Reinsurance News
Curran and Shaffer take senior distribution roles at Ryan Specialty
4th October 2022
Ryan Specialty has announced the promotions of Tom Curran and James Shaffer to senior distribution roles within its Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers unit. Curran has been appointed as Chief Wholesale Distribution Officer and Shaffer as Chief Retail Distribution Officer. The former specializes in the wholesale insurance marketplace and has over 25 years’ ... Read the full article
2021 active year for M&A, says AM Best
4th October 2022
A new report from AM Best says that 2021 was an active year for mergers and acquisitions with large block reinsurance transactions leading to a 41% increase in admitted assets owned by private equity firms. The report, Private Equity Continues to Make Inroads in Insurance Industry, AM Best states that as ... Read the full article
Ariel Re gets green light for Lloyd’s Managing Agent
4th October 2022
Global reinsurer Ariel Re has been granted regulatory approval to launch a Managing Agent at Lloyd's of London, a statement from the company has confirmed. The company received approval from the Prudential Regulatory Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority and Lloyd’s to commence the new operation, called Ariel Re Managing Agency (ARMA). Once ... Read the full article
WTW hires Chang from Sompo Intl. as Head, Corporate Risk & Broking NA
4th October 2022
WTW has hired Michael Chang to be its new head of corporate risk and broking for North America, succeeding Mike Liss, who plans to retire in the first half of next year. Prior to joining WTW, Chang served for six years as co-leader of Sompo International’s Global Insurance and CEO of ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) promotes Anselm Waigand to Head of Risk Engineering, Germany
4th October 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced that it has appointed Anselm Waigand as Head of Risk Engineering, Germany. Waigand was previously Senior Risk Engineer at BHSI in Frankfurt, Germany, having joined BHSI in 2020. He has more than 15 years of engineering experience at major global insurers, including a 6-year spell ... Read the full article
Equitable finalises reinsurance deal with Global Atlantic
4th October 2022
Financial services and insurance firm Equitable Holdings has announced the completion of its reinsurance transaction with life and annuity insurer Global Atlantic. The transaction involved Equitable’s principle operating subsidiary, Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, and First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company, a Global Atlantic unit. Under the terms of the deal, Equitable ... Read the full article
Brit appoints Jack Hinton to new role
4th October 2022
Specialty insurer Brit has appointed Jack Hinton to be an underwriter in its accident and health team. Hinton is joining the firm from RSA, where he has been a senior underwriter. Prior to RSA, He held underwriting roles with Sompo International and ANV. He joined Brit last month and will return ... Read the full article
Athora Belgium acquires life insurance portfolio from NN Insurance Belgium
4th October 2022
Athora Belgium, a wholly owned subsidiary of life insurance group Athora Holding (Athora), has announced it has completed the acquisition of a closed-book individual life portfolio from NN Insurance Belgium. The transaction brings its assets under management to 11.4 billion euros, and is in line with Athora’s growth strategy focused on ... Read the full article
L&G reports “limited economic impact” from UK financial volatility
4th October 2022
UK financial services group Legal & General (L&G) has reported “limited economic impact” to its business from the financial volatility in the UK over the past few weeks, as well as from wider unstable macro conditions. Last week, the Bank of England took the unprecedented step of making “urgent” targeted purchases ... Read the full article
Canopius appoints Tracey Corrigan to new role
4th October 2022
Canopius Group has appointed Tracey Corrigan to the role of group head of change. The firm said that Corrigan begins her role at the beginning of October, and she will have overall responsibility for the group wide change portfolio, programme and project management delivery, and operational excellence capability. Her role will ... Read the full article
London company market premium up 7%: IUA
4th October 2022
Premium income for the London company market has risen by more than 7%, a new analysis published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA) has shown. Firms covering large commercial, wholesale and specialty risks in the City earned £30.114 billion in 2021, up from £27.976 billion the previous year, according to the ... Read the full article
Venerable & Manulife close $1.6bn variable annuity reinsurance transaction
4th October 2022
Venerable Holdings, a provider of innovative risk transfer solutions to variable annuity issuers, has announced the completion of a reinsurance transaction with Manulife Financial Corporation, a Canadian multinational insurance company and financial services provider. According to the announcement, the transaction involves the reinsurance of a block of New York variable annuity ... Read the full article
Potential collateral calls and sharp move in rates pressure UK life insurer stocks
4th October 2022
According to a recent report by Goldman Sachs analysts, UK life insurer stocks are being pressured by moves in the gilt market, mainly by the speed of the market moves and the potential of short-term collateral calls required by derivatives, even though hedges and derivatives appear to be performing as ... Read the full article
Alta Signa appoints Radgowska as Head of Business development Central and Southeastern Europe
4th October 2022
MGA firm Alta Signa has announced its expansion into Central and Southeastern Europe (CSEE) and has appointed Paulina Radgowska as Head of Business development CSEE. Specialising in Financial Institutions, Management Liability, Professional Indemnity, Cyber Risk, and Commercial Crime insurance, the firm has successfully launched operations in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, ... Read the full article
Industry seeks more convergence between actuarial and data science, says Akur8
4th October 2022
According to Akur8’s first Global Pricing Survey, 83% of key players in the insurance pricing community believe the convergence between actuarial and data science would be highly valuable to their team in the future. The survey notes that pricing teams across the insurance industry are committed to activating the power of ... Read the full article
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