Reinsurance News

Golub Capital launches Insurance Solutions team, hires Potenta to lead

29th April 2024

Golub Capital has revealed the launch of its Insurance Solutions team, a newly formed group of dedicated insurance and asset management professionals led by Jennifer Potenta as Managing Director, Head of Insurance Solutions. According to Golub Capital, the launch of the Insurance Solutions team is another key milestone in the firm’s ... Read the full article

MOVEit & Change Healthcare attacks designated as cyber catastrophe loss events by PCS

29th April 2024

Verisk's Property Claim Services (PCS), a provider of industry loss estimates and loss data globally, has designated the MOVEit cyber attack and the Change Healthcare cyber attack as PCS Cyber Catastrophe Loss Events, as reported first by our sister publication, Artemis. For PCS to designate these cyber attacks as PCS Cyber ... Read the full article

Athena Tolosa named CFO of Hamilton Re

29th April 2024

Hamilton Insurance Group has appointed Athena Tolosa as Chief Financial Officer of Hamilton Re, its Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance underwriting platform. Tolosa has over 18 years of experience in the (re)insurance industry, having most recently worked at RenaissanceRe, where she chiefly served as Senior Vice President, Head of Finance - Reinsurance. Before ... Read the full article

Florida Peninsula partners with ZestyAI for enhanced property risk assessment

29th April 2024

ZestyAI, a company that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) for risk assessment, has announced its partnership with Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, integrating ZestyAI's Z-PROPERTY Location Insights solution to enhance underwriting precision and elevate customer experience. ZestyAI's advanced property analytics solutions employ cutting-edge computer vision and machine learning technologies to extract valuable insights ... Read the full article

Allianz Re names Silvia Rimola as Head of Capital and Legacy Solutions

29th April 2024

Allianz Reinsurance, part of global insurer Allianz, has named Silvia Rimola as Head of Capital and Legacy Solutions, effective April 2024. Rimola first joined Allianz in 2002 as part of the financial department, and has since held numerous roles within the company and its reinsurance arm. This includes time as a life ... Read the full article

WTW partners with Riskonnect to introduce advanced risk diagnostic tool

29th April 2024

WTW, a global insurance and reinsurance broker, has partnered with Riskonnect to launch a new analytical delivery tool that seamlessly connects claims and exposure data through the WTW Risk IQ API (application programming interface). This collaboration aims to provide clients of both organisations with a deeper understanding of their claims data. By ... Read the full article

Argenta appoints Miriam Goddard to its board as non-executive director

29th April 2024

Argenta Syndicate Management Limited (ASML), a subsidiary of Argenta Holdings Limited, has announced the appointment of Miriam Goddard to its board as a non-executive director. John Whiter, chair of the ASML Board, expresses his enthusiasm for Goddard’s appointment, stating, “Together with the rest of the board, I am looking forward to ... Read the full article

AM Best revises UK non-life insurance segment outlook to stable

29th April 2024

Rating agency AM Best revised its outlook on the United Kingdom's non-life insurance segment from negative to stable, as inflation is expected to decrease closer to the Bank of England’s 2% target in mid-2024, which should ease the pressure on claims costs observed in 2023. The 12-month consumer price index (CPI) ... Read the full article

Southern African nations to receive insurance payouts from historic drought

29th April 2024

African Risk Capacity (ARC) has revealed that Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe are likely to receive insurance payouts from the ongoing drought in the region, which is one of the worst in decades. In a recent meeting between ARC and its partners, stakeholders reportedly discussed the response to the drought emergency, ... Read the full article

Marsh enhances Cyber ECHO facility with additional $25m layer of capacity

29th April 2024

Insurance broker Marsh's Cyber ECHO facility, which is underwritten by Lloyd's insurers and enables clients to access capacity for complex cyber and technology risk exposures in any territory licensed by Lloyd’s, now provides up to $125 million of excess insurance capacity. Marsh today announced an additional $25 million layer to its ... Read the full article

Gallagher Re promotes Gina Butterworth to Global Transformation Director

29th April 2024

Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the promotion of Gina Butterworth to the position of Global Transformation Director. With nearly three decades of experience in the industry, Butterworth is a seasoned senior executive known for her strong leadership and management skills. Her extensive background makes her well-equipped to excel in her ... Read the full article

CatX partners with CyberCube to enhance its cyber capabilities

29th April 2024

CatX, the digital marketplace that connects (re)insurers and brokers with alternative capital, has announced it will enhance its capabilities through a new collaboration with CyberCube. The partnership will reportedly enable the integration of CyberCube’s Portfolio Manager, a scenario-based catastrophe model that empowers portfolio-level insights for senior leadership decision-making, into CatX’s marketplace. CatX's ... Read the full article

Beazley’s Q1 insurance written premiums increase 7% to $1.48bn

29th April 2024

Specialist insurer Beazley has revealed that insurance written premiums in Q1 of 2024 increased by 7% compared to the previous year, reaching $1.48 billion. Adrian Cox, Beazley's Chief Executive Officer, noted that it has been a "solid start to the year" with the firm demonstrating its ability to grow whilst exercising ... Read the full article

Dubai’s DIFC records highest GWP in its history at almost $2.6bn in 2023

29th April 2024

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has reported the highest gross written premiums (GWP) in its history at close to $2.6 billion in 2023, an increase of 23% on the prior year's $2.1 billion. Alongside the highest GWP in 20 years, the DIFC also saw a 20% rise in registration of ... Read the full article

NSF aims to enhance terrorism and cyber risk insurance modelling

29th April 2024

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) aims to catalyse research in areas that enhance the insurance sector's capacity to model and underwrite terrorism and catastrophic cyber risks. To achieve this goal, the NSF has issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to the Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) program. This DCL is jointly ... Read the full article