Reinsurance News
Arch Insurance names Ernesto Medina Gomez as Head of Executive Assurance, Europe
12th December 2025
Arch Insurance, a division of Bermuda-based re/insurer, Arch Capital Group, has appointed Ernesto Medina Gomez to the newly created role of Head of Executive Assurance for Europe at Arch Insurance (EU) dac (AIEU), effective immediately. In his new role, Medina Gomez will lead the expansion of Arch’s executive assurance portfolio across ... Read the full article
US commercial insurance market maintains strength amid economic uncertainty: Lockton
12th December 2025
Lockton, the privately held, independent insurance broker, reports that the US commercial insurance market remained broadly stable in 2025, though economic uncertainties are expected to influence conditions in 2026. The latest Lockton Market Update offers commercial insurance buyers detailed analysis across property, workers’ compensation, liability, directors and officers liability, employment practices ... Read the full article
Willis Re welcomes Non-Marine Property specialist Charlie Hall
12th December 2025
Willis Re, a reinsurance advisory and broking joint venture between Bain Capital (BCIS) and WTW, has announced the appointment of Charlie Hall, a seasoned reinsurance executive with over a decade of experience in the Non-Marine Property market. Hall joins the firm following a successful tenure at Guy Carpenter, bringing with her a ... Read the full article
Generali & BPCE terminate discussions on establishing asset management JV
12th December 2025
Italian-headquartered insurer Generali and banking group BPCE have jointly decided to terminate negotiations related to the establishment of a joint venture in asset management. On 21st January 2025, Generali and BPCE signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a joint venture between their respective asset management operations. Following that ... Read the full article
DNIR CEO A.R. Srinivasan resigns, Charbel Yazbeck appointed Acting CEO
12th December 2025
Dubai National Insurance & Reinsurance PSC (DNIR), a Public Shareholding company operating in the United Arab Emirates, has announced that A.R. Srinivasan has resigned from his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Srinivasan has served in this position since August 2023, and is leaving the company due to personal reasons. “The Company ... Read the full article
Neutral sector view supported by strong capital amid higher loss variability: Morningstar DBRS
12th December 2025
DBRS Morningstar, a credit ratings agency known for independent financial analysis and sector research, states that the outlook for Canada’s property and casualty (P&C) insurance market in 2026 remains neutral. According to DBRS Morningstar, the sector continues to benefit from strong capital positions, firm underwriting practices, and cautious reserving, all of ... Read the full article
DUAL Europe appoints new Managing Directors for Transactional Liability Business
12th December 2025
DUAL Europe, part of Howden, has announced the immediate appointments of Amaury Berhault and Jaume Benajiba as Managing Directors of its Transactional Liability business in Europe. Berhault and Benajiba each bring over 17 years of expertise in transactional liability underwriting. They join DUAL from Acquinex, where they were Co-Heads of Southern ... Read the full article
Direct Commercial names Steve Knights as London Market New Business Underwriter
12th December 2025
Direct Commercial Limited (DCL), a specialist insurance provider, has appointed Steve Knights as London Market New Business Underwriter, effective 9 December 2025. Based at the company’s Lime Street office in London, he will join the New Business team. Knight brings significant experience from his previous role at Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe ... Read the full article
Pen Underwriting and Zurich expand multi-year fleet capacity deal
12th December 2025
Pen Underwriting, a multi-class multi-territory managing general agent (MGA), has announced the extension of its decades-long strategic collaboration with Zurich in the UK, with a newly expanded multi-year specialist fleet capacity deal. Building on a partnership of consistent motor fleet capacity provision for the hazardous goods, tankers and environmental industries that ... Read the full article
NFP promotes Noel to EVP and CFO
12th December 2025
NFP, an Aon company and provider of property and casualty (P&C) brokerage and benefits consulting, has promoted and expanded Caleb Noel's role to Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Noel is based in Austin and will report to Doug Hammond, Chief Executive Officer of NFP, along with the ... Read the full article
Marine insurance sector faces rising geopolitical and climate-related risks: Kennedys
12th December 2025
Rising geopolitical tensions, ongoing trade disputes, climate-related hazards, and post-Brexit regulatory challenges are creating a complex and volatile risk environment that is testing the resilience of the global marine insurance industry, according to global law firm Kennedys. Chris Chatfield, Partner, and Shaan Burton, Partner at Kennedys, emphasised that the geopolitical landscape ... Read the full article
Munich Re’s HSB Managing Director Terry Dyson to retire in March
12th December 2025
HSB (UK & Ireland), a provider of engineering insurance and inspection services, has announced that Terry Dyson, the Managing Director, has decided to retire at the end of March 2026. Dyson has an insurance industry career spanning four decades. He joined HSB in 2019, eventually becoming the Commercial Director in 2022, ... Read the full article
Oaktree and Lane42-backed Avocet Partners launches, to acquire EMC Life
12th December 2025
Avocet Partners, a new insurance-focused investment and operating platform, has launched backed by $500 million of committed equity capital from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Lane42 Investment Partners, LLC. Led by an experienced founding team of operators with a proven track record of building, scaling, and managing insurance ... Read the full article
Geopolitical alignment essential in new era of tariff deals: Willis
11th December 2025
Geopolitical alignment has now become essential for internationally exposed firms’ risk management strategies amid a new trade paradigm, Willis, a WTW business, argues in its latest Political Risk Index. The global trade landscape has been fundamentally reshaped in 2025, driven by a wave of new US tariff deals that prioritise national ... Read the full article
IQUW Bermuda appoints Tristram Prior to lead latest product expansion
11th December 2025
Specialty insurer and reinsurer IQUW Bermuda has announced the appointment of Tristram Prior as Head of Professional Lines & Cyber Insurance, where he will lead the launch of its Directors’ & Officers’ (D&O), Financial Institutions (FI) and Cyber insurance products in Bermuda. Prior will transfer to Bermuda, subject to immigration approval, ... Read the full article
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