Reinsurance News
Private credit gains traction in insurers’ investment portfolios: S&P
13th October 2025
S&P Global Ratings, a provider of credit ratings, research, and analytics, reports that private credit is increasingly becoming a significant part of North American insurance companies’ investment portfolios. According to S&P, this shift reflects broader trends within the financial services industry, where insurers and other fixed-income investors are turning to private ... Read the full article
AXIS Capital appoints Erik Rasmussen as Head of US Healthcare Reinsurance
13th October 2025
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a global specialty underwriter and provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, has announced the appointment of Erik Rasmussen as Head of US Healthcare Reinsurance. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rasmussen will report to James “Jay” Hamilton, Global Head of Accident & Health, Insurance and Reinsurance. In this role, ... Read the full article
Nexus expands Trade Credit operations into Italy
13th October 2025
Nexus Underwriting, a Brown & Brown subsidiary, has announced the expansion of its Trade Credit operations into Italy, a strategic move that further strengthens the company’s global footprint. The managing general agent (MGA) has a long-standing history in the Trade Credit sector, with 25 years of expertise and a team of ... Read the full article
Markel appoints Tom Hillier as CUO and unveils new international structure
13th October 2025
Markel Insurance, the insurance division of Markel Group Inc., has announced the appointment of Tom Hillier as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), alongside a new structure for its international operations. In his new role, Hillier will be responsible for underwriting strategy and governance across Markel’s international operations, working with business leaders to ... Read the full article
Brazil’s insurance reforms signal major institutional shift amid economic slowdown: AM Best
13th October 2025
AM Best, the credit rating agency, states that Brazil’s sweeping reforms to its insurance regulatory framework represent a major institutional shift, steering the country’s insurance market toward greater professionalism, stronger consumer safeguards, and closer alignment with international standards. In its latest commentary, “Balancing Reform and Restraint: Brazil’s Insurance Overhaul Amid Economic ... Read the full article
Reinsurance News Monte Carlo Executive Roundtable 2025
13th October 2025
At the 67th edition of RVS in September, Reinsurance News held its third Monte Carlo Executive Roundtable, during which eight leaders from across the re/insurance industry discussed market trends ahead of the key January 1st, 2026, renewal season. In partnership with AM Specialty Insurance Company ... Read the full article
Manuel Perez named Head of Europe for Howden Cyber
13th October 2025
Howden, a global insurance broking group, has named Manuel Perez Head of Europe for Howden Cyber, a role he will take on in addition to his ongoing position as Head of Cyber for Latin America. A cyber risks specialist, Perez brings over ten years of experience in the insurance sector to ... Read the full article
IDF urges global shift from disaster response to prevention
13th October 2025
Saoirse Jones of Zurich Insurance and Mathieu Verougstraete of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), both Co-Chairs of the Insurance Development Forum’s Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, are calling on governments, investors, and insurers to shift the global approach from reacting to disasters to actively preventing them. According ... Read the full article
Ariel Re appoints Mulder Head of Research
13th October 2025
Global reinsurer Ariel Re has announced the appointment of Kelsey Mulder as Head of Research. Mulder joins Ariel Re from Liberty Specialty Markets, where she most recently served as Exposure Management Catastrophe Research Manager. Prior to that, she was a Director of Catastrophe Research and Development for Liberty Mutual Insurance. The executive ... Read the full article
Insurance sector key as global fragmentation and vulnerability increases: AXA
13th October 2025
As the sense of global fragmentation and vulnerability increases, the insurance sector has become a key player in managing emerging risks and to mitigate the impact of a future crisis, according to a recent AXA and Ipsos report. The 12th edition of the Future Risks Report revealed that 93% of the ... Read the full article
Flood Re calls for united push to mainstream Property Flood Resilience
13th October 2025
Flood Re has urged government, insurers, lenders, and homeowners to join forces to make Property Flood Resilience (PFR) mainstream, warning that simple, affordable measures could protect millions of homes and save the UK economy as much as £740 million a year. This comes from new analysis undertaken by JBA in collaboration ... Read the full article
Brokerslink appoints new regional managers for Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific & Europe
13th October 2025
Global broking business, Brokerslink, has announced new regional managers for Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe, marking a new phase of regional consolidation and growth. Enitan Solarin, Managing Director of YOA Insurance Brokers, has been named Regional Manager for Africa, based in Nigeria; and Rodney Farah, Managing Director of PRFC, ... Read the full article
Aon names Beverely as CBO for Commercial Risk, Gleeson to lead Products and Facilities
13th October 2025
Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has appointed Michelle Beverely as Chief Broking Officer (CBO) for Commercial Risk and Lucy Gleeson as Head of Products and Facilities, effective immediately. The pair will be based in London, reporting to Rob Kemp, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Commercial Risk for Aon ... Read the full article
Laurent Nihoul to lead FERMA as CEO
13th October 2025
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has appointed Laurent Nihoul as Chief Executive Officer, effective December 1st, 2025. FERMA stated that his appointment marks the first time a senior figure from the insurance and risk management sector has been appointed in the role. Nihoul is a FERMA Board member and ... Read the full article
Swiss Re names Andrea Scascighini as CUO, P&C Re Casualty
13th October 2025
Andrea Scascighini has been named Chief Underwriting Officer of Swiss Re's P&C Re Casualty business. Scascighini, who brings extensive experience across analytical, underwriting, and leadership roles, most recently served as Head of Casualty Portfolio Analytics and Steering within P&C Re at Swiss Re. In that capacity, he oversaw pricing, portfolio steering, and ... Read the full article
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