Reinsurance News

Oneglobal names Christina Allen as Head of Financial Lines, Bermuda

26th October 2021

Oneglobal Broking has appointed Christina Allen as Head of Financial Lines in Bermuda, where she will report to Group CEO, Mike Reynolds and will officially join on 4th January 2022. Allen is an experienced Financial Lines broker who recently held the position of Director at Tysers (Bermuda). Prior to this, she ... Read the full article

Tremor launches real time reinsurance placement solution

26th October 2021

Reinsurance pricing and placing platform provider Tremor Technologies has announced a new solution designed for ceded reinsurance teams working across multiple locations. Tremor Blackboard represents a modern collaborative solution capable of plugging directly into the company's established and well-known marketplace with no additional software. The solution allows a ceded reinsurance team to ... Read the full article

Equitable Holdings names new chair

26th October 2021

Equitable Holdings has appointed Joan Lamm-Tennant as independent Chair of the Equitable Holdings Board of Directors. In addition, she has also been elected to the AllianceBernstein Board of Directors as independent Chair, succeeding Ramon de Oliveira, who served as Chair of the Equitable Holdings and AllianceBernstein Boards since March 2019. Lamm-Tennant has ... Read the full article

Market survey reveals anticipation of further reinsurance rate hardening

26th October 2021

Respondents to our latest reinsurance market survey, in collaboration with sister-site Artemis, are optimistic for further rate hardening at the important January 1st 2022 renewals, as pricing remains the key for buyers of protection. Data from the 2021 edition of the global reinsurance market survey is based on ... Read the full article

Sompo Intl. appoints Peter Buckley as Areospace VP

26th October 2021

Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer Sompo International is set to expand its general aviation offering with the appointment of Peter Buckley as Vice President, Aerospace. Buckley brings over 20 years’ experience in the aviation insurance industry to the role and most recently served at Cincinnati Global Underwriting. “As a long-standing market leader in aerospace ... Read the full article

Insurance pricing up 15% in Q3, led by cyber: Marsh

26th October 2021

Global commercial insurance prices increased by 15% in the third quarter of 2021, according to the latest Global Insurance Market Index released by re/insurance broker Marsh. It marks the 16th consecutive quarter of increases, but rates have continued to moderate in many lines of business and most geographies, suggesting that pricing ... Read the full article

Brown & Brown’s Q3 revenue improves to $770mn

26th October 2021

Brown & Brown's revenues for the third quarter of 2021 were $770.3 million, a $96.3 million increase from the prior year quarter. Net income increased $12.4 million to $146.4 million while commissions and fees increased 14.6%; organic Revenue was up 8.5% from the prior year quarter. Income before income taxes for the third ... Read the full article

The Hartford names Michael Garrison as head of Wholesale for Navigators

26th October 2021

The Hartford has named Michael Garrison as head of Wholesale for Navigators, where he will lead the strategic direction, growth, and underwriting for the business. He will report to The Hartford’s head of Global Specialty Adrien Robinson. Garrison brings over 28 years of experience in the insurance industry, having worked in New ... Read the full article

Suncorp’s nat cat bill reaches AU$492mn, closing in on full year budget

26th October 2021

Suncorp is expecting a financial hit of between $382 million and $492 million due to natural hazard claims incurred since July 1. Suncorp’s full year natural hazard allowance of $980 million is divided equally between the first and second halves of the financial year. The company’s maximum event retention on the main catastrophe ... Read the full article

AIG makes senior leadership changes

26th October 2021

American International Group (AIG) has made senior leadership changes as part of the separation of the Life & Retirement business. Mark Lyons, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AIG, will step into a newly created role of Executive Vice President, Global Chief Actuary and Head of Portfolio Management, AIG. In ... Read the full article

ARPC operating result 53% above forecast

26th October 2021

The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC), a government-backed terror risk reinsurance venture, has reported an operating result of $84.9 million for the year ending June 30th, 2021. The result was 53.2% higher than the $55.3 million that had originally been forecast for the year. Gross written premiums were similarly 17.3% higher than ... Read the full article

RenRe’s underwriting performance deteriorates amid heavy cat experience

26th October 2021

Bermuda-based reinsurer RenaissanceRe has reported a net loss of $450.2 million for the third quarter of 2021, as catastrophe losses contributed to a $726.8 million net negative impact on its result during the period. The Q3 2021 net loss compares with a gain of $47.8 million for the prior year period, ... Read the full article

BRP Group bolsters leadership team of Japanese practice group

26th October 2021

Independent insurance distribution firm BRP Group has bolstered the Japanese practice group within its middle-market indirect subsidiary, AHT Insurance. Brian Murphy joins as co-practice leader with over three decades’ experience with a recent focus on global strategy and placements. Hiro Ushikii, based in New Jersey, joins as co-practice leader and has more ... Read the full article

Ransomware is the largest cyber reinsurance market issue: PCS’ Johansmeyer

25th October 2021

In a recent video interview with our sister publication Artemis, Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS, discussed the subject of cyber risk, current cyber risk trends and how the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market can play a role in provision of reinsurance and retrocession capacity. During the interview Johansmeyer discussed ... Read the full article

Swiss Re CorSo adds Favorito as exec risk head of North America

25th October 2021

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Chris Favorito to serve as Head of Executive Risks for North America. Favorito will be responsible for leading and driving the underwriting strategy for the firm’s North American Executive Risk book of business. This includes a suite of management liability products tailored for public and private ... Read the full article