Reinsurance News
Aon adds Mondone as Head of Asset-Backed Finance & Securitisation, Credit Solutions
1st July 2026
Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broker and risk advisor, has appointed Nicola Mondone as Head of Asset-Backed Finance and Securitisation, Credit Solutions. In his new role, Mondone will support the broker’s financial institutions clients across the Europe, Middle East, and Asia (EMEA) region. He will expand their access to insurance capital, ... Read the full article
Compre appoints Graham Taylor as MD of Underwriting
1st July 2026
Compre Group Holdings Limited (Compre), a Bermuda-domiciled international specialty reinsurance group, has announced the appointment of Graham Taylor as managing director of underwriting, effective immediately. In the role, Taylor will report to Chief Underwriting Officer Rachel Bardon and will play a key part in leading the group’s retrospective reinsurance activities, overseeing ... Read the full article
Kim Plant joins Miller as Head of North American Property
1st July 2026
Independent specialist re/insurance broker Miller has appointed Kim Plant as Head of North American Property, where he will lead the firm's North American Property proposition from its London and Bermuda offices. Plant joins Miller from Amwins, where he served as a Director in its North American Property Division from 2020, and ... Read the full article
Hippo broadens Accelerant partnership with expanded fronting carrier agreement
1st July 2026
Hippo Holdings Inc, a US property and casualty insurance company that combines insurance with technology-driven risk management, has entered into an expanded partnership with Accelerant, a provider of a data-led risk exchange platform for the specialty insurance sector. As part of the agreement, effective from 1 July 2026, with the full ... Read the full article
Reinsurers more flexible on structures and price at July 1 renewals, says Gallagher Re
1st July 2026
Property catastrophe reinsurance rates fell by 20% to 25% or more for the best performing accounts in North America at the July 1 renewals, with similar trends seen across other regions, as sellers exhibited greater flexibility on price and notably structures, reports Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker. Gallagher Re's July ... Read the full article
Acrisure launches Asero Insurance Services to unite US specialty MGAs under one brand
1st July 2026
Acrisure, a global fintech company offering insurance, reinsurance, real estate and financial services, has launched Asero Insurance Services, a new specialty managing general agency (MGA) that consolidates a number of the company's programme administrators under a single brand across the United States. The company said Asero has been established to bring ... Read the full article
Markel appoints Amy Martin as Senior Claims Adjuster for Warranty & Indemnity
1st July 2026
Markel, the insurance operation of Markel Group Inc., a global speciality insurer providing insurance, reinsurance and investment services, has announced the appointment of Amy Martin as Senior Claims Adjuster – Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) within Markel International, the division responsible for its international operations. Based in London, Martin will oversee complex, ... Read the full article
European SCS economic & insured losses likely to reach hundreds of millions of euros: Aon
1st July 2026
Amidst an intensifying heatwave, scattered thunderstorm activity impacted parts of Western and Central Europe in June, causing economic and insured losses that will likely reach hundreds of millions of euros, according to Aon’s recent Weekly Cat Report. Furthermore, the extreme heat has already caused dozens of fatalities, with the final death ... Read the full article
Klapton Re appoints Aloisia Panashe Kufakunesu as Head of Risk Insights & Actuarial
1st July 2026
Zambia-based reinsurer Klapton Reinsurance (Klapton Re) has announced the appointment of Aloisia Panashe Kufakunesu as Head of Risk Insights and Actuarial. In her new role, Aloisia will lead Klapton Re’s Risk Insights and Actuarial function, providing strategic actuarial expertise to strengthen risk management, support product development, and deliver data-driven insights that ... Read the full article
ANV to acquire specialist pan-European travel protection MGA
1st July 2026
Global insurance intermediary platform ANV Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Assured Underwriting Group Limited (AUG), a specialist MGA providing insurance-backed financial protection products to tour operators and the travel sector across the United Kingdom and Europe, from private equity firm Mobeus. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in ... Read the full article
Flexpoint closes $460m+ SageSure continuation vehicle
30th June 2026
Flexpoint Ford, a specialist private equity investment firm, has closed a single-asset continuation vehicle for SageSure, a managing general underwriter (MGU) specialising in catastrophe-exposed markets, with total commitments of over $460 million, including from the General Partner and rollover investors. Led by Lexington Partners, with participation from Barings and Round2 Investment ... Read the full article
Cyber risk is having a greater financial and operational impact on businesses: Aon
30th June 2026
Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon believes that although cyber security investment has increased rapidly in recent years, cyber insurance still represents only a small proportion of overall cyber spending. The company argues that as cyber incidents generate greater operational and financial losses, many organisations continue to retain significant cyber-related financial exposure ... Read the full article
Lemonade reduces quota share cession to 18%, expands cat protection at July 1 reinsurance renewal
30th June 2026
Lemonade, the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, opted to reduce its quota share cession to approximately 18% from 20% at its July 1 reinsurance renewal, meaning the carrier will retain a greater share of its expanding gross profit. Alongside the lower quota share cession for the 2026-2027 ... Read the full article
Justin Gress joins HDI Global US as COO
30th June 2026
HDI Global (HDI), a corporate and specialty insurer within the Talanx Group, has appointed Justin Gress as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its US business. In his new role, Gress has been tasked with managing an extensive operational remit that includes product development, transformation, talent management, and the enhancement of data ... Read the full article
Kin reciprocals secure over $1.9bn of nat cat reinsurance at 25% lower cost
30th June 2026
Kin, the direct-to-consumer home and auto insurance company, confirmed today that its three reciprocal exchanges completed their reinsurance programmes at the June 1 renewal, securing more than $1.9 billion of coverage for natural catastrophe events, with a combined cost reduction of 25% below what was paid at the 2025 renewal ... Read the full article
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