Reinsurance News
Member experience key to insurer selection in pension buy-ins and buy-outs: Hymans Robertson
22nd October 2025
As the pension risk transfer market evolves and grows increasingly competitive, member experience has become a defining factor for trustees when selecting insurers for buy-in and buy-out transactions, according to pensions and financial services consultancy Hymans Robertson. The firm noted that pension schemes which prioritise member experience early in their buy-in ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter welcomes Katsuras as Managing Director
22nd October 2025
Gus Katsuras has joined risk and reinsurance advisory firm Guy Carpenter as a Managing Director, based in Toronto. Katsuras will leverage his extensive experience in account executive roles, combining client management with new business development, to support Property and Casualty clients across Canada and the United States. The executive is joining the ... Read the full article
Argentina’s insurance sector faces ongoing challenges amid regulatory reforms, says AM Best
22nd October 2025
AM Best, the credit rating agency, reports that Argentina remains a challenging environment for insurers despite major regulatory reforms. High inflation, currency depreciation, and investment uncertainty continue to pressure solvency ratios and complicate capital management, according to AM Best’s latest commentary. The agency notes that Argentina’s insurance sector is undergoing significant regulatory ... Read the full article
Chubb won’t chase property cat reinsurance: CEO Evan Greenberg
22nd October 2025
As property insurance and reinsurance markets soften, Evan Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of global insurer Chubb, emphasised that the firm is not going to chase property catastrophe reinsurance business unless it is priced adequately. Greenberg made these comments on the carrier's recently held earnings call, during which executives ... Read the full article
Gallagher appoints Corey Tidey as Head of Natural Resources, Executive Director
22nd October 2025
Gallagher, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has appointed Corey Tidey as Head of Natural Resources – Executive Director. Tidey brings nearly 15 years of industry experience, with deep expertise in construction and energy re/insurance across Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. His experience spans underwriting, broking, consulting, and ... Read the full article
AWS outage could represent a moderate cyber re/insurance event: CyberCube
22nd October 2025
In a new Security Incident Report (SIR) created following the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics for the re/insurance industry, highlights the systemic risk from concentrated cloud-provider dependencies, revealing the exposure of digital ecosystems to a single cloud region/critical service failure. CyberCube’s SIR report explained, ... Read the full article
APRA refines reinsurance reforms to boost flexibility amid shifting market conditions
22nd October 2025
In a new response paper refining its proposed updates to the general insurance reinsurance framework, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has outlined plans to enhance access to alternative reinsurance arrangements while safeguarding policyholder interests, reaffirming its focus on future-proofing the framework to support insurers’ flexibility when market conditions tighten ... Read the full article
Willis expands Global Risk & Analytics unit, rebrands Forensic Accounting team
22nd October 2025
Insurance broker Willis, a WTW business, has established a newly created Forensic Accounting & Valuation Services team, expanding its valuation capabilities globally. The firm has made key senior leadership appointments and globally rebranded its Forensic Accounting team, representing a key expansion of its Global Risk & Analytics (R&A) business. As part of ... Read the full article
Ageing populations to reshape the future of life insurance: Swiss Re
22nd October 2025
Swiss Re, the reinsurance company based in Zurich, reports that demographic changes are set to transform the life insurance industry over the coming decades. In its latest sigma publication, the company highlights that by 2050, around one quarter of people in advanced economies will be aged 65 or older. This development, ... Read the full article
Christophe Letondot returns to AIG as Global Head of Credit Lines
22nd October 2025
Global insurer AIG has announced the appointment of Christophe Letondot as Global Head of Credit Lines. Letondot is returning to AIG bringing over three decades of international experience across insurance, banking, and capital markets. In his new role, he will lead the company’s global Credit portfolio that includes Trade Credit, Trade Finance, ... Read the full article
Casper launches niche renewable energy offering, Tundra Specialty
22nd October 2025
Casualty-focused MGA Casper Specialty UK Limited has launched Tundra Specialty, a new offering dedicated to the niche renewable energy sector, which will be led by Matthew Melville, who was most recently founder and CEO of Albus, part of Ryan Specialty Group. Operating as part of Casper, Tundra Specialty will reportedly establish ... Read the full article
32 new international insurance licenses issued in Cayman so far in 2025: IMAC
22nd October 2025
Citing Q3 2025 licensing statistics from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC) reported continued growth in the jurisdiction’s international insurance sector, with 32 new international insurance licenses issued so far in 2025. Between July and September 2025, CIMA reportedly issued eleven new international insurer ... Read the full article
Chubb posts record Q3’25 P&C underwriting income of $2.3bn
22nd October 2025
Large insurer Chubb has reported record property and casualty (P&C) underwriting income of $2.26 billion, representing a 55% year-on-year increase, for the third quarter of 2025, with a combined ratio of 81.8%, compared with underwriting profit of $1.5 billion in Q3’24 with a combined ratio of 87.7%. The global insurer explained ... Read the full article
Bridging the gap between re/insurers’ actuarial models & underwriting operations: Katz, Optalitix
22nd October 2025
In an interview with Reinsurance News, Dani Katz, Co-founder and Director of software provider Optalitix, said reinsurers are at a pivotal point — with abundant capital, complex risks, and an urgent need for faster, data-driven pricing — noting that he sees the greatest opportunity in helping carriers bridge the gap ... Read the full article
Everest names Anthony Vidovich as EVP and General Counsel
22nd October 2025
Bermuda-domiciled insurer and reinsurer Everest Group has appointed Anthony Vidovich as Executive Vice President (EVP) and General Counsel, effective on or before January 5th, 2026. He succeeds Ricardo Anzaldua, who, as previously announced, will retire following a transition period to ensure a seamless handover of responsibilities. In his new role, Vidovich will report ... Read the full article
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