Reinsurance News
1st October 2018
Munich Re has appointed Mari-Lizette Malherbe as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Munich Re London (Life Branch), the company’s UK & Ireland life reinsurance business, succeeding outgoing CEO Andy Batley. Malherbe has over a decade of international experience in the reinsurance industry and joined the senior management team of Munich Re ... Read the full article
1st October 2018
Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America (Hannover Re US) has partnered with Life By Spot, a direct-to-consumer insurance start-up, to develop a new category of life insurance for short-duration events. The policies will offer cover to ‘adventure-loving clients’ in the U.S market for periods ranging from 24 hours to 30 days, ... Read the full article
5th September 2018
Analysts at J.P. Morgan believe that the life reinsurance business is underappreciated by the market and, due partly to restriction of competition by high entry barriers, consider its long-term growth outlook to be strong. The majority of premium and profit in life reinsurance is generated by in-force portfolios, resulting in a ... Read the full article
31st August 2018
The top eight global life reinsurers dominate the industry and account for around 90% of total premiums, making it difficult for new entrants to quickly enter the market and establish themselves, according to a recent report by S&P Global Ratings. The report said that such a scale of competitive advantage would ... Read the full article
24th August 2018
The global life reinsurance industry is expected to experience stable premium growth of about 3% per year and a return on equity of just above 10% from 2018 to 2020, according to a new report by S&P Global Ratings. S&P observed that the global life reinsurance industry weathered 2017’s unusually high ... Read the full article
17th August 2018
Wilton Re has selected long-term care specialist, LTCG, to administer the 70,000 policies and approximated 8,000 active claims included in its August 1 long-term care insurance indemnity reinsurance agreement with CNO Financial Group subsidiary, Bankers Life and Casualty Company. LTCG will offer a complete processing solution which includes policy administration, care ... Read the full article
30th July 2018
Ethos, the specialty wholesale life insurance broker, has announced that it is partnering with Munich Re on the provision of reinsurance services, and is working with Assurity Life Insurance, a mutual insurance organisation, as its underwriting partner. The partnerships will enable Ethos to better deliver its digital life insurance solutions to ... Read the full article
2nd July 2018
Athene Holding Ltd. has announced that Athene Life Insurance Company of New York (ALICNY) and First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company (FAFLIC), a subsidiary of Global Atlantic Financial Group, have agreed to a $55 million consent order with the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS). The agreement resolves the ... Read the full article
28th June 2018
Pacific Life Re Australia has become the partner reinsurer to NEOS Life, a life insurance consultancy service and new market entrant, in order to create smarter application processes for both advisors and customers in the Australian market. NEOS Life has also chosen Pacific Life Re’s joint underwriting venture, UnderwriteMe, as its ... Read the full article
27th June 2018
Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America (Hannover Re U.S), a subsidiary of global reinsurer Hannover Re Group, has entered into a reinsurance agreement with OneAmerica related to the Asset Care long-term care (LTC) business written by its subsidiary, The State Life Insurance Company. Asset Care refers to a combination of whole ... Read the full article
15th June 2018
Athene Holding has responded to a regulatory notice from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) that has proposed fines and the temporary closure of its subsidiary, Athene Annuity and Life Company, for allegedly failing to meet California service standards for around 50,000 life insurance policies. The CDI said that, since 2016, ... Read the full article
11th June 2018
A new report by Moody’s Investors Service has shown that legacy blocks of annuity, life, and employee benefits business are set to be further divested by life insurers in the U.S. with a desire to focus on value optimisation amid modestly favourable economic and market fundamentals. Moody's Vice President Laura Bazer ... Read the full article
29th May 2018
The rate of growth of the global re/insurance industry is set to overtake the global economy in 2018 and 2019, with average annual premium growth forecast at 5.3%, compared with global GDP growth of 4.9%, according to Munich Re’s latest Insurance Market Outlook. Munich Re reported that life insurance is set ... Read the full article
14th May 2018
Global reinsurance giant Munich Re has set up an entity in Bermuda which is going to act as a reinsurance vehicle for certain of the group's life reinsurance risks. Munich Re of Bermuda, Ltd. has been established to take on life risks from across the Munich Re group, acting as an ... Read the full article
10th May 2018
Gen Re has reported overall positive 2017 results trends for the U.S Individual Disability market, with total in-force premium up 2.3% on average, and total sales premiums increasing by 9.1%. The company’s annual U.S. Individual Disability Market Survey looks at results from 15 participating companies and offers insight and analysis on ... Read the full article
