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Acrisure Re enters into preferred broker agreement with Mahindra Insurance Brokers

1st July 2022

Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of broker and fintech platform Acrisure, has announced that its facultative team has signed a preferred partnership broker agreement with Mahindra Insurance Brokers (MIBL) for Indian facultative business. The agreement is effective immediately. Headquartered in Mumbai, (MIBL) is a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (Mahindra ... Read the full article

Acrisure Re warns of above average hurricane activity

7th June 2022

Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of broker and fintech platform Acrisure, has forecast an above average hurricane season this year, albeit with less activity than the record 2020 and 2021 seasons. Recent heightened hurricane activity is at least partly attributed to the current warm phase of Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) which ... Read the full article

Acrisure Re hires Ainsby from WTW to lead new Asia fac operation

18th May 2022

Acrisure Re, the reinsurance arm of the brokerage and fintech platform, has hired Duncan Ainsby from WTW to lead its new Asia facultative operation based out of the firm's new Hong Kong office. Ainsby takes on the role of Senior Vice President (SVP) of Facultative Reinsurance and Head of Asia. Based ... Read the full article

Acrisure Re names Duncan Ainsby as Head of Asia

25th February 2022

Acrisure Re, the reinsurance arm of the global insurance broker and fintech platform, has appointed Duncan Ainsby as Senior Vice President, Head of Asia, where he will be based in Hong Kong. He joins from WTW, where he held the role of Strategic Account Director for just under three years. Prior to ... Read the full article

Acrisure Re names Ming Li as Global Head of Cat Modeling

18th January 2022

Acrisure Re, the re/insurance broker and fintech platform of Acrisure, has announced the appointment of Ming Li to the new role of Managing Director and Global Head of Catastrophe Modeling. Effective January 18th, he will be based in New York and will report to Michael Cross, President of Acrisure Re North ... Read the full article

Acrisure Re bolsters leadership team with EVP, SVP appointments

8th November 2021

Acrisure Re, the re/insurance broker and fintech platform of Acrisure, has added Ian Wicks, as an executive vice president and Simon Arnott as a senior vice president. Wicks has been assigned to the firm’s London office and will report to partner Nigel Dane. His new role at Acrisure Re will focus on ... Read the full article

Acrisure Re partners with Kovrr to launch cyber division

14th June 2021

Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of global brokerage Acrisure, has announced the formation of a new London-based cyber reinsurance unit in partnership with cyber risk modeller Kovrr. The new division will be led by Cyber Practice Leader, Tom Quy, and will utilise data-driven risk analysis from Kovrr. Kovrr’s modelling technology is designed ... Read the full article

Acrisure Re launches international fac unit, led by Matthew Harvey

18th May 2021

Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of global brokerage Acrisure, has announced the launch of an international facultative unit, to be led by Matthew Harvey as Senior Vice President. Harvey, who will be based in London, joined Acrisure Re on May 10th and will report to Acrisure Re Group Chief Executive Officer ... Read the full article