Reinsurance News

Brown & Brown to sell four TPA businesses to Davies Group

1st November 2023

Insurance brokerage firm, Brown & Brown has entered into an agreement with Davies Group Ltd., that includes the sale of four third-party administrator (TPA) businesses and a long-term strategic commercial relationship. The transaction is expected to close in December of 2023, and is subject to certain closing conditions. The announcement was made ... Read the full article

Cowbell’s growth shows ongoing commitment to closing the insurability gap: CEO Kudale

1st November 2023

Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), continues rapid growth as it announces $25mn in equity financing and a 49% increase in its new customer base year-over-year. In an expanding cyber insurance market, 72% of SMEs are still without cyber insurance and say that a major ... Read the full article

Cacciatori urges integrated approach to strengthen UK’s insurance resilience post-Babet

1st November 2023

In the aftermath of Storm Babet and the looming threat of further weather-related disasters, Dr. Eugenia Cacciatori, Senior Lecturer in Management at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), is calling for a comprehensive integration of insurance into the UK's resilience landscape. The recent early autumn storms, including the menacing Storm Ciarán, have ... Read the full article

Arch gets $233m+ of mortgage reinsurance through latest Bellemeade Re deal

1st November 2023

Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI) has obtained over $233 million of indemnity reinsurance on a pool representing approximately $32.4 billion of mortgages from Bellemeade Re 2023-1 Ltd., a special purpose reinsurer. The coverage was obtained by issuing approximately $186 million in bonds and $46 million in direct reinsurance, Arch explained. "This ... Read the full article

Hamilton targets $90m+ in net proceeds as it launches IPO

1st November 2023

Bermuda insurer and reinsurer, Hamilton Insurance Group, could receive net proceeds of up to USD 97.1 million from its initial public offering (IPO) of its Class B common shares, which will be used to make capital contributions to its re/insurance subsidiaries amid favourable market conditions. After submitting a draft proposal in ... Read the full article

Ian Summerfield named Pen Underwriting Head of Cyber

1st November 2023

Pen Underwriting, a multi-class, multi-territory managing general agent (MGA), has appointed Ian Summerfield as Head of Cyber, effective January 1, 2024. Summerfield was promoted from his current role as Commercial Director of Pen’s Hazardous Goods & Environmental Industries niche within its Specialty division. His new position, will see Ian take on the ... Read the full article

Mission Underwriters appoints Jim Dwane as new CEO

1st November 2023

Mission Underwriting Managers, an insurance program administrator, has announced the appointment of Jim Dwane as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. As the new CEO, Dwane is poised to lead the company into a new period of growth and success. His appointment comes as the company's founding CEO pursues new ... Read the full article

Mercury General reports 9.4% increase in net premiums earned in Q3

1st November 2023

Mercury General Corporation has posted a 9.4% increase in net premiums earned for the third quarter of 2023, sitting at $1,090,311, compared to $996,939 from the same period last year. Net premiums written also saw an increase from $1,034,476 in Q322 to $1,206,503 in Q323. At the same time, Mercury General did ... Read the full article

TWIA to increase reinsurance limit in 2024 to support exposure growth

1st November 2023

Despite its reinsurance attaching higher due to growth in the Catastrophe Reserve Trust Fund (CRTF), the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) expects to need additional reinsurance limit for 2024 as exposure growth persists. TWIA, the Texas wind and hail insurer of last resort, is expecting annual exposure growth of 28.2% in ... Read the full article

Cyber insurance pricing decreases for first time since 2018: Marsh

1st November 2023

Globally, cyber insurance pricing decreased by 2% in Q3 of 2023, compared to a 1% increase in Q2, marking this as the first quarter to record an average decrease since the second half of 2018, according to insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan. More broadly, Marsh's ... Read the full article

Hymans Robertson adds Nadeem Ladha to its Risk Transfer team

1st November 2023

Hymans Robertson, a pensions and financial services consultancy, has appointed Nadeem Ladha to its Risk Transfer team as a Senior Advisor. Ladha has been appointed on a short-term contract, where he will focus on risk transfer projects involving special situations. Before joining the team, Ladha served as a senior Professional Independent Trustee ... Read the full article

Parameter Climate completes buyout of SiriusPoint stake

1st November 2023

Climate risk advisory, distribution, and analytics firm, Parameter Climate, has announced a management buyout of its seed investor, SiriusPoint, two years after launch. SiriusPoint acquired a significant ownership stake in Parameter Climate back in October of 2021 as part of a strategic partnership between the two firms. Now, following the ... Read the full article

Toa Re Europe licenses CyberCube’s Portfolio Manager platform

1st November 2023

Toa Re Europe has licensed CyberCube's Portfolio Manager platform, in a move that is set to support its cyber book, and play a pivotal role towards achieving best practice risk management solutions. According to the announcement, Toa Re Europe will utilize CyberCube’s Portfolio Manager to enable data-driven risk transfer solutions. The software from ... Read the full article

Trust in insurers is growing in a world in polycrisis: AXA

1st November 2023

Risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and global warming are among the main concerns for the general population; however, trust in various players, like insurers and scientists, to limit the consequences of new global crises is growing, according to a recent AXA report. The tenth edition of its Future Risks ... Read the full article

Ryan Specialty to acquire MGU AccuRisk Holdings

1st November 2023

Chicago-domiciled medical stop loss managing general underwriter (MGU), AccuRisk Holdings LLC, has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Ryan Specialty, an international specialty insurance firm. AccuRisk, founded in 2017, generated approximately $25 million of revenue for the 12 months ended July 31st, 2023. Terms of the transaction, which is expected ... Read the full article