Reinsurance News
Brokers urge industry collaboration to close non-standard insurance protection gap
15th October 2025
With surging demand for non-standard insurance, brokers are urging industry collaboration, warning that the gap in coverage is widening, according to a recent survey by Prestige Underwriting. The survey found that 79% of brokers have reported an increase in non-standard insurance enquiries over the past year, which indicated a growing number ... Read the full article
CFC gains approval to offer carbon credit insurance for CORSIA scheme
15th October 2025
CFC, an insurance provider with a focus on carbon-related risks, has announced its approval as one of the first private insurers authorised to issue policies that support the eligibility of carbon credits under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). CORSIA, developed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation ... Read the full article
Moody’s: UK life and P&C insurers maintain stability amid economic pressures
15th October 2025
According to Moody’s Ratings, the outlook for the UK life insurance and property and casualty (P&C) sectors remains stable, even as economic challenges continue to weigh on the broader market. Moody’s notes that while slower economic growth may dampen demand for discretionary life protection and savings products, strong pension activity and ... Read the full article
QBE appoints Insaf Idelhaj as Senior Manager, Cyber Services & Risk Engineering
15th October 2025
Commercial insurer QBE has announced the appointment of Insaf Idelhaj to the newly created role of Senior Manager – Cyber Services and Risk Engineering, supporting the delivery of QBE’s cyber insurance growth strategy. Based in Paris, Idelhaj has joined QBE’s global cyber services team and will report to Dominic Keller, Global ... Read the full article
Fitch Ratings turns positive on SCOR
15th October 2025
Fitch Ratings, a credit rating agency, has revised the outlooks of French reinsurer SCOR and its core operating subsidiaries to positive from stable. This reflects Fitch's expectation that SCOR's earnings will improve, particularly in life and health (L&H), due to the group's portfolio actions aimed at restoring profitability, which was ... Read the full article
Acquinex announces senior hires to drive European expansion
15th October 2025
Acquinex, the specialist financial lines managing general agent (MGA), has announced a number of senior appointments across Europe as part of its wider continental expansion strategy. Antonio Jesús Sánchez Martín has been appointed Head of Southern Europe. He will report to Josh Cowen, CEO of Acquinex, and lead the business in ... Read the full article
AXA Partners and bolttech partner to launch embedded insurance solutions across Europe
15th October 2025
AXA Partners, a subsidiary of AXA Group, has partnered with bolttech, a global insurtech, to launch embedded insurance and assistance solutions across the European Union, UK and Switzerland. This new long term strategic partnership brings together AXA Partners’ innovative B2B2C insurance and assistance services - encompassing Motor, Home, Travel, Health, Credit ... Read the full article
Canopius appoints Rachel Webber as Head of Reinsurance, UK
15th October 2025
Canopius Group, a global specialty and Property & Casualty re/insurer, has announced the appointment of Rachel Webber to the newly created role of Head of Reinsurance, UK. In this new role, Webber will be responsible for evaluating Canopius’ UK reinsurance portfolio to further enhance the company’s value proposition and services. She will ... Read the full article
Fairfax sells interest in Eurolife’s life insurance business for €813m
15th October 2025
Fairfax Financial Holdings has signed a term sheet with Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings S.A. under which Eurobank or one of its affiliates will acquire Fairfax’s 80% stake in the life insurance business of Eurolife FFH Insurance Group Holdings S.A. for a cash consideration of €813 million. Following the transaction, Eurolife’s ... Read the full article
Dynamic Re names Miriam Ávila García as CUO
15th October 2025
Dynamic Reinsurance, an underwriting agency providing facultative and treaty reinsurance, has announced the appointment of Miriam Ávila García as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). She brings nearly three decades of re/insurance industry experience, joining Dynamic Reinsurance from Swiss Re, where she served as Senior Property Products Underwriter. Dynamic Reinsurance said, “With over 27 ... Read the full article
WTW introduces Radar 5, the latest generation of its insurance analytics and rating software
15th October 2025
Willis Towers Watson (WTW), an advisory, broking, and solutions company, has released the latest version of its rating and analytics software for the insurance sector, Radar 5. This new version introduces advanced features that use Generative AI to improve pricing, portfolio management, claims processing, and underwriting efficiency. The update combines enhanced Software-as-a-Service ... Read the full article
Howden appoints Susan Panuccio as CFO, Mark Craig to become CIO
15th October 2025
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Howden has announced the appointment of Susan Panuccio as its new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), with Mark Craig set to take on the new position of Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Craig steps into his new role after six years leading Howden’s Finance function through ... Read the full article
Global cat losses ease in 2025, yet annual volatility persists: Gallagher Re
15th October 2025
Global reinsurance broking and advisory firm Gallagher Re has suggested that, despite the "manageable nature" of catastrophe activity this year so far, the industry should continue to expect annual volatility in losses in the future. According to the firm's Q3 2025 Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report, global natural catastrophe activity remained ... Read the full article
India’s rapid infrastructure expansion a key driver of reinsurance growth: Howden India’s Singhal
15th October 2025
In an interview with Reinsurance News, Prateek Singhal, Executive President & Head of Reinsurance, Howden India, explained that India’s "massive infrastructure push and the maturation of specialty risk markets" are primary drivers of reinsurance growth in the country. Singhal noted that these conditions are ideal for reinsurance market growth as demand ... Read the full article
Miller adds David Robinson as CEO and Neil Ross as CUO of its MGA platform
15th October 2025
Miller, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has scaled the operations of its Managing General Agent (MGA) offering with the appointment of David Robinson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Neil Ross as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). In their new roles, the pair will drive the strategy and expansion of ... Read the full article
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