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Dwayne Hunt named SVP, Head of Property Insurance at Hamilton Re
16th December 2025
Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd, a specialty re/insurance company, has appointed Dwayne Hunt as Senior Vice President and Head of Property Insurance at Hamilton Re, its Bermuda-based underwriting platform, effective immediately, replacing Gavin Davis, who will be departing the organisation. With 30 years in the insurance industry, Hunt will oversee Hamilton Re’s ... Read the full article
Daws appointed Hamilton Re CEO, Baker to lead Global Specialty as Duffin named Group CUO
17th June 2025
Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance company, Hamilton Insurance Group, has today announced that Adrian Daws will succeed Megan Graves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hamilton Re, with Alex Baker taking over from Daws as CEO of Hamilton Global Specialty. The appointments of Daws and Baker remain subject to requisite regulatory approvals, ... Read the full article
Sergio Lottimore named VP of Credit, Bond & Political Risk Reinsurance of Hamilton Re
26th November 2024
Hamilton Re, the Bermuda-domiciled re/insurance underwriting platform of Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. has appointed Sergio Lottimore as Vice President (VP) of Credit, Bond and Political Risk Reinsurance. The new Credit, Bond and Political Risk Reinsurance offerings will be incorporated within the Specialty Reinsurance portfolio, further expanding Hamilton's offerings to clients. Lottimore will ... Read the full article
Hamilton Insurance rating outlook revised to positive by AM Best
20th May 2024
Bermuda domiciled re/insurer, Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., has received a revised outlook for its credit ratings from AM Best from stable to positive. The ratings agency has also upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to “A” (Excellent) from “A-” (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) ... Read the full article
Athena Tolosa named CFO of Hamilton Re
29th April 2024
Hamilton Insurance Group has appointed Athena Tolosa as Chief Financial Officer of Hamilton Re, its Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance underwriting platform. Tolosa has over 18 years of experience in the (re)insurance industry, having most recently worked at RenaissanceRe, where she chiefly served as Senior Vice President, Head of Finance - Reinsurance. Before ... Read the full article
Gallagher Re hires Hamilton Re’s Sammons as Head of Aerospace UK
3rd January 2024
Reinsurance brokerage Gallagher Re has hired Hamilton Re's Richard Sammons as Head of Aerospace for the UK division. A well-known figure across the specialty reinsurance landscape, Sammons brings 25 years of broking and underwriting experience towards his new role. For the last 10 years, Sammons has served as Head of Specialty at ... Read the full article
Riihiluoma named new SVP, Head of Specialty Reinsurance at Hamilton Re
19th December 2023
Hamilton Insurance Group has appointed Peter Riihiluoma as Senior Vice President, Head of Specialty Reinsurance at Hamilton Re, the firm's Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance underwriting platform. Riihiluoma, who replaces Richard Sammons in the role, is set to begin his tenure on January 1, 2024. He will report to Hamilton Re Chief ... Read the full article
Hamilton discussing options including IPO and private sale: Reuters
7th June 2023
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, Hamilton Insurance Group, is reportedly discussing its options with potential advisers, including a private sale and an initial public offering (IPO), according to Reuters. People familiar with the matter told Reuters that the re/insurer is exploring strategic options amid momentum for deals involving insurers and reinsurers. The people, ... Read the full article
Hamilton outlooks revised to Positive by KBRA
7th July 2022
KBRA has affirmed the BBB+ issuer rating of Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda-based company, and the A insurance financial strength rating of Hamilton Re, Ltd, Hamilton Group’s lead operating company. The outlook for these ratings has been changed from stable to positive. In a report released by KBRA, it states that ... Read the full article
Hamilton outlooks revised to positive by AM Best
25th April 2022
Bermuda-based Hamilton Re and Hamilton Insurance Designated Activity Company (Dublin, Ireland), both part of Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., have seen their outlooks revised to positive from stable by AM Best. The ratings agency has revised the outlooks to positive and also affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and ... Read the full article
Hamilton Re hires David Friston to lead to new Financial Lines Insurance platform
19th January 2022
Hamilton Re, the reinsurance arm of Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., has launched a Financial Lines Insurance platform, and appointed David Friston to lead the operation. Friston takes on the role of Senior Vice President (SVP), Head of Financial Lines Insurance, reporting to Tim Duffin, Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Hamilton Re. He ... Read the full article
Hamilton Re hires Kylie Tomas as SVP, Claims Counsel and Head of Claims
6th September 2021
Hamilton Insurance Group has appointed Kylie Tomas as Senior Vice President, Claims Counsel and Head of Claims at Hamilton Re. In this role, Tomas will manage the insurance and reinsurance claims teams and oversee all claims matters for the reinsurer. She joins Hamilton later this month and will be based in Bermuda, ... Read the full article
Positive rate momentum evident across all core lines: Hamilton CEO Albo
29th September 2020
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, Hamilton Insurance Group, is witnessing rate increases across all of its core lines of business and expects this more favourable trend to persist into 2021, according to the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Pina Albo. Read the full article
Long-tail business faces exposure to indirect COVID losses: Hamilton Re’s Brown
28th September 2020
David Brown, Chairman and interim CEO of Bermuda-based reinsurer Hamilton Re, has warned that longer-tailed casualty lines could face exposure to indirect losses arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Brown noted that there are exposures to claims-made policies in long-tail lines that may only ... Read the full article
This is the market we’ve been waiting for: Hamilton Re’s David Brown
22nd September 2020
With rates now on a trajectory towards hard market territory, Hamilton Re Chairman and interim CEO David Brown says the company is seeing opportunity across specialty insurance and reinsurance business. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Brown said he was confident about Hamilton Re’s prospects following its takeover of Pembroke ... Read the full article
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