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Bart Zanelli named EVP of Gallagher Securities North America
5th April 2023
Global reinsurance broker, Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Bart Zanelli as Executive Vice President within its North American team. In his new role, Zanelli will focus on a range of capital market activities within Gallagher Securities, the capital markets arm of Gallagher Re. His responsibilities will include capital raising ... Read the full article
After years of one step forward one step back, we seem to have got there: Shea, Gallagher Re
5th April 2023
As the underlying return on equity (ROE) surpasses the reinsurance industry’s cost of capital for the first time in a decade, it gives a sense of direction of the way forward and the level of profitability the sector has now reached, according to Brian Shea, Global Head of Strategic & ... Read the full article
Reinsurer capital down 12% in 2022, but underlying ROE improves: Gallagher Re
5th April 2023
New analysis from Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker, shows that total, dedicated reinsurance capital fell by 12% from the end of 2021 to $638 billion as at the end of December 2022, driven by a decline in the value of investments. The broker's latest reinsurance market report tracks the capital ... Read the full article
Tide lifting all boats across reinsurance market: Gallagher Re’s Vickers
4th April 2023
Reflecting on the April renewals, James Vickers, Chairman International, Reinsurance at Gallagher Re, says “the tide is lifting all boats” across the reinsurance market as improved conditions were maintained from the earlier January period and swept across even the smaller markets. Gallagher Re’s 1st View report concludes that the 1/4 ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re names Robert McMillan Renewable Energy Practice Leader
4th April 2023
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, has announced the appointment of Robert McMillan as Renewable Energy Practice Leader within its global marine & energy team. McMillan has over three decades of industry experience, and extensive knowledge and experience in the renewable energy sector, in particular onshore and offshore wind. This, said Gallagher Re, ... Read the full article
Supply/demand dynamic remains “delicately poised”: Gallagher Re
3rd April 2023
Analysts at Gallagher Re have warned that the overall reinsurance supply/demand dynamic remains “delicately poised,” as sufficient capital was available to meet client needs during the April renewals, but could prove more constrained in other markets going forward. Writing in Gallagher Re’s 1st View report on the 1/4 renewal, Global CEO ... Read the full article
Reinsurers maintain discipline at challenging April renewal: Gallagher Re
3rd April 2023
The April 1 reinsurance renewals saw a continuation of trends from the earlier January period this year, with reinsurers broadly maintaining discipline and driving up rates across all geographies, Gallagher Re reports. The broker’s 1st View report notes that the 1/4 renewal proved “challenging” for reinsurance buyers, who were unable to ... Read the full article
Reinsurers’ combined ratios remained strong in 2022 but investment losses went up: Gallagher Re
23rd March 2023
Global reinsurers' combined ratios deteriorated marginally to 95.7% for FY2022, despite this it remains strong while investment losses went up weighing on the average full-year ROE, which dropped to 10%, a Gallagher Re report revealed. According to the the Global Reinsurers’ Financial Results for FY2022 report, the reinsurers tracked by Gallagher ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re names Wakefield to become CEO, as James Kent transitions to group role
16th March 2023
Tom Wakefield is set to become the CEO of reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, after James Kent was promoted to a new role within Gallagher, as CEO of Global Insurance Strategic Relationships. Kent will take responsibility for establishing and driving a framework that determines how Gallagher connects with its major strategic partners ... Read the full article
Reinsurance no silver bullet to climate challenge: Gallagher Re’s Bavandi
9th March 2023
Antoine Bavandi, Global Head of Public Sector & Climate Resilience Solutions at Gallagher Re, has contended that re/insurance cover alone is no “silver bullet” to matching capital with risk and addressing the growing challenge of climate resilience. Bavandi instead suggests that insurance and reinsurance are only part of a much wider ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re acquires WTW India treaty reinsurance operation
9th March 2023
Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re is set to expand its operations in India with the creation of a single treaty reinsurance team that will be led by Vinod Krishnan, following an agreement to acquire the treaty reinsurance broking operations of Willis Towers Watson India Insurance Brokers Private Limited (WTW India). The reinsurance ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re appoints new co-head of agriculture for its International division
8th March 2023
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has appointed Shilpa Pankaj to its team in Singapore as Executive Director and co-head of agriculture for its International division, which spans Asia Pacific, EMEA and Latin America. Pankaj holds over a decade of reinsurance broking and client management experience, Specialising in treaty reinsurance for agriculture, ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re acquires London market binder broker, Bay Risk
6th March 2023
Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, has announced that it has acquired the business and assets of Bay Risk Services Limited, a member of the Optio Group, for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2016 as a London-based, independent Lloyd’s broker, Bay Risk specialises in structuring and placing contracts of delegated underwriting authority and, ... Read the full article
Reinsurers need evidence the tide is turning in Florida, says Gallagher Re’s Schwebach
28th February 2023
During an interview with AM Best TV at the annual Artemis ILS conference in New York on February 10th, Adam Schwebach, executive vice president, Gallagher Re explained how we are starting to see “the tide turn” within Florida’s insurance market. During the interview, he explained that current local market conditions, ... Read the full article
McManus & Kapfer to lead Gallagher Re’s specialty and indexed capabilities in Bermuda
21st February 2023
Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Alex McManus and Romain Kapfer to lead its index-based capabilities and specialty business in Bermuda, respectively. Effective immediately, McManus will lead index-based initiatives on the island working closely with Gallagher Securities, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) arm of Gallagher Re. His appointment, Gallagher ... Read the full article
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