Reinsurance News
Active Re joins the Barbados insurance trade organisation
28th August 2026
Barbados-based reinsurer Active Capital Reinsurance, Ltd. (Active Re) has joined BIBA, the private-sector trade organisation representing over 130 firms engaged in global business in Barbados, as a member, reinforcing its commitment to participate in industry dialogue on regulation, market development, and the international business environment. Active Re emphasises that the move ... Read the full article
Hippo expands homeowners coverage to 22 states
28th August 2026
Hippo, a technology-native insurance group, has expanded its homeowners insurance programme to a further 14 states through national distribution partners, meaning the programme will service 22 states starting in the fourth quarter, a steep hike from the previous eight. The Hippo Homeowners Insurance Program will expand to homeowners beyond the newly ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine HCC International to acquire UK MGA Direct Commercial
28th August 2026
Tokio Marine HCC International (TMHCCI), a member of Tokio Marine HCC (TMHCC), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Direct Commercial Limited (DCL), a specialist UK commercial motor managing general agent (MGA), and its sister company, Direct Commercial Premium Finance Limited. DCL is headquartered in Chelmsford, Essex, and is one ... Read the full article
CNA promotes Claire Louko to SVP, North America Reinsurance
28th August 2026
CNA Insurance, a U.S. commercial property and casualty insurance company, has promoted Claire Louko to Senior Vice President, North America Reinsurance. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Louko will be responsible for the teams managing reinsurance services, claims, operations, contracts and the firm’s corporate insurance programmes, in addition to her current responsibilities for ... Read the full article
Despite decelerating growth, fronting insurance outpaces broader market with 17% rise in 2025: Conning
28th August 2026
The US fronting insurance sector continued to outpace the broader commercial insurance market in 2025, growing 17% to exceed $22 billion in gross written premiums, according to Conning’s 2026 Fronting Sector Confronts a Softening Market report. While growth slowed from 26% in 2024, the sector still substantially surpassed the total commercial ... Read the full article
Swiss Re appoints Sanghita Nandy and Francesco Atzeni to leadership roles
28th August 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has appointed Sanghita Nandy and Francesco Atzeni to its Global Property and P&C Re Underwriting Strategy leadership team. Nandy has been named Head of P&C Treaty UW Advisory. She has spent the past 11 years at Swiss Re and has worked across multiple areas, including natural catastrophe ... Read the full article
Aon to launch $5.5bn Totalis Specialty Group
28th August 2026
Global professional services firm Aon has announced the launch of Totalis Specialty Group, a unified specialty insurance group that brings together NFP Totalis Program Underwriters and Aon Affinity’s U.S. programs business under a single go-to-market strategy and identity. Totalis Specialty Group reportedly combines specialty underwriting, program administration, distribution, technology and data ... Read the full article
Stronger El Niño effects could pressure Brazil’s insurance results: Fitch
28th August 2026
Fitch Ratings, a global credit ratings agency providing assessments and analysis across financial markets, expects intensifying El Niño conditions to create additional challenges for Brazil’s insurance industry. The agency said more frequent and severe weather events could result in higher claims and weaker technical performance, particularly among insurers with significant exposure ... Read the full article
Verisk promotes Harry White to Head of Property Claim Services
28th August 2026
Verisk, a data analytics and technology provider to the global re/insurance industry, has promoted Harry White to Head of Property Claim Services (PCS). PCS is a Verisk business providing independent industry loss estimates for catastrophe and non-catastrophe events worldwide to the global insurance, reinsurance, and insurance-linked securities markets. In his new role, ... Read the full article
Aon estimates hundreds of millions in losses from wave of European severe storms
28th August 2026
Severe convective storm systems swept across Europe in recent days, unleashing damaging winds, large hail and torrential rainfall that caused localised flash flooding. The storms are expected to result in aggregate economic and insured losses of hundreds of millions of euros, according to Aon. The severe weather affected parts of Western, ... Read the full article
Vivace Insurance Partners names Cordell Fenig to lead Americas business
28th August 2026
Vivace Insurance Partners, an independent managing general agent (MGA) and part of the +8 Partners insurance business ecosystem, has appointed Cordell Fenig as Chief Executive Officer of its Americas operation. Fenig has moved into the leadership position after more than two years with Vivace, having joined the business as a senior ... Read the full article
FutureProof appoints Jonathan Mertz as Chief Business Officer
28th August 2026
FutureProof Technologies, an AI-native property insurance MGA and Agency, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Mertz as Chief Business Officer. In his new role, Mertz will lead FutureProof’s business development, strategic partnerships and go-to-market efforts as the company scales towards building its AI-native full-stack property insurance carrier. He brings more than two ... Read the full article
Pinpoint UK MGA integrates Quotech’s underwriting platform
28th August 2026
Pinpoint UK Solutions Ltd, part of AM Specialty Insurance Group (ASIG), has adopted Risque, an underwriter-built platform established by Quotech, a developer of integrated technology solutions for underwriting and broking teams. Initially, Pinpoint UK will deploy Quotech systems to underwrite UK commercial property business. Pinpoint UK, the Lloyd’s coverholder, was established ... Read the full article
AIG welcomes two new members to its Casualty DACH team
27th August 2026
AIG, a global insurance organisation providing a broad range of commercial insurance and risk management solutions, has welcomed two new colleagues to its Casualty DACH team in Germany. Bianca Keim has joined AIG as Senior Underwriter Casualty, Southern Germany, based in the company’s Heilbronn office. She will support AIG’s Team South ... Read the full article
Peak Re sees H1’26 reinsurance revenue increase 25% with net profit reaching $89.7m
27th August 2026
Fosun International Limited has released the unaudited first half of 2026 results for Hong Kong-based global reinsurer Peak Re, reporting a 25.0% year on year increase in reinsurance revenue to USD825.7 million, and an 11.8% rise in gross written premiums to USD1,186.0 million. Net profit after tax reached USD89.7 million, reflecting ... Read the full article
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