Reinsurance News
Marsh names Paul Denny as UK FINPRO Leader
18th April 2018
Marsh, a global re/insurance broker and risk management firm, has appointed Paul Denny as UK Financial and Professional Practice (FINPRO) Leader. Denny will be responsible for managing Marsh’s UK management liability, financial services, professional liability and specie risk teams, and will report to Paul Moody, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marsh’s ... Read the full article
CNA Hardy expands Asia operations with enhanced Labuan capabilities
18th April 2018
CNA Hardy has continued its expansion into the Asian market by obtaining enhanced licensing capabilities in Labuan, Malaysia, which will allow it to better transact business in the region. The company will use its presence in Labuan to focus on the same classes of business as its Singapore office, which include ... Read the full article
AXIS Re names AIG’s Megan Thomas Chief Underwriting Officer
18th April 2018
AXIS Re, a division of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has named Megan Thomas as its Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), based in New York and reporting directly to Steve Arora, AXIS Re's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In her new role, Thomas will join the reinsurance leadership team, and will assume responsibility for product ... Read the full article
Investments help P&C reinsurers stay profitable in 2017: Aon Benfield
18th April 2018
Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield has reported that the traditional reinsurance sector remained profitable in 2017 despite record-breaking catastrophe losses, with net income across its Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) group standing at US $4 billion, and total equity rising 2.5% to $204 billion, driven in part by high investment income. The ABA ... Read the full article
Liberty announces German Fine Art and Specie, names Senior Underwriter
18th April 2018
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced that it will begin underwriting Fine Art and Specie in Germany, and has appointed Ulrike Janvier as Senior Underwriter, Fine Art and Specie. LSM’s expansion into the German market follows its Fine Art and Specie launches in Netherlands and ... Read the full article
Freedom to acquire St Andrew’s Insurance from Bank of Queensland
18th April 2018
Australian life re/insurer Freedom Insurance Group has entered into an agreement with Bank of Queensland (BOQ) to purchase St Andrew’s Insurance for a total consideration of AUD $65 million (USD $50.58 million), over half of which will be supplied via reinsurance funding. The parties revealed that the transaction is comprised of a ... Read the full article
Cyber remains top enterprise risk management priority: A.M. Best
18th April 2018
A.M. Best has reported that the assessment of cyber risk continues to remain a top enterprise risk management (ERM) priority for insurers and reinsurers, as InsurTech innovations have required companies to continually expand and enhance their risk management capabilities. The report contends that, as companies try to keep up with the ... Read the full article
Marsh launches digital labs to develop new tech strategies
18th April 2018
Re/insurance broker Marsh has announced the launch of Marsh Digital Labs, an incubator focused on experimenting with emerging technologies, developing new products and business models, and engaging with clients, carriers, and InsurTech companies. Part of Marsh’s broader Digital, Data, and Analytics organisation, Marsh Digital Labs is based in San Francisco, California, ... Read the full article
London Market Group’s PPL goes live with A&H business
18th April 2018
The London Market Group’s Placing Platform Limited (PPL) went live with Accident & Health (A&H) classes of business on Monday April 16th, 2018, the PPL Board has announced. PPL, the London market’s electronic placing platform went live in July 2016, with the Board announcing in November 2017 that property and casualty lines of ... Read the full article
Law firm Cooley expands U.S. East Coast re/insurance capabilities
18th April 2018
Law firm Cooley has strengthened its U.S. East Coast insurance capabilities with the appointments of Heidi Lawson and Greg Hoffnagle as regional counsels. Both Lawson and Hoffnagle were formerly members of Mintz Levin's insurance, reinsurance, investigations and risk management practice, and Lawson joins Cooley's insurance and reinsurance practice as counsel, and ... Read the full article
Reinsurance pricing stable to positive following costly nat cat year: Moody’s
18th April 2018
Moody’s has reported that January 1 reinsurance price renewals were lower than the market expected following a year of substantial natural catastrophe losses, but still expects reinsurers’ profitability to improve modestly based on rate increases, efficiency initiatives, and slowly rising interest rates. Costly disasters in 2017 like the series of Atlantic ... Read the full article
London market must embrace tech to stay competitive, says Jon Hancock, Lloyd’s
17th April 2018
Jon Hancock, Performance Management Director at Lloyd’s of London, has asserted that re/insurers in the London market must do more to embrace innovative technology, and has outlined several key areas in which Lloyd’s is supporting tech integration. Speaking in an interview with Willis Towers Watson in the company's Energy Market Review, ... Read the full article
Munich Re Digital Partners appoints Angela Homm as Global CFO
17th April 2018
Munich Re Digital Partners, a subsidiary of global reinsurer Munich Re that invests in InsurTech start-ups, has appointed Angela Homm as Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and as Senior Director of Risk & Finance for its U.S team, effective April 23rd, 2018. As CFO, Homm will be responsible for Digital Partners' ... Read the full article
The Hanover Insurance Group estimates Q1 cat losses of up to $76mn
17th April 2018
The Hanover Insurance Group has announced that the estimated impact of catastrophe activity on its first quarter 2018 results is in the range of US $66 to $76 million before taxes. The Hanover announced the results in line with their recently implemented policy of releasing quarterly catastrophe loss estimates if they ... Read the full article
Monument Re acquires run-off portfolio from Ethias S.A.
17th April 2018
Monument Re has announced an agreement that will see it acquire a run-off portfolio of flexible premium retail life insurance contracts from Belgian insurer Ethias S.A., known as the First A Portfolio. The portfolio will be taken over by Laguna Life DAC, an Irish domiciled re/insurer and wholly owned subsidiary of ... Read the full article
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