Reinsurance News
Larger pension pots drive record 2025 for individual annuity premiums: ABI
17th February 2026
Larger pension pots helped push total premiums paid into individual annuities up 4% to £7.4 billion in 2025, marking the highest annual level since pension freedoms were introduced in 2014, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The increase came despite a small decline in the number of annuities sold, ... Read the full article
AXA XL adds Thomas Saive as Head of Underwriting Motor, APAC & Europe
17th February 2026
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, has appointed Thomas Saive as Head of Underwriting Motor, Asia Pacific (APAC) & Europe, effective March 1st, 2026. In his new role, Saive will oversee the motor insurance underwriting strategy for the two aforementioned business units, and the French market directly, ... Read the full article
Brown & Brown names Dorothea Henderson as Chief Information Technology Officer
17th February 2026
Brown & Brown, Inc., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that Dorothea Henderson has been appointed as its Chief Information Technology Officer. In this role, she will direct the company’s enterprise technology strategy and oversee efforts to expand digital capabilities and enhance the technology experience for teammates and customers ... Read the full article
Colin Wildey promoted to Chief Risk Officer for Markel International
17th February 2026
Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc., has promoted Colin Wildey to Chief Risk Officer for Markel International, subject to regulatory approval. Wildey, who has served as Head of Risk at Markel International since 2022, brings more than a decade of senior risk management experience across the London Market ... Read the full article
Catastrophe bonds continued shift into mainstream reinsurance at 1.1: Howden
17th February 2026
Through 2025 and into the January 1, 2026 reinsurance renewals, catastrophe bonds firmly established themselves as a core component of clients’ risk management frameworks, according to Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA). HCMA noted that catastrophe bond issuance reached record levels in 2025, with volumes approximately 45% higher compared to 2024, ... Read the full article
Canopius expands Natural Resources team with Nicholas Whettem & Namrata Soni
17th February 2026
Canopius Group, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has announced the additions of Nicholas Whettem and Namrata Soni to its newly created Natural Resources team. The re/insurer recently restructured its underwriting capabilities with the formation of a consolidated Natural Resources team, which integrates energy (upstream, midstream, and downstream), heavy industry, ... Read the full article
Talbot names Bickmore Head of Political Risk, Goodliffe Head of Public Agencies
17th February 2026
Talbot Underwriting, an international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, part of AIG, has promoted Andrew Bickmore to Head of Political Risk, and George Goodliffe to Head of Public Agencies. Bickmore has been part of Talbot for close to 16 years, having joined the company as Senior Class Underwriter - Political & ... Read the full article
Kinsale Capital’s net income rises to $138.6m in Q4’25
16th February 2026
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. has reported net income of $138.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $109.1 million in Q4’24. Net income for the final quarter of 2025 included after-tax catastrophe losses of $2.3 million, compared to $6.2 million in Q4’24. The quarter saw gross written premiums (GWP) rise ... Read the full article
Nick Fraccalvieri named CEO of global fac for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions
16th February 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the appointment of Nick Fraccalvieri as CEO of global facultative for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, effective March 1, 2026. In his new role, Fraccalvieri will be responsible for defining the strategic direction and execution of Aon’s global facultative reinsurance strategy, prioritising ceded facultative ... Read the full article
Canada Life Re base earnings up 11% in Q4’25 amid strong demand for capital efficient solutions
16th February 2026
Canada Life Reinsurance, the Capital and Risk Solutions (CRS) reinsurance business of Great-West Lifeco, had a strong end to 2025 with fourth quarter base earnings rising 11% year-on-year on a reported basis to CAD 258 million, while net earnings remained flat at CAD 203 million. Double-digit base earnings growth in the ... Read the full article
AM Best revises Atlantic Re’s Long-Term ICR to positive
16th February 2026
Credit rating agency AM Best has revised Atlantic Re’s Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) outlook to positive from stable. Concurrently, AM Best affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb” for the Moroccan-based reinsurer. The outlook of the FSR is stable. The revision reflects ... Read the full article
Conduit Holdings announces Board changes, Shott appointed Chair
16th February 2026
Conduit Holdings, the ultimate parent company of Conduit Re, a multi-line Bermuda-based reinsurance business, has announced the appointment of Nicholas Shott as Chair of the Board. Shott, who joined the Conduit Holdings Board in November 2025, will also succeed Ken Randall as Chair of the Nomination Committee. Prior to this appointment, ... Read the full article
Concirrus launches AI-native underwriting platform
16th February 2026
Concirrus, a specialist insurtech company, has officially launched Concirrus Inspire, an AI-native underwriting platform aimed at helping specialty insurers and managing general agents accelerate their processes while retaining control over underwriting appetite, exposure, and portfolio outcomes. Covering the entire underwriting lifecycle, from submission through binding and beyond, Inspire enables underwriters to ... Read the full article
Storm Kristin could be among Portugal’s costliest insured loss events: Aon
16th February 2026
Between late January and early February, a series of Atlantic windstorms hit Southwestern Europe, with Storm Kristin as the most severe and potentially one of the costliest re/insurance loss events ever recorded in Portugal, according to Aon. Since 18th January 2026, eight consecutive lows have impacted Southwestern Europe, particularly Portugal and ... Read the full article
Michaela Hannemann appointed Head of Non‑Life for Munich Re Australasia
16th February 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the appointment of Michaela Hannemann as Head of Non‑Life for Australasia, effective 1 May 2026. Hannemann will be based in Sydney, reporting to Scott Hawkins, Managing Director, Munich Re Australasia. She succeeds Anja Linsmaier, who is returning to Munich Re's headquarters in Germany to take up ... Read the full article
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