Reinsurance News
QIC Global promotes Alexander Craggs to CEO at Antares
8th July 2020
QIC Global, the international specialty re/insurance arm of Qatar Insurance Group, has named Alexander Craggs as acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Jim Lye as Active Underwriter, respectively, at Antares Syndicate 1274, effective July 7th, 2020. In their new roles, Craggs will report to Michael van der Straaten, Chief Executive Officer ... Read the full article
Argo expecting $10-20mn Q2 virus loss
8th July 2020
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., the Bermuda based insurance and reinsurance company, has said that it is anticipating net losses of between $10 million and $20 million related to COVID-19 to be recorded in its second quarter earnings. The company fell to a net loss of $18.8 million in Q1 ... Read the full article
Workers’ comp insurers hit by high unemployment: Moody’s
8th July 2020
A surge in unemployment rates due to the COVID-19 lockdown is set to weigh heavily on the profitability of workers’ compensation insurers in the US, according to analysts at Moody’s. The rating agency noted that the workers’ compensation sector is structurally tied to the economy and labour markets. Employers in the US ... Read the full article
The Hartford extends COVID-19 personal auto payback plan
8th July 2020
Property and casualty insurer The Hartford has announced that it will extend its COVID-19 personal auto payback plan through June. The plan originally provided customers with a 15% credit on their April and May personal auto insurance premiums. Extending the plan through June brings the total amount the company will distribute to ... Read the full article
QOMPLX to launch US insurance subsidiary RubiQon
8th July 2020
Analytics and insurance software provider QOMPLX is set to launch a US-based subsidiary that will offer cyber insurance, along with multi-line treaty and facultative re/insurance. Due to open in the fall, RubiQon Risk & Insurance Services/RubiQon Re will be a Managing General Agency led by former Validus Re CEO Conan Ward ... Read the full article
Topsail Re adds Jake Colbert as VP of Underwriting
8th July 2020
Cayman Islands-based Topsail Re has announced the appointment of Jake Colbert as Vice President of Underwriting. Colbert's responsibilities include underwriting, marketing and account management. He has more than ten years of experience in reinsurance underwriting and brokerage operations and most recently was an underwriter at Arch Reinsurance. Before that, he worked at Aon for ... Read the full article
Willis Re names James Moss as co-head of Specialty Casualty business
8th July 2020
Willis Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Willis Towers Watson (WTW), has announced the appointment of James Moss as co-head of its Specialty Casualty practice. He will work in tandem with Chirag Shah to lead Willis Re Specialty’s Casualty strategy in London. Moss has 30 years’ experience and joins from Lockton Re, ... Read the full article
LMA announces establishment of Delegated Authority Committee
8th July 2020
The Lloyd's Market Association (LMA) has announced the establishment of a new Delegated Authority Committee (DAC), designed to both inform and guide the evolution of this aspect of Lloyd's underwriting, distribution, and claims. According to the LMA, this type of business accounts for 40% of the Lloyd's market's annual gross written ... Read the full article
Senator & Cannae accuse CoreLogic of ignoring shareholders
8th July 2020
Senator Investment Group LP and Cannae Holdings Inc. have accused CoreLogic of ignoring its shareholders, after the property information and analytics provider said yesterday that it had rejected an unsolicited acquisition offer from the investment firms. CoreLogic’s Board unanimously rejected an offer to acquire all of its outstanding common shares ... Read the full article
UBS UK pension scheme secures £1.4bn longevity swap with Zurich
8th July 2020
The UBS (UK) Pension and Life Assurance Scheme has entered into a longevity swap transaction with Zurich that covers roughly £1.4 billion of its defined benefit (DB) pensioner liabilities. The longevity swap covers the majority of the Scheme’s DB pensioners and will protect the Scheme against the risk of the covered ... Read the full article
AXA XL names Sean McGovern as CEO UK & Lloyd’s on a permanent basis
8th July 2020
AXA XL, the property & casualty and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced that Sean McGovern has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) UK & Lloyd's market on a permanent basis, subject to regulatory approval. McGovern had been operating in this role in an Interim basis for a ... Read the full article
Allstate to acquire National General for $4 billion
8th July 2020
U.S. primary insurance giant, The Allstate Corporation, has reached an agreement to acquire National General Holdings Corporation for around $4 billion in cash, or $34.50 per share. The acquisition, which remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, sees Allstate expand its personal lines market position. National General offers a ... Read the full article
Turkey’s Eximbank provides $79mn reinsurance support to UKEF
8th July 2020
Türk Eximbank, Turkey's official export credit agency, is set to provide $79.2 million of reinsurance backing to the UK Export Finance Agency (UKEF) for its energy projects in Iraq. A statement from Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan says the amount to be provided to UKEF is proportionate to the value of Turkish ... Read the full article
COVID-19 to compound Florida property insurers’ woes: AM Best
7th July 2020
The numerous headwinds in Florida's property insurance market have become more complex amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by AM Best. Challenges such as higher reinsurance pricing and social inflation continue to challenge the financial strength of Florida's personal property writers and impact coverage availability and affordability in the ... Read the full article
Former T-Mobile CFO Braxton Carter joins Assurant’s Board of Directors
7th July 2020
J. Braxton Carter, former Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for T-Mobile US, Inc., has joined Assurant, Inc.'s Board of Directors, serving on the Board's Audit Committee. While at T-Mobile, Carter led the financial organisation for almost a decade, until his retirement from the firm on July 1st, ... Read the full article