Reinsurance News
Cincinnati makes three senior leadership appointments
9th February 2026
Insurer Cincinnati Financial Corporation has re-elected incumbent directors and appointed corporate officers for its US subsidiary companies, which held their regular shareholders' and directors' meetings this month. The following associates were named executive officers and elected to the board of directors of all property casualty subsidiaries: Luyang Fu has been appointed as ... Read the full article
Kairos launches AI driven analytics platform
9th February 2026
Singapore-based boutique insurance solutions consultancy, Kairos Risk Solutions, has introduced the Weather Data Platform, an advanced analytics tool designed to improve climate risk assessment and strengthen the use of parametric insurance solutions with localised, data-driven weather projections. The firm stated that traditional weather models often lose reliability beyond short-term forecasts, limiting ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets names Edrick Tang as Senior Underwriter, APAC
9th February 2026
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Edrick Tang as Senior Underwriter, Asia Pacific (APAC), effective immediately. In the his role, Tang will oversee underwriting performance for the product line and lead the execution of the product’s growth strategy across Asia. This appointment aligns with Liberty’s strategic focus ... Read the full article
Data centre risks shift as market develops: Lockton
6th February 2026
As data centres evolve from modest builds into large complex multi-billion-dollar campuses, the insurance industry has been focusing on risk engineering, an attractive proposition that also prompts competitive rating structures, reports broking group Lockton. A surge in new capacity and a sharpening focus on risk engineering are creating a ... Read the full article
White Mountains’ Ark/WM Outrigger Q4’25 GWP reach $268m, CoR unchanged
6th February 2026
White Mountains has released the fourth quarter of 2025 results for its property and casualty re/insurance segment Ark/WM Outrigger, revealing gross written premiums (GWP) of $268 million, with a combined ratio of 77%. GWP in Q4 2025 increased slightly compared to Q4 2024’s $264 million, while the quarter’s combined ratio remained ... Read the full article
Reduced cat losses drive $35.3bn US underwriting gain in 9M’25: Verisk & APCIA
6th February 2026
Reduced extreme weather losses and continued premium growth contributed to an estimated net underwriting gain of $35.3 billion for the US insurance industry through the first nine months of 2025, according to Verisk and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA). The results are based on annual statements filed with insurance ... Read the full article
Lockon Re, MENA appoints Gup Carpenter’s Bayan Ismaeel as Senior Client Manager
6th February 2026
Lockton Re, MENA has announced the appointment of Bayan Ismaeel as Senior Client Manager within its Life & Health practice. Ismaeel brings eight years of industry experience, with a combination of commercial insight and actuarial expertise. She joins Lockton Re from Guy Carpenter, where she most recently served as an Assistant Vice ... Read the full article
Premiums rise YoY in Jan ’26 across all lines except Workers’ Comp: Ivans
6th February 2026
Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, has released the January 2026 results of the Ivans Index, showing a year over year increase in average premium renewal rates for Commercial Auto, Business Owner’s Policy (BOP), General Liability, Commercial Property, and Umbrella. Conversely, Workers’ Compensation experienced a decrease in premium renewal rates during ... Read the full article
LatAm insurtech investment surges 117% in 2025: Mapfre
6th February 2026
The Latin American (LatAm) insurtech market continued its recovery and maturation in 2025, with the number of active companies standing at 536 and investments reaching US$199 million, according to findings from Mapfre’s 11th edition of the ‘LatAm Insurtech Journey’ report. Investment surged 117% year-on-year, making it the third-strongest year on record ... Read the full article
Alexander De Croo and Tsutomu Yamamoto join the IDF Steering Committee
6th February 2026
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) has appointed Alexander De Croo, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Tsutomu Yamamoto, Managing Director of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), part of the World Bank Group, as Public Sector Co-Chairs of its Steering Committee. De Croo and Yamamoto succeed Achim Steiner ... Read the full article
Addressing widening protection gaps with public-private insurance programmes: GA
6th February 2026
With disaster risks accelerating faster than societies can adapt and protection gaps widening, well-designed public-private insurance programmes (PPIPs) aligned with national resilience strategies can strengthen risk reduction, according to a recent report by the Geneva Association. The report highlighted that natural and man-made disasters are becoming more frequent, more costly, and ... Read the full article
Compre appoints David Atkins as Deputy CEO
6th February 2026
Bermuda-domiciled international specialty reinsurance group Compre has named David Atkins to the newly created role of Deputy CEO, based in London. According to Compre, the appointment will enhance the company’s leadership capacity to navigate greater scale and complexity while ensuring disciplined execution and clear accountability. Atkins will reportedly oversee key group functions, ... Read the full article
Klapton Re secures regulatory accreditation to write reinsurance in China
6th February 2026
Zambia-based reinsurer Klapton Reinsurance has announced that it has secured regulatory accreditation to write reinsurance business in China. This marks the company’s entry into one of the world’s most sophisticated and competitive insurance markets. Klapton Re said, “China is a market that values credibility, discipline, speed, and long-term relationships principles that are ... Read the full article
Kingstone recorded most profitable Q4 and full year in its history in 2025
6th February 2026
Property and casualty insurance holding company, Kingstone Companies, Inc. has reported the strongest quarterly and annual results in the company's history, as net income per diluted share rose by 145-158% to $0.98-$1.03 for the quarter, and increased by 89-95% to $2.80-$2.88 for the full year 2025. In its preliminary results, the ... Read the full article
Mandarin Re increases paid-up capital to $23.5m
6th February 2026
Mandarin Re, a Malaysia-based reinsurance company, has increased its paid-up share capital to $23.5 million from $20 million, reflecting strong financial growth and reinforcing its ability to support clients and partners across Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa. The capital increase further enhances Mandarin Re’s underwriting capacity, enabling the company to ... Read the full article
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