Reinsurance News
White Mountains’ Ark/WM Outrigger posts GWP of $1.091bn for Q1’26, CoR improves
7th May 2026
White Mountains has released the first quarter of 2026 results for its property and casualty re/insurance segment Ark/WM Outrigger, which saw gross written premiums (GWP) of $1,091 million, with a combined ratio of 91%. GWP in Q1 2026 decreased slightly compared to Q1 2025’s $1,108 million, while the quarter’s combined ratio ... Read the full article
Everest names Lisa Davis as Head of North America Wholesale & Specialty
7th May 2026
Everest Group, Ltd., an underwriting organisation specialising in reinsurance and specialty insurance solutions, has announced the appointment of Lisa Davis as Head of North America, Wholesale & Specialty. In her new position at Everest, Davis will oversee the Company’s North America Wholesale & Specialty operations, including underwriting direction, distribution oversight and ... Read the full article
Kin Insurance secures record $335m catastrophe bond deal
7th May 2026
Kin Insurance, a direct-to-consumer digital home insurance company focused on providing cover in regions exposed to severe weather risks, has completed its largest catastrophe bond transaction to date. The agreement, arranged through Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1), totals $335 million across four separate bonds and is intended to provide long-term financial ... Read the full article
Specialty insurance rates ease more quickly than forecast, returning to 2020 levels: WTW
7th May 2026
WTW, the global insurance consulting and technology company, has found that specialty insurance rates fell throughout 2025 and continued to ease at the 1 January 2026 renewals, with declines exceeding earlier expectations from both insurers and brokers. The findings are drawn from WTW’s Specialty Insurance Marketplace Survey (SIMS), which the firm ... Read the full article
Palomar’s Q1’26 GWP grows 42.4% to $630m
7th May 2026
Specialty insurer Palomar Holdings, Inc. has reported a rise of 42.4% in gross written premiums (GWP) for the first quarter of 2026 to $629.8 million, compared to $442.2 million in Q1’25. Net earned premiums increased 59.3% to $261.4 million for Q1’26, compared to $164 million in the prior year’s first quarter. At ... Read the full article
Enstar sees significant growth opportunities on the live and legacy side: Dan Sanford
7th May 2026
Following its agreement to acquire Accident Fund Holdings, Inc. (AF Group) alongside positive industry tailwinds, global insurance and reinsurance group Enstar is “excited” about the opportunities ahead, seeing ample room for growth. During a recent trip to Bermuda, Reinsurance News spoke with Dan Sanford, Managing Director, M&A at Enstar, about the ... Read the full article
AI ‘trailblazers’ see 21% higher revenue growth while broader insurance industry lags: Capgemini
7th May 2026
The property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector has reached a “moment of truth" regarding artificial intelligence (AI), marked by a widening competitive divide between a small group of “intelligence trailblazers” and the rest of the industry, a recent Capgemini report states. According to the World Property & Casualty Insurance Report 2026, ... Read the full article
ACORD launches advisory council to align data standards across North American P&C sector
7th May 2026
ACORD, the global standards-setting organisation for the insurance sector, has announced the creation of the ACORD Inter-Association Advisory Council (IAAC). The organisation describes the council as a coalition of major North American property and casualty associations representing independent agents, brokers and intermediaries across the distribution chain. ACORD stated that the initiative is ... Read the full article
NormanMax appoints Nick Burkinshaw as Chairman of its Lloyd’s Syndicate 3939 Advisory Board
7th May 2026
US domiciled parametric insurer and reinsurer, NormanMax Insurance Holdings, has appointed Nick Burkinshaw as Chairman of the NormanMax Syndicate 3939 Advisory Board, supporting the firm's pure parametric global syndicate at the specialist Lloyd's marketplace. Burkinshaw is a highly respected underwriting leader in the market, and brings over 30 years of global ... Read the full article
RIQ appoints Antoine Bdadouni as CUO
7th May 2026
RIQ, an AI-native reinsurance platform and subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC), has appointed Antoine Bdadouni as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). Launched in June 2025 by global investment company IHC in partnership with BlackRock and Lunate, RIQ is based in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The platform provides reinsurance solutions across ... Read the full article
MS Amlin launches property treaty consortium, expanding line size to $67.5m
7th May 2026
Lloyd’s global specialist re/insurer MS Amlin has launched a consortium to expand property treaty capacity for all property Per Risk lines. The Property Treaty Per Risk (PPR) Consortium expands the re/insurer's maximum line size from $50 million to $67.5 million, providing a 35% uplift in capacity for placements while maintaining a ... Read the full article
DIFC re/insurance activity surges in 2025 as GWP hit $4.2bn
7th May 2026
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the global financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA), has reported a 20% increase year-on-year in gross written premiums (GWP), reaching $4.2 billion in 2025. Moreover, premiums brokered from DIFC have crossed $3.4 billion in 2025, a rise of 14% from ... Read the full article
Hiscox Re grows Q1’26 ICWP 7.1% as third-party capital inflows boost AUM
7th May 2026
Hiscox Re, the reinsurance business and third-party capital platform of specialist insurer Hiscox, has reported insurance contract written premiums (ICWP) of $527.1 million for Q1 2026, an increase of 7.1% from $492.2 million in Q1 2025. According to the firm, this improvement was driven by new third-party capital inflows ahead of ... Read the full article
Swiss Re strengthens reserves by $400m for inflationary impacts of Middle East war
7th May 2026
Anders Malmström, Group CFO of Swiss Re, one of Europe's big four reinsurance companies, said this morning that the company set aside roughly $400 million in additional reserves in the first quarter of 2026 for potential inflationary impacts of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. During a call with the ... Read the full article
Global InsurTech funding holds firm as AI dominates Q1’26 investment: Gallagher Re
7th May 2026
Gallagher Re, a global reinsurance brokerage and analytics firm, reports that worldwide InsurTech funding continued at a relatively high level in the first quarter of 2026, as outlined in its latest Global InsurTech Report. The firm recorded total investment of USD 1.63 billion for the quarter. While marginally below the USD ... Read the full article
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