Reinsurance News
M&A becoming essential for insurance brokers as organic growth slows: Evercore ISI
3rd June 2025
Evercore ISI, an independent investment banking advisory and research firm, highlights a significant shift in the insurance brokerage industry. As organic growth begins to slow due to broader economic factors, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are emerging as a critical strategy for brokers aiming to sustain and enhance their growth trajectories. Their analysis ... Read the full article
Skyward Specialty launches new Aviation underwriting unit
3rd June 2025
Property and casualty insurer Skyward Specialty has entered the specialised aviation market with the launch of a new Aviation underwriting unit following the acquisition of Acceleration Aviation Underwriters assets last year. Chris Jones, founder of Acceleration Aviation Underwriters, commented: “For the Acceleration team, this is the culmination of our decades ... Read the full article
Arch Re promotes Soares, Jal and Seyller to key leadership roles
3rd June 2025
Arch Reinsurance Group (Arch Re), the reinsurance arm of Arch Capital Group, has announced the promotions of William Soares to President of Arch Re Ltd.; Pierre Jal to President of Arch Reinsurance Europe Underwriting dac (Arch Re Europe); and David Seyller to Chief Underwriting Officer of Arch Re Europe. As President ... Read the full article
Accredited appoints Jon Wood as Head of Reinsurance, UK & Europe
3rd June 2025
Accredited Insurance Program Management (Accredited), a global program manager, has announced the appointment of Jon Wood as Head of Reinsurance, UK & Europe. Wood brings 25 years of reinsurance experience to the role. He joins Accredited from CatX, where he served as Head of Origination for nearly a year. Prior to that, he ... Read the full article
HCI lifts reinsurance limit to over $3.5bn at June 1 renewal
3rd June 2025
HCI Group, a Tampa-based insurance holding company specialising in property and casualty coverage, has finalised its catastrophe reinsurance programme for the 2025-2026 treaty year, which runs from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026, securing more than $3.5 billion in limit. Last year, the insurer secured $2.7 billion ... Read the full article
Miller completes acquisition of specialist reinsurance broking group AHJ
3rd June 2025
Specialist re/insurance broking group Miller has completed its acquisition of AHJ Holdings Ltd (AHJ), the ultimate parent company of Alwen Hough Johnson Limited and AHJ Europe AS. The transaction closed on June 2, following the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, as intended in the initial announcement made in February. Founded ... Read the full article
Ilsa Derfus appointed Coalition’s Director of Capacity
3rd June 2025
Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has announced the appointment of Ilsa Derfus as its Director of Capacity. In her new role, Derfus will be responsible for managing Coalition’s relationships with carrier partners and will serve as the main contact for all capacity-related issues. The executive is joining Coalition ... Read the full article
Start Network and Aon launch reinsurance mechanism to strengthen climate crisis funding
3rd June 2025
Start Network, a coalition of over 50 humanitarian charities, and Aon, a global re/insurance broker, have partnered to launch an innovative reinsurance product to strengthen Start Ready’s ability to provide early, anticipatory funding for climate crises. This mechanism provides a crucial reinsurance layer of protection to Start Ready, a global pooled ... Read the full article
AIG’s UK CEO Chris Rash joins LMG’s board
3rd June 2025
The London Market Group, a market-wide body representing the specialist commercial re/insurance broking and underwriting communities in London, has appointed Chris Rash, CEO of AIG UK, to its board. Rash, who joins as AIG UK’s representative of the International Underwriting Association (IUA), commented, “I am delighted to join the LMG board ... Read the full article
RGA announces JPY 150bn coinsurance transaction with Dai-ichi Life
3rd June 2025
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), a global life and health reinsurer, has reached an agreement with The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company for an RGA subsidiary to reinsure JPY 150 billion in statutory reserves through coinsurance. The transaction is effective March 31, 2025. Gaston Nossiter, Senior Vice President, Japan; Asia Pacific Financial Solutions, ... Read the full article
Harris to succeed Duclos as Chair of QBE Capital
3rd June 2025
QBE Insurance has appointed Christopher Harris as Chair of QBE Capital, effective 9 May 2025. Harris will serve as the successor to Dave Duclos, the outgoing Chair of QBE Capital, who will retire in July 2025. QBE stated that Duclos's 9-year tenure has seen the successful evolution of the role of the ... Read the full article
AM Best maintains stable outlook on Italy’s non-life insurance segment
3rd June 2025
AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on Italy’s non-life insurance segment driven by natural catastrophe risks gaining relevance, expected maintained profitability, and stable growth sustained by underwriting discipline. Natural catastrophe risks are gaining relevance due to new laws effective March 31, 2025, which require large enterprises to have insurance coverage ... Read the full article
Swiss Re CorSo appoints Robert Hunziker as Head of Asia
3rd June 2025
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of the global reinsurer, has appointed Robert Hunziker as Head of Asia (China, Japan, and Southeast Asia). Readers may recall that this appointment is part of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' new organisational structure, featuring Market Units, designed to enhance service to corporates ... Read the full article
Global Parametrics and One Acre Fund deliver parametric crop cover for Nigerian farmers
3rd June 2025
Global Parametrics, part of the CelsiusPro Group, has partnered with One Acre Fund to provide financial protection for smallholder farmers in Nigeria against crop losses caused by drought and end-of-season excess moisture, through the Natural Disaster Fund (NDF). The cover is structured using Global Parametrics’ Water Balance Index (WBI), which leverages ... Read the full article
Lockton Re names Baldwin Senior Broker, Retro and Property Specialty Division
3rd June 2025
David Baldwin has become the latest addition to Lockton Re’s Retrocession and Property Specialty Division, having been recently appointed Senior Broker. With over three decades of experience in international reinsurance broking, Baldwin offers a wealth of knowledge gained in both the Lloyd's and London markets, coupled with extensive understanding of numerous ... Read the full article
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