Jan renewal in ‘buyer’s market’
23rd January 2026
RLI Insurance Company reduced its catastrophe reinsurance limit by $150 million for 2026 at the January renewals, citing lower exposure and continued soft conditions, which it described as a “buyer’s market” for property. Jen Klobnak, Chief Operating Officer of RLI Corp., said the firm renewed roughly two-thirds of its annual reinsurance ... Read the full article
Michelle Li takes on CFO role at Hamilton Global Specialty
23rd January 2026
Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., an international specialty insurance and reinsurance group, has announced the appointment of Michelle Li as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Hamilton Global Specialty, its underwriting platform headquartered in London. In her new role, Li will be located in London and will work in close partnership with Alex ... Read the full article
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