Reinsurance News
Allianz Commercial opens Miami Latin America Hub
29th January 2026
Allianz Commercial has announced the opening of its Miami Latin America Hub with a fully established leadership team in place which combines regional expertise and global capabilities. The new hub significantly bolsters Allianz Commercial's footprint in Latin America, enhancing the company's capacity to deliver specialized solutions, including facultative reinsurance and commercial ... Read the full article
Insurance as a key enabler of carbon capture and storage projects: Marsh
29th January 2026
Insurance is seen as a key enabler of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, with nearly two-thirds of leaders relying heavily on insurance to manage risks, according to a recent analysis by Marsh Risk, a business of Marsh. The analysis draws on insights from a survey of 504 senior UK-based CCS ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint names Sakakeeny as CUO, North America P&C Insurance
29th January 2026
SiriusPoint, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, has appointed John Sakakeeny as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of North America P&C Insurance, effective February 2nd, 2026. In his new role, Sakakeeny will provide strategic leadership to the underwriting and program management teams across SiriusPoint’s North America Insurance business, drive profitable growth, and strengthen ... Read the full article
Surplus lines market premium growth slows in Q3’25: AM Best
29th January 2026
Following years of consistent and significant growth, competitive market pressures have resulted in smaller year over year increases in premium growth in the surplus lines market, according to a recent report by AM Best. In the third quarter of 2025, AM Best reported that premium growth in the excess and surplus ... Read the full article
Lockton Re’s proprietary analytics platform SAGE receives another US patent
29th January 2026
Lockton Re’s proprietary analytics platform, SAGE, has been awarded another US Patent for systems and methods for custom and real-time visualisation, comparison, and analysis of insurance and reinsurance structures, with additional patents pending. The platform’s key features enable clients to make faster, more informed decisions, providing greater transparency and efficiency. With data ... Read the full article
Guy Carpenter’s revenue climbs 6% to $2.5bn for 2025
29th January 2026
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance broking arm of Marsh, generated revenue of $215 million for the fourth quarter of 2025 and revenue of $2.5 billion for the full year 2025, an increase of 7% (5% on an underlying basis) and 6% (5% on an underlying basis), respectively, compared to the same ... Read the full article
Brit renews cyber consortium as risk landscape broadens
29th January 2026
Brit Group has renewed its cyber consortium, Brit Cyber Attack Plus (BCAP), led by Brit Syndicate 2987, which provides clients with comprehensive cyber coverage, including cyber-triggered physical damage and business interruption, under a single underwriting and claims agreement. Created in 2016 to meet the demands of clients looking to broaden cyber ... Read the full article
Insured cat losses drop by $40bn in 2025, but good luck no substitute for sound strategy: WTW
29th January 2026
A new report from Willis, a WTW business, with contributions from Willis Re, has revealed that natural catastrophes generated more than $100 billion in insured losses in 2025, marking the sixth consecutive year above that threshold and underscoring the continued severity and persistence of natural catastrophe risk even in the ... Read the full article
Kevin Flack joins Dale Underwriting Partners as Head of Portfolio Solutions
29th January 2026
Dale Underwriting Partners, the trading name for Dale Managing Agency Limited’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1729, has announced the appointment of Kevin Flack to the newly created role of Head of Portfolio Solutions. In this role, Flack will be based in London and will work closely with Dale’s leadership team to drive portfolio ... Read the full article
EigenRisk integrates EuroTempest windstorm forecasts into EigenPrism platform
29th January 2026
EigenRisk, Inc., an independent insurance technology firm providing catastrophe risk management solutions, has entered into an agreement with EuroTempest to add its European windstorm forecasts and event footprints to the EigenPrism® catastrophe risk management platform. EigenRisk helps re/insurers, MGAs, brokers, and risk managers worldwide manage catastrophe risk and drive growth while ... Read the full article
QBE Re appoints Lian Phua as Head of Credit Reinsurance
29th January 2026
QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance group QBE, has announced the appointment of Lian Phua as Head of Credit Reinsurance. Based in New York, Phua will report to Salvatore Sama, Executive Director for North America at QBE Re, and work closely with Shane Lawlor, Executive Director and Head of ... Read the full article
MS Amlin eyes further growth in the Middle East via reinsurance partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo
29th January 2026
After commencing underwriting political risk in the Middle East in 2025, MS Amlin, the Lloyd's specialty insurer and reinsurer, is targeting more growth in the region via a new reinsurance partnership with its parent company, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. (MSI), Ltd. The new partnership targets clients in the United Arab Emirates ... Read the full article
Senegal’s second-largest city secures parametric contract structured by AXA Climate
29th January 2026
Pikine, Senegal’s second-largest city with more than 750,000 inhabitants, has signed a parametric insurance contract against excessive rainfall, structured by AXA Climate, and insured by a consortium of Senegalese insurers, AXA Sénégal, ASKIA Assurances, and SUNU Assurances, reinsured by African Risk Capacity (ARC) Ltd. This insurance will enable Pikine to receive ... Read the full article
AXIS Capital’s underwriting result strengthens amid lower cat losses and favourable PYD
29th January 2026
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, produced an improved combined ratio of 90.4% and 89.8% for the fourth quarter and full year 2025, respectively, supported by lower catastrophe losses and higher net favourable prior year reserve development (PYD) for both periods when compared with the prior year. AXIS Capital ... Read the full article
Howden names José Ignacio Lathrop as Executive Chair, LatAm
29th January 2026
Howden, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has appointed José Ignacio Lathrop as Executive Chair, Howden, Latin America (LatAm). In his new role, Lathrop will use his deep market expertise to guide and support Howden’s business in LatAm, working closely with Sonia Caamaño, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), International Growth Markets, ... Read the full article
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