Reinsurance News
Pacific Life appoints Alessandro Papa as Chief Risk Officer
30th April 2020
Pacific Life today announced Alessandro Papa as its Chief Risk Officer. In this role, he will serve in an enterprise-wide capacity overseeing the company’s risk management framework and corporate actuarial function. Papa joins Pacific Life from MetLife, where he served as Chief of Staff to the President and Chief Executive Officer. In ... Read the full article
K2 & Pioneer sign terms ahead of acquisition
30th April 2020
Pioneer Underwriters and K2 Insurance Services LLC have now signed terms for their previously announced transaction, under which Pioneer's ongoing underwriting portfolio, as well as underwriting and support staff, transfer to K2. With the terms of the transaction now signed, it's expected that the deal will complete by the end ... Read the full article
Munich Re Syndicate names Natasha Jodrell as Deputy CUO
30th April 2020
Munich Re Syndicate, the Lloyd's of London Marine & Specialty underwriter of reinsurance giant Munich Re, has appointed Natasha Jodrell as its new Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) and as a member of its Executive Committee, effective May 1st, 2020. In her new role, Jodrell will be based in London and ... Read the full article
Lancashire puts COVID-19 claims at $35mn for Q1, reports higher GPW
30th April 2020
Lancashire Holdings Limited has announced an estimated $35 million of COVID-19 claims for the first-quarter of 2020, while gross premiums written (GPW) jumped by almost 12% year-on-year to $242.8 million. The London-listed insurer and reinsurer has established a reserve of approximately $35 million of losses, net of reinsurance and reinstatement premiums, ... Read the full article
Lockton Re bolsters senior leadership with appointments of Mallon, Foxall
30th April 2020
Global reinsurance business Lockton Re has announced the appointment of two new leadership members in its London office. Phillip Mallon will be joining the North American team on 1 May and Freya Foxall will join the International P&C team on 1 July. Mallon will be reporting to Mark Higgins, Head of London ... Read the full article
Argo expects $26mn of COVID-19 related claims in Q1
30th April 2020
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. has warned that its first-quarter 2020 results will be adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and volatility in global financial markets. Ahead of its Q1 2020 results announcement, which is scheduled for May 7th, Argo has said that it expects to report pre-tax net catastrophe losses ... Read the full article
AXA’s Guidee says France is working on insurance backstop for pandemics: report
30th April 2020
Renaud Guidee, the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of global insurance giant AXA, has told Reuters that France is in the process of drafting a re/insurance backstop for pandemics in light of the significant financial and economic implications of the COVID-19 outbreak. According to Reuters, a working group set up by French ... Read the full article
Munich Re backed insurtech Bestow secures more funding
30th April 2020
Bestow, a digital life insurance platform backed by Munich Re unit Munich American Reassurance Company, has secured a further $50 million of funding in its Series B financing round. The round was led by Valar Ventures, with participation from current investors including NEA, Morpheus Ventures, and Core Innovation Capital, and new ... Read the full article
COVID-19 drives Swiss Re to $225mn Q1 net loss
30th April 2020
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re fell to a $225 million net loss in the first quarter, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to make its presence felt in the industry. The reinsurer also saw an underwriting loss of $476 million and an investment loss of $300 million for the quarter. The mark-to-market valuation ... Read the full article
Aon, WTW merger to be a positive catalyst: CEO Greg Case
29th April 2020
Greg Case, the Chief Executive Officer of leading re/insurance broker Aon, believes his company’s forthcoming combination with Willis Towers Watson will be a positive catalyst enabling accelerated innovation on behalf of clients. In an official statement to colleagues earlier this week, Case noted how the all-stock combination requires no financing ... Read the full article
Beazley expands global M&A underwriting team
29th April 2020
Specialist insurer Beazley has expanded its mergers & acquisitions team in an effort to better service key markets and explore new opportunities. Joining in London are Lorraine Lloyd-Thomas and Cameron McCoy. Lloyd-Thomas joins from Marsh where she spent 14 years, most recently as a managing director in its UK private equity and ... Read the full article
W/R/B Underwriting appoints trio to property team
29th April 2020
Berkley company W/R/B Underwriting has announced the appointments of Olly Durell, Dan Black and Sarah Reeve to its senior property team. Dan Black has joined as Senior Underwriter from MS Amlin where he spent 10 years in the Global Direct and Facultative (D&F) property team. Sarah Reeve has also joined as Senior ... Read the full article
Munich Re dividend approved despite COVID-19 pressure
29th April 2020
Munich Re shareholders have approved a dividend of €9.80 per share at the reinsurer’s annual general meeting (AGM), despite mounting pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic. The AGM, which was held online due to the pandemic, also granted renewed authorisation to buy back shares and elected Carsten Spohr to the Supervisory Board. Spohr ... Read the full article
Lockton targets continued growth with new leadership structure
29th April 2020
Re/insurance brokerage Lockton has announced a new leadership structure designed to support the company's planned growth ambitions, including the appointment of Hiram Marrero as President, Global Growth Officer. Marrero currently serves as Executive Vice President and Regional Executive Officer at Lockton, and in his new role as President, Global Growth Officer, ... Read the full article
Swiss Re COVID-19 survey illustrates financial anxiety across Asia Pacific
29th April 2020
A quarter of respondents to a consumer survey conducted by global reinsurer Swiss Re across four major Asia Pacific markets are worried about how they will come out of the COVID-19 pandemic financially. 27% of respondents are "anxious" and "overwhelmed" about their finances while around 40% in all markets surveyed said ... Read the full article
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