Reinsurance News
Sixth Street to acquire majority stake in Monument Re
29th June 2026
Sixth Street, a global investment firm, has announced that investment vehicles it manages or advises have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Monument Re, a life insurance and reinsurance holding company. The transaction, expected to close by the end of 2026, is subject to regulatory approvals ... Read the full article
Soft market conditions persist at mid-year supported by capital growth and product innovation: Guy Carpenter
29th June 2026
In its July 2026 reinsurance renewal report, Guy Carpenter, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and a business of Marsh, has suggested that abundant capacity and growing reinsurer appetite kept the global property reinsurance market competitive at the mid-year renewals, with attractive terms and coverage options encouraging buyers to explore ... Read the full article
ICMR introduces monthly NAV delta tracking for Lloyd’s market investors
29th June 2026
Insurance Capital Markets Research (ICMR), an independent research and analytics firm specialising in insurance capital markets, has introduced an enhancement to its investor reporting for the Lloyd’s market. The company has developed a capability to monitor the monthly Net Asset Value (NAV) delta across the Lloyd’s market as a whole, offering ... Read the full article
Dorothee Melis-Moutafis named Head of Global Clients for Guy Carpenter
29th June 2026
Guy Carpenter, a global reinsurance broker and Mash business, has announced the appointment of Dorothee Melis-Moutafis as Head of Global Clients. In her new position, Melis-Moutafis will focus on helping clients navigate complexity with coordinated, high-quality support across markets, bringing together the right expertise and insights to inform risk and reinsurance ... Read the full article
AI’s most immediate value is helping underwriters see portfolios more clearly, says Mandarin Re’s Grishin
29th June 2026
Mikhail Grishin, Chief Operating Officer at Malaysia-based reinsurance company Mandarin Re, suggests one of the biggest values of artificial intelligence (AI) in reinsurance is its ability to provide greater clarity over underwriting portfolios, enabling firms to identify where underwriting time is best spent and improve the speed and quality of ... Read the full article
F&G Annuities & Life makes several changes to executive leadership
29th June 2026
Chris Blunt, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of F&G Annuities & Life, Inc., an insurer serving retail annuity, life, and institutional clients, will retire to focus on his roles as a Director of F&G and CEO of subsidiary Peak Altitude Equity, LLC. As a result, Conor Murphy, current President and Chief ... Read the full article
Lemonade enters into $250m business financing agreement with Hannover Re
26th June 2026
Lemonade, an AI-powered digital insurance company, has signed a business financing agreement with Hannover Re (Ireland) DAC, under which the reinsurer will provide up to $250 million to help fund Lemonade's sales and marketing spending between January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2028. Under the terms of this new agreement, the ... Read the full article
Achmea Reinsurance secures €100m of European windstorm & severe thunderstorm retro with latest cat bond
26th June 2026
Achmea Reinsurance Company N.V. has returned to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market with a €100 million Windmill III Re Series 2026-1 catastrophe bond, providing cover for European windstorm and severe thunderstorm losses on an ultimate net loss, per-occurrence basis. Achmea Reinsurance has entered into a four-year reinsurance agreement with Windmill III ... Read the full article
AM Best reports split in US cyber insurance market as losses and pricing pressures shift
26th June 2026
AM Best, the insurance credit rating agency and analytics provider, has observed that the US cyber insurance sector has effectively separated into two distinct sub-markets. One is led by surplus lines insurers offering standalone primary and excess cyber cover, while the other is made up of cyber extensions attached to broader ... Read the full article
Liberty in Asia Pacific appoints Marcus Thomas as CUO ahead of leadership transition
26th June 2026
Liberty in Asia Pacific, the regional arm of Liberty Mutual Insurance providing commercial, specialty and reinsurance solutions across the Asia Pacific region, has announced the appointment of Marcus Thomas as Chief Underwriting Officer, Asia Pacific, effective 1 July 2026, as the company prepares for a leadership transition following the forthcoming ... Read the full article
Fitch expects Japanese non-life Insurers to sustain strong underwriting momentum
26th June 2026
Fitch Ratings, the international credit ratings agency, believes Japan's leading non-life insurers are well placed to continue delivering strong underwriting results. The agency said robust earnings from overseas operations and improving conditions in the domestic motor and property insurance markets are expected to support performance, although profits generated from the disposal ... Read the full article
Insured losses from Venezuela quakes likely to be a ‘fraction’ of total multi-billion economic loss: Aon
26th June 2026
Insurance industry losses related to the two major earthquakes that hit Venezuela this week are anticipated to represent only a small portion of the billions of dollars in economic losses expected from this catastrophe, according to broking group Aon’s recent Weekly Cat Report. Northwestern Venezuela, specifically the area west of Caracas, ... Read the full article
July Casualty and Financial Lines renewals orderly as reinsurers reward stronger portfolios: Howden Re
26th June 2026
A new Howden Re report focused on the 1 July 2026 Casualty and Financial lines renewals has suggested that for those willing to look past the noise and into the data, there is a compelling case for profitable growth in the market. "As property pricing softens and fresh capital continues to ... Read the full article
Covéa awarded $488.3m from SCOR settlement as arbitration tribunal upholds 2021 treaties
26th June 2026
The arbitration tribunal under the aegis of the Centre of Mediation and Arbitration of Paris (CMAP) has issued its ruling in the litigation between SCOR and Covéa, awarding the latter $488.3 million in compensation regarding two retrocession treaties concluded on 30 June 2021. The corporate feud between the French insurance giants ... Read the full article
Matthias Meyenhofer to lead Swiss Re’s new Group Broker Management Practice
26th June 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the launch of a new Group Broker Management Practice, to be led by Matthias Meyenhofer as Group Broker Executive. The new practice is a dedicated unit designed to centralise the management of relationships with primary brokers and intermediaries for the Swiss ... Read the full article
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