Reinsurance News

Apollo Group names Stuart Davies as non-exec director

13th June 2022

Apollo Group had announced the appointment of Stuart Davies as group non-executive Director. His appointment is effective immediately. With more than 30 years of experience within financial services, Davies has served in various senior insurance industry roles throughout his career, including Chairman of DARAG Group, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at global specialty ... Read the full article

New filters added to the 2022 FM Global Resilience Index

13th June 2022

The 2022 FM Global Resilience Index has been released and updated with 15 economic, risk quality, and supply chain measures that offer insights into the vulnerabilities of a country’s business environment and its resilience. The interactive web tool has been enhanced with climate risks and environmental, social and governance (ESG) filters ... Read the full article

MGAA appoints Tim Richards to new role

13th June 2022

The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has appointed Tim Richards to the new role of technical services manager. As part of the firm’s wider growth and development strategy, Richards will report directly to CEO Mike Keating and will be responsible for supporting plans to extend its influence in the market by ... Read the full article

Global Atlantic Financial Group announces second reinsurance deal in Asia

13th June 2022

Leading financials services company, Global Atlantic Financial Group, has announced its second reinsurance transaction in Asia, signing an asset-intensive flow reinsurance transaction with a leading Singapore-based insurer. The deal was executed through the company’s Bermuda-based subsidiary – Global Atlantic Assurance Limited. This deal also follows Global Atlantic’s $4.8 billion whole life ... Read the full article

AM Best names Andrew Power Non-Exec Director to Boards of EMEA region

13th June 2022

Rating agency AM Best has appointed Andrew Power as an independent Non-Executive Director to the Boards of the business across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. With over 25 years of experience in the insurance and financial services sector, Power will oversee the agency’s EMEA region subsidiaries, A.M. Best ... Read the full article

Keystone Agency Partners announces partnership with Keyes Coverage

13th June 2022

Insurance brokerage platform, Keystone Agency Partners (KAP) has formed a strategic partnership with Keyes Coverage – an independent insurance agency serving both the personal and commercial insurances needs of customers within Florida. Financial terms of the majority stake transaction were not disclosed. Based in Tamarac, Florida, Keyes has been serving the greater ... Read the full article

Reinsurers need to rebuild confidence: Ariel Re CEO

10th June 2022

Ariel Re CEO Ryan Mather has asserted that the reinsurance industry needs to work to rebuild confidence in the sector, following a period of challenging conditions and inadequate returns. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Mather discussed the thinking behind Ariel Re’s "front foot" approach to catastrophe risk and the ... Read the full article

Florida Citizens set to go through hurricane season under-reinsured

10th June 2022

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is looking set to go through the 2022 hurricane season with less reinsurance protection in place than it would have liked, as sources report that only 36% of its risk transfer program is filled currently. The state property insurer of last resort has only managed to ... Read the full article

Gallagher appoints Mike Parry as partner in its renewable energy team

10th June 2022

Gallagher has appointed Mike Parry as a partner in its renewable energy team to focus on offshore wind risks. In his new role, Parry will be responsible for delivering risk transfer solutions for clients as the offshore wind sector evolves, both in terms of new technology deployment and risk financing maturity ... Read the full article

Great American announces leadership succession within Specialty P&C divisions

10th June 2022

Great American Insurance Group has promoted two divisional presidents within its Specialty Property & Casualty (P&C) Group, in anticipation of planned retirements. The first promotion is Michael B. Mulvey, who has been named Divisional President within Great American’s FCIA – Trade Credit & Political Risk Division. He will succeed Phil Lally, ... Read the full article

What’s going on with 777 Partners’ R&Q Holdings shares?

10th June 2022

In the wake of a failed attempt to acquire Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd (R&Q), it turns out a significant proportion of shares in R&Q owned by would-be acquirer 777 Partners were held as collateral to a loan by another party. On April 1st, perhaps a prescient date, it ... Read the full article

Capital adequacy strong amongst peer group, says Fitch Ratings

10th June 2022

Fitch Ratings has said that all global reinsurers it measures in its Prism Factor-Based Capital Model remained ‘strong’ in terms of capital adequacy at the end of last year. The firm partly attributed this to a ‘significant improvement’ in earnings and strong risk-management capabilities that helped to offset capital consumption from ... Read the full article

Howden Tiger will be a breath of fresh air in reinsurance: David Howden

10th June 2022

For re/insurance broking group Howden, the recently announced acquisition of TigerRisk Partners transforms its position in the reinsurance space, with the enlarged business set to challenge the status quo and empower talent, according to Howden Group's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), David Howden. Yesterday, Howden announced an agreement to create the ... Read the full article

P&C industry strong despite underwriting losses: analysts

10th June 2022

Despite experiencing an underwriting loss, the property andcasualty insurance industry ended 2021 strong and remains able to support policyholders, according to a report from Verisk and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA). In 2021, the insurance industry experienced a $3.8 billion net underwriting loss, after a $5.2 billion underwriting gain ... Read the full article

ABIR makes committee leadership appointments

10th June 2022

The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) has announced new leadership for two of its important committees, drawing from the senior executive teams of member companies. Jevon Williams, of Chubb Bermuda, has been appointed Co-Chair of the ABIR Policy Committee, alongside continuing Co-Chair Gemma Carreiro, General Counsel of Hamilton Insurance ... Read the full article