3rd March 2017
Reinsurance firm PartnerRe has hired Humberto Cabrera, coming from broker Aon Benfield, to the role of Head of Latin America, where he will lead the reinsurers business operations in that region. Cabrera will replace PartnerRe's Interim Head of Latin America, Salvatore Orlando, who will continue in his role as Head of ... Read the full article
3rd March 2017
Hong Kong is concerned that it has been losing reinsurance business, as it faces considerable competition both from the region and world in areas such as reinsurance, marine insurance and captive business. A new report from Hong Kong's Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) notes that reinsurance is crucial for Hong Kong's ... Read the full article
3rd March 2017
JLT Re, the reinsurance arm of international brokerage JLT, has warned that future climate scenarios suggest that Northeast U.S. hurricane tail exposure is greater than historical averages claim. The warning comes from Josh Darr, Senior Vice President (SVP) & Lead Meteorologist of JLT Re North America, addressing an audience at a ... Read the full article
3rd March 2017
The freak summer storm that impacted parts of Sydney & New South Wales (NSW) in February has so far caused an insurance and reinsurance industry loss of AU$186 million (US$140.6 million), according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA). The ICA had previously put the insured loss estimate from damages ... Read the full article
3rd March 2017
Specialist European run-off insurer DARAG is losing its CEO, after Arndt Gossmann stepped down from the role as of the 28th February 2017. Gossmann will remain with DARAG in an advisory capacity through a transition period. DARAG specialises in legacy and run-off transactions, helping other insurers to transfer portfolios of legacy business ... Read the full article
3rd March 2017
Pool Re, the UK government and industry backed terrorism reinsurance scheme, has increased the size of its retrocessional reinsurance program to almost £2 billion. In the last year Pool Re had £1.95 billion of retrocession in place, so the increase is not all that significant in terms of size, but it ... Read the full article
3rd March 2017
PwC has announced that its blockchain division in Belfast has created a working blockchain prototype for the London Market Target Operating Model (TOM) Innovation Exchange, which it says reduces costs for London insurance market claims. PwC's blockchain team in Belfast is made up of 25 specialist blockchain engineers, and the new proof ... Read the full article
3rd March 2017
Here’s your daily Reinsurance News for Friday 3rd March 2017: Pool Re ups retro reinsurance protection to almost £2 billion UK government and industry backed terrorism reinsurance scheme, Pool Re, has grown the size of its retrocessional reinsurance program to nearly £2 billion. U.S. hurricane tail risk could be ... Read the full article
2nd March 2017
Celent - a finance information technology consultancy firm - has highlighted how the insurance and reinsurance sector could benefit from cross-sector collaboration by leveraging the finance sectors' experience of cooperative development and applying R3 earnings to the re/insurance sector. R3 is a membership organization which facilitates exploration of distributed ledger technology ... Read the full article
2nd March 2017
The insurance and reinsurance industry loss from catastrophe events in the U.S. during 2016 reached $21 billion, with the frequency of events increasing to the highest level since 1980, according to data and analysis from Property Claims Services (PCS), a division of Verisk Analytics. The $21 billion recorded by PCS comes ... Read the full article
2nd March 2017
Bermudian insurance, reinsurance and financial services group, White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has announced the election of Manning Rountree as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Rountree has also been elected to the firm's Board of Directors and takes over the CEO position from Ray Barrette, who is retiring. Joining the firm in ... Read the full article
2nd March 2017
Specialist insurance and reinsurance brokerage, THB, has announced that Toby Kayll has joined the firm from Integro Insurance Brokers, as Managing Director of its Marine business. Kayll joins the firm with more than 20 years of industry experience, and joins from Integro where he was head of the broker's marine division. "Toby ... Read the full article
2nd March 2017
Insurer Enstar has announced the appointment of Jie Liu to its Board of Directors. Dominic Silvester, Enstar’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), welcomed Liu to his new role; "We have worked alongside Jie in recent months as Hillhouse became a significant shareholder in Enstar and a strategic partner in KaylaRe. "In addition to ... Read the full article
2nd March 2017
Bahrain domiciled treaty and facultative reinsurance provider, Arig, has received a licence from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to launch its wholly owned reinsurance subsidiary, Arig Insurance Management Limtied (AIM) in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The reinsurer has announced that AIM will mainly focus on facultative specialty lines of business ... Read the full article
2nd March 2017
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Paul Atkinson to replace Juerg Stoll as Country Manager for Japan, effective immediately. Atkinson has extensive commercial insurance experience and has worked in London, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan, and is a fluent Japanese speaker. The appointment sees Atkinson replace Stoll, who has been appointed Country ... Read the full article
