Reinsurance News
Swiss Re names Slack CEO of Corporate Solutions Australia & New Zealand
7th June 2017
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has made another senior appointment within its commercial insurance focused arm, naming Melanie Slack as CEO Australia & New Zealand for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. Slack has been with Swiss Re since 2002, gaining international experience across a variety of senior management positions in Asia, Europe ... Read the full article
Sri Lanka natural disaster reinsurance expired just before floods
7th June 2017
The National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) of Sri Lanka's failure to sign reinsurance arrangements that lapsed around two months ago means the organisation will have to use its own funds to pay compensation for property damage from recent flooding and landslides in the country. Reports from the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) claim ... Read the full article
MarketScout targets InsurTech & MGA facility expansion
7th June 2017
Texas based insurance exchange and managing general agent MarketScout has sold its $100 million workers compensation MGA and will use the proceeds to fund a change in strategy, as it switches its focus to Insurtech and MGA facilities. MarketScout owns the successful MarketScout Exchange, where it connects agents with insurers and ... Read the full article
Will Clark joins Sompo Canopius AG Trade Credit Insurance from AIG
7th June 2017
Will Clark, a prominent industry veteran with over thirty years' experience in banking and trade credit insurance, has joined Sompo Canopius' AG Trade Credit Insurance team from AIG as part of the firm's expansion plans for its specialty lines. In his new role, Clark will focus on building a new book ... Read the full article
Vermont legislation rehaul allows reinsurers to expand with agency captives
7th June 2017
Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed new legislation to add agency captives, reinsurers controlled by brokers or insurer agencies, to the types of captives allowed in Vermont - one of the world's largest captive domiciles. An agency captive is set up to receive a share of premiums written and pays its share of ... Read the full article
Arch reveals $38m Q2 property facultative reinsurance loss
7th June 2017
Bermudian insurance and reinsurance group Arch Capital Group Ltd. has revealed what it terms as "unusually high" levels of losses in its property facultative reinsurance book during the second-quarter of 2017. The company says that it expects that second quarter 2017 pre-tax underwriting income will experience around a $38 million hit ... Read the full article
Heritage completes reinsurance placement at cheaper cost & improved terms
6th June 2017
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.'s insurance subsidiaries, Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Company (Heritage P&C) and Zephyr Insurance Company (Zephyr), have completed their respective 2017-2018 reinsurance programmes at a reduced cost and under improved terms. The programmes are incorporated into one reinsurance structure and includes traditional reinsurance, collateralized reinsurance, coverage by the Florida Hurricane ... Read the full article
SCOR expands EMEA longevity risk capabilities with new appointment
6th June 2017
French insurer and reinsurer SCOR has announced the appointment of seasoned longevity risk transfer executive, Wolfgang Murmann, as its new Head of Longevity for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The appointment of Murmann, who has a solid track record in longevity risk transfer markets and joins from asset management firm, Insight Investment, will enable ... Read the full article
Agricultural index based insurance under the loupe in Africa
6th June 2017
The African agriculture industry is in the throngs of change surrounding the technology, regulation and distribution of index based insurance - developments which are improving the operating environment for insurers as demand for insurance solutions grows. This is according to Jonathan Dixon, Chair of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) ... Read the full article
Hannover Re US names Nico van Zyl AVP, Medical Director
6th June 2017
Germany-based reinsurance giant Hannover Re's subsidiary, Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America (Hannover Re US), has appointed Nico van Zyl Assistant Vice President (AVP), Medical Director, effective January 1st, 2017. Nico van Zyl joined the reinsurer's U.S. division from Hannover Re's South African branch, where he held the role of Chief Medical ... Read the full article
Growing loss complexity driving loss adjusting innovation: Cunningham Lindsey
6th June 2017
The evolution of the risk transfer landscape, underlined by increasingly complex insured losses, is driving greater innovation in loss adjusting, according to recent analysis from Cunningham Lindsey. Loss adjusting, claims management, and risk solutions firm, Cunningham Lindsey, has produced its 2017 Major and Complex Loss Review, which reveals increased innovation in loss adjusting ... Read the full article
EU insurance rules must be compatible with the digitisation revolution
6th June 2017
European insurers have voiced fears that new EU consumer protection rules - the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation (PRIIPs) and the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) - could clash with consumers needs for digital-friendly products. Sergio Balbinot, European insurance and reinsurance federation’s president said at Insurance Europe’s 9th International Conference regulators needed ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s managing agent Asta backs launch of Arma Underwriting in Dubai
6th June 2017
Lloyd's third-party managing agent and specialist MGA investor, Asta, announced today that it's set to expand into Middle Eastern and African markets with the opening of Dubai-based Arma Underwriting, last month, after being given the greenlight by regulators. As the approved Lloyd's-backed Dubai coverholder, Arma Underwriting's aim is to develop close relations ... Read the full article
Pricing discipline needed in Indian re/insurance market: reports
6th June 2017
India's state-backed reinsurer, the General Insurance Corporation's (GIC Re) chairperson, Alice Vaidyan, highlighted the need for pricing discipline and a level playing field to achieve long-term sustainability in the re/insurance industry in India, in an interview with The Economic Times. The reinsurer, which benefits from India's policy of offering first-picks in ... Read the full article
Ed appoints Ian Wicks to non-marine reinsurance chairman
6th June 2017
Reinsurer and specialty broker Ed has bolstered its reinsurance division with the appointment of Ian Wicks as chairman of non-marine reinsurance, who joins from Willis Re. Wicks will take up his role with immediate effect, reporting to Kieran Angelini-Hurl, CEO of Ed’s reinsurance division. Commenting on the appointment, Angelini-Hurl said; “I am delighted to ... Read the full article
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