Reinsurance News
Reinsurance broking news
Reinsurance broker news, analysis and insight, covering reinsurance broker market trends and opportunities.
Reinsurance brokers have a core role to play in the market, so we frequently cover news related to their activities and also interview senior reinsurance broking executives as well.
Maksure Risk Solutions becomes a Lloyd’s registered broker
23rd April 2024
The specialist Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace has granted Maksure Risk Solutions, an Afro-Global independent specialist re/insurance broker, Broker Status. As a Lloyd’s broker, Maksure now has direct access to a unique pool of underwriting expertise and capacity in the Lloyd's global marketplace. Commenting on the approval, Simba Makwembere; Managing Director at ... Read the full article
Reinsurance market stable as signs point to better conditions for cedents at June 1: Doyle, MMC
18th April 2024
John Doyle, President and CEO of broking group Marsh McLennan (MMC), said earlier today that reinsurance market conditions remain stable, and that early signs suggest a better environment for cedents at the June 1 Florida catastrophe risk renewals. Speaking during the MMC first quarter 2024 earnings call, Doyle and Dean Klisura, ... Read the full article
Policybazaar Insurance Brokers gets approval to enter Indian reinsurance market
20th February 2024
PB Fintech’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Policybazaar Insurance Brokers, has been granted In-Principle approval to upgrade its license from Direct Insurance Broker (Life & General) to Composite Insurance Broker by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on February 16th, 2024, according to a stock exchange filing done by the ... Read the full article
BMS Re announces new co-CEOs as Pete Chandler transitions to vice-chair
31st January 2024
Global reinsurance broker BMS Re has appointed Andrew Wheeler and Russ McGuire as co-Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) following the transition of Pete Chandler to vice-chair of the company. Chandler led the reinsurance broker for more than four years, and will remain a director on the US board as he assumes a ... Read the full article
Reinsurance broker platform Jireh Connect announces first ILW placement
30th January 2024
Jireh Connect, a digital platform for reinsurance brokers to manage placement processes online and part of Jireh Holdings, has announced the successful placement of its first industry loss warranty (ILW). Set up by insurance-linked securities (ILS) veteran Salvatore Tucci in Bermuda, Jireh Connect soft launched at the start of 2024. Since ... Read the full article
Jan 1 reinsurance renewals positive and balanced: Klisura, Guy Carpenter CEO
25th January 2024
Overall, capacity was adequate for the completion of most programmes at the January 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals, and with dedicated reinsurance capital growth in the double-digits, it was a positive renewal, according to Dean Klisura, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guy Carpenter. Following the release of insurance and ... Read the full article
Insured nat cat losses hit $123bn in record-setting 2023: Gallagher Re
17th January 2024
The global economic cost of natural catastrophe events reached an estimated $357 billion in 2023, of which approximately 34%, or $123 billion was covered by re/insurance, as broker Gallagher Re reports an annual record of 34 individual billion-dollar insured loss events in the year. The reinsurance broker's 2023 Natural Catastrophe and ... Read the full article
Re/insurance growth in India is inevitable: Rohit Boda, J.B. Boda Group
16th January 2024
Global Indian broker J.B. Boda Group is confident of insurance and reinsurance market growth opportunities in the country as it looks to be the bridge between counterparties in an expanding marketplace, according to Managing Director, Rohit Boda. “Re/insurance growth in India is inevitable. The country has high economic growth, and it ... Read the full article
LIIBA unveils ambitious 2024 plans focused on politics, AI, and face-to-face trading
12th January 2024
The London and International Insurance Brokers' Association (LIIBA) has released its 2024 plans, outlining strategic priorities that include navigating the political landscape, harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) impacts on trading systems, and furthering the #BackToEC3 campaign for a return to face-to-face trading. A major highlight of the agenda is LIIBA's commitment to ... Read the full article
Global property cat reinsurance RoL index up 5.4% at 1.1 2024: Guy Carpenter
9th January 2024
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has reported that at the January 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewal, its Global Property Catastrophe Rate on Line Index (ROL) increased by 5.4% when compared with the prior year. Although this 5.4% increase is a steep decline from the 27.2% rise seen at the Jan 1st, 2023 renewals ... Read the full article
Aon calls for sustained re/insurance symbiosis after ‘relatively smooth’ 1.1 renewal
3rd January 2024
After a challenging year for many cedents, insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has reported a "relatively smooth" January 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewal, characterised by a rebound in profitability, rebuilding capital positions, and increased availability of retrocession capacity. Aon's latest Reinsurance Market Dynamics report notes increased appetite from reinsurers at 1.1 2024 ... Read the full article
Howden reports adequate capacity and discipline at casualty reinsurance renewals
3rd January 2024
In the lead up to the 1.1 2024 casualty reinsurance renewals, numerous reinsurers called for wholesale action to tackle economic and social inflation, but according to broker Howden, "outcomes ultimately reflected more discerning underwriting informed by loss experience, underlying rate change and prior-year development across individual portfolios." Throughout much of 2023, ... Read the full article
US property catastrophe rates rise by as much as 50% at Jan 1 renewals: Gallagher Re
2nd January 2024
At the January 1st, 2024, reinsurance renewals, U.S. property catastrophe rates increased by as much as 50% for loss-hit business, primarily driven by record severe convective storm (SCS) activity, reports Gallagher Re. The reinsurance broker has released its 1st View Report, which discusses an overall more stable and predictable Jan ... Read the full article
McGriff realigns its regional organisation, appoints four company execs to new roles
22nd December 2023
McGriff, a retail insurance broker across the US, has realigned the business's organisation into three distinct geographic regions, as well as appointing four company executives to new leadership roles. According to the broker, the new structure reaffirms the company's commitment to implementing a client-first, people-centric focus that “never settles for less.” Effective ... Read the full article
Aon’s acquisition of NFP has “execution risks”: Morgan Stanley
20th December 2023
Analysts at Morgan Stanley have highlighted how Aon's recently announced acquisition of middle-market property and casualty (P&C) broker, NFP, for $13.4 billion may have execution risks and will "take time to become accretive." Earlier today, it was reported that the broker had signed a definitive agreement to acquire NFP for ... Read the full article