Reinsurance News

Previsico secures additional funding to drive US expansion

12th March 2025

Previsico, the actionable flood warning insurtech, has secured further funding, led by a new investor, Burnt Island Ventures, a venture capital firm specialising in water innovation, along with Foresight Capital Ventures and its existing angel investor network. The company says that it will use the additional funding to support and accelerate ... Read the full article

Citizens needs $2.94bn of new risk transfer to secure proposed $4.54bn of reinsurance for 2025

11th March 2025

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Florida's property insurer of last resort, will need to purchase an additional $2.94 billion of new private market risk transfer to secure reinsurance coverage of approximately $4.54 billion for 2025, with budgeted premiums of roughly $650 million. Back in December, Citizens projected that it would need ... Read the full article

Tracey Gibbons becomes QBE Re’s Global Head of Strategic Development

11th March 2025

Tracey Gibbons has been appointed Global Head of Strategic Development at QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of QBE Insurance Group. The executive, who has over 40 years’ experience in multiple classes of business, has been part of QBE Re since 2021, when she joined the company as Head of QBE ... Read the full article

Porch Group appoints Emmanuel Bellegarde as Head of Reinsurance

11th March 2025

Porch Group, a homeowners insurance and vertical software platform, has announced the addition of four insurance industry veterans to strengthen the organisation, including the appointment of Emmanuel Bellegarde as Head of Reinsurance. In his new role, Bellegarde will play a key part in driving the reinsurance strategy, structuring placements, and securing ... Read the full article

Rokstone launches US mid-market aviation program

11th March 2025

Rokstone, an international specialty re/insurance managing general agent (MGA) and part of the Aventum Group, has announced the launch of a comprehensive mid-market aviation program covering all US states. This expansion broadens Rokstone's reach within the aviation sector, providing crucial coverage to a previously underserved market. The new program, set to begin ... Read the full article

Vantage promotes Krzmarzick & Burtle to key US Excess Casualty roles

11th March 2025

Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., a provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, has announced the promotions of Thomas (TJ) Krzmarzick to Head of U.S. Excess Casualty and Thomas Burtle to Chief Underwriting Officer, Casualty. These promotions reflect Vantage's commitment to sustained, profitable growth within its U.S. Excess Casualty portfolio and its focus ... Read the full article

Louisiana property insurance market shows improvement after reform package

11th March 2025

Since the implementation of Commissioner Tim Temple's property insurance reform package in 2024, Louisiana's insurance market has seen notable improvements, with new insurers entering the market and existing ones reducing their rate increases. The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has approved the licensing of 10 new homeowners insurers since early 2024, ... Read the full article

Innovation and strategy drive Bermuda’s reinsurance dominance: SiriusPoint’s Govrin

11th March 2025

In an interview with Reinsurance News, David Govrin, Group President and CEO of Global Reinsurance at SiriusPoint, discussed Bermuda's continued dominance as a reinsurance hub, highlighting its innovation, capacity, strategic location, and regulatory framework, while also noting the challenge of high operating costs. We spoke with Govrin around the Bermuda Risk ... Read the full article

HDI Global launches Climate Consulting to bolster business resilience

11th March 2025

Commercial and specialty lines insurer HDI Global has introduced Climate Consulting, a new service designed to help businesses assess and mitigate climate-related risks. This service allows companies to create targeted strategies to reduce their exposure to acute and chronic physical climate risks in specific locations. Climate Consulting helps businesses proactively respond to ... Read the full article

Andrew George named President of Marsh Specialty

11th March 2025

Insurance broker Marsh has announced the appointment of Andrew George as President of Marsh Specialty, effective immediately. Based in London, and reporting to Martin South, President and CEO, Marsh, George will have the overall responsibility for Marsh Specialty’s global business, which includes the Aviation, Climate & Sustainability, Construction, Credit Specialties, Energy ... Read the full article

JBA Risk Management launches new Australian flood model

11th March 2025

UK-based flood specialist JBA Risk Management has launched a new inland flood model for Australia to meet growing demand from the insurance and risk markets for better flood insights. Flooding, traditionally considered a secondary peril, has become an increasing concern for the insurance sector. Recent years have seen major flood events in ... Read the full article

Cyclone Alfred losses to at least be hundreds of millions AUD, says Aon

11th March 2025

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has estimated that Cyclone Alfred's economic and insured loss impacts will reach at least into the hundreds of millions of AUD, although has stressed that it's too early to determine the ultimate financial impact and its implications on the local re/insurance market. On March 9th, ... Read the full article

Everest appoints Aon’s Giacomo Mariani to lead Insurance business in Italy

11th March 2025

Global reinsurance and insurance firm Everest has announced the appointment of Giacomo Mariani to lead its Insurance business in Italy, following the opening of its Milan office in November 2024. In his new role, Mariani will report to José Ramón Morales, Head of Southern Europe at Everest Insurance International. Mariani brings ... Read the full article

LSM joins WTW’s Neuron platform to enhance digital risk trading

11th March 2025

Global advisory, broking, and solutions firm WTW has announced that Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) will be an early adopter of Neuron, its digital trading platform. WTW reportedly developed Neuron to modernise specialty risk placement by connecting brokers and insurers in real time, streamlining complex risk trading, and enhancing efficiency across the ... Read the full article

Rob Best to lead DUAL UK’s newly launched Climate Risk & Resilience team

11th March 2025

DUAL UK, part of the specialist underwriting arm of Howden Group, has announced the launch of its newly created Climate Risk & Resilience (CR&R) underwriting team. The CR&R team, under the leadership of Rob Best, will introduce a range of insurance products aimed at assisting businesses in navigating the decarbonization and ... Read the full article