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Nancy Roos joins the Executive Board of General Reinsurance AG
1st April 2026
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has appointed Nancy Roos to the Executive Board of General Reinsurance AG, effective April 1st, 2026, following the retirement of Mike O’Dea. General Reinsurance AG is the reinsurer's German legal entity and the main risk carrier for its international business. Roos has served ... Read the full article
Gen Re appoints Charles Lawson & Erin Kang to Treaty leadership roles
30th March 2026
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced the appointments of Charles Lawson as Head of North America P&C – Treaty and Erin Kang as Chief Underwriter – North America P&C Treaty. In his newly created role, Lawson will oversee Gen Re’s three North America Property & Casualty ... Read the full article
Gen Re promotes Beardsley and Kang to strengthen Mutual Practice team
22nd August 2024
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has appointed Craig Beardsley as Treaty North America Manager for its Mutual Practice team, while Erin Kang has been named Chief Underwriter for the same team, alongside her ongoing role managing Regional & Specialty Underwriting. Beardsley has worked at Gen Re for ... Read the full article
Gen Re & CME collaborate to fully digitize life insurance onboarding
15th March 2024
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, and multinational technology organisation, CME, have developed a fully digital underwriting solution for the life insurance industry for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and East Mediterranean countries. According to the announcement, the tool conducts a thorough analysis of an applicant’s ... Read the full article
Reinsurers lose key Covid business interruption case
14th February 2024
In a landmark decision, the UK Commercial Court has ruled in favour of insurer's Covéa and Markel on a non-damage business interruption case linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The dispute was between the two insurers and their respective reinsurers, Markel's being General Reinsurance AG, and Covéa's UnipolRe Designated Activity Company. The ruling ... Read the full article
Covéa and Gen Re back policies for new life insurtech Bluezone
12th June 2023
Bluezone, the insurtech company that is reinventing life insurance for people with chronic illnesses, has launched its first policy in the UK with a unique policy for people with Type 2 diabetes. This new life insurance solution offers people in the UK with Type 2 diabetes life insurance coverage through a ... Read the full article
Gen Re Singapore hires its new Chief Executive Officer
5th May 2023
Gen Re Singapore has hired Cindy Sng as its new Chief Executive Officer. She has spent over nine years at the company. In her new position, she will be responsible for serving as the Principal Officer of the Gen Re Singapore Branch. Prior to this, Sng served as the Regional CFO of Asia. ... Read the full article
Gen Reinsurance AG adds two new members to Executive Board
4th April 2023
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has announced that both Margaret McAuliffe and Alexander Zeller have been appointed to the Executive Board of General Reinsurance AG. General Reinsurance AG is Gen Re’s German legal entity and the main risk carrier for its international business. McAuliffe is General Reinsurance AG’s ... Read the full article
Gen Re Life names Chandrasena as President & CEO
11th January 2023
Gen Re Life Corporation, the US life and health division of the multinational reinsurance company, has announced that Harindra Chandrasena has been named as its new President and CEO. Chandrasena joined Gen Re in 2021 as a Vice President, when he was tasked with building out the US Life & Health ... Read the full article
Gen Re makes Regional & Specialty Unit hire from Munich Re
30th August 2022
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has appointed Himanshu Shah as Senior Vice President (SVP) for its Regional & Specialty Unit. Shah joins from Munich Re US, where he most recently served as SVP, Senior Client Manager, based in Chicago. He previously worked at Gen Re from 1990 to ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway reports strong Q2 2022 P&C reinsurance result
6th August 2022
Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett-run holding company and conglomerate, had another very successful quarter in its P&C reinsurance business in Q2 2022, with the unit driving an improvement in underwriting result across its insurance enterprise. Overall, Berkshire Hathaway delivered a $581 million insurance and reinsurance underwriting result in the second-quarter of ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway P&C reinsurance returns to profit in 2021
26th February 2022
The property and casualty reinsurance business of Warren Buffett-run holding company Berkshire Hathaway returned to profit in 2021, delivering positive income on the back of a 95.1% combined ratio, despite the impacts of $2.1 billion of major catastrophe losses. A year ago, Berkshire Hathaway's P&C reinsurance division, which includes Gen Re, ... Read the full article
Gen Re names joint MDs of General Reinsurance Africa
19th January 2022
Cindy Blanchard and Jason Cooper-Williams have taken over as the new joint Managing Directors of General Reinsurance Africa Ltd, part of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, where they will lead the firm's life & health business in Southern Africa. Effective January 1st, 2022, the pair assumed the role from Peter ... Read the full article
Gen Re opens new office at the DIFC
15th November 2021
General Reinsurance AG (Gen Re) has bolstered its presence in the Middle East with the launch of a new office at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The launch makes Gen Re the second insurer owned by Berkshire Hathaway to expand its presence in the region. Gen Re has been granted a ... Read the full article
Gen Re supports launch of new Chinese life insurance product
31st August 2021
Gen Re, the global reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has backed the launch of a new life insurance product by Fanhua Inc. in China. The product, which is also backed by Dingcheng Life Insurance Co., Ltd, is a customized whole-life insurance solution that targets at mid-and-high net worth individuals, and is ... Read the full article
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