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Jörg Bruniecki to succeed Charles Goldie as MS Re CUO
2nd March 2026
MS Reinsurance (MS Re), a Switzerland-domiciled global reinsurer, has announced that its Group Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) Charles Goldie will retire, effective 1st April 2026, with Jörg Bruniecki, current CUO, Global Specialty Lines, succeeding him. Goldie retires after serving as the company’s CUO for five years. He will continue to support ... Read the full article
MS Re lifts 9M’25 income to $341m on benign loss experience and premium growth
13th February 2026
MS Re, the Switzerland-domiciled reinsurance entity of MS&AD Holdings, has reported net income of $341 million for the first nine months of 2025 on an IFRS 17 basis, representing an increase of $119 million from $222 million in the same period of 2024. Insurance service profit also strengthened, rising to $349 ... Read the full article
MS Reinsurance appoints Lutz Honstetter as Chief Investment Officer
7th January 2026
MS Reinsurance (MS Re), a Switzerland-domiciled global reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Lutz Honstetter as Chief Investment Officer (CIO). In his new role, Honstetter will be responsible for shaping the company’s long-term investment strategy. Based in Zurich, he will report directly to Robert Wiest, Chief Executive Officer of MS Re, ... Read the full article
MS Re adds Tüller and Iturrioz as Lead Agriculture Underwriters
20th November 2025
MS Reinsurance (MS Re), a global reinsurer domiciled in Switzerland and part of global insurance group MS&AD, has appointed Marc Tüller and Ramiro Iturrioz as Lead Underwriters in its Agriculture underwriting team, based in Zurich and Miami, respectively. In his new role, Tüller will focus on supporting agriculture markets across Europe ... Read the full article
MS Reinsurance’s combined ratio strengthens as H1’25 net income rises 21%
19th November 2025
Zurich domiciled reinsurer MS Reinsurance (MS Re), part of global insurance group MS&AD, generated a net income of $155 million in the first half of 2025, an increase of $27 million, or 21% on the prior year, as the firm's combined ratio strengthened despite a rise in incurred losses year-on-year. MS ... Read the full article
Tail property cat evolves — Few new entrants: MS Re’s Charles Goldie
8th September 2025
In an interview with Reinsurance News around the annual meeting of the reinsurance industry in Monte Carlo, Charles Goldie, Chief Underwriting Officer at MS Reinsurance, said he expects the January 1st, 2026, renewals to resemble last year’s, while noting two trends in this cycle that are playing out differently: the ... Read the full article
MS Re posts insurance service profit of $102m as CoR improves to 87.3% in Q1 FY’25
8th August 2025
MS Reinsurance (MS Re), a Switzerland-domiciled global reinsurer, reported an insurance service profit of $102 million for the first quarter of the fiscal year (January to March 2025), up $28 million from $74 million in the same period a year earlier. The company’s combined ratio improved to 87.3%, down 2.4 points ... Read the full article
MS Re adjusts leadership within underwriting operations
2nd July 2025
Global reinsurer MS Reinsurance (MS Re) has made numerous leadership changes to its underwriting operations in certain regions and also announced structural adjustments within the Americas, International, and Global Specialty Lines business units to ensure teams are more directly connected to their clients. Specifically, the reinsurer will organise its specialty offering ... Read the full article
AM Best revises MS Reinsurance’s credit rating outlook to positive
27th May 2025
AM Best has revised the outlook for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of MS Reinsurance to positive from stable, reflecting the company's increasing significance within the MS&AD group and its improving financial performance. The rating agency has also affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term ICR ... Read the full article
Disciplined strategy & deep commitment to clients key to MS Re’s 2024 performance: CEO
23rd May 2025
While the favourable market environment for reinsurance played a significant role in MS Reinsurance’s strong performance in 2024, CEO Robert Wiest has emphasised that what truly sets the firm apart is its unique approach and the way it engages with clients. Speaking in an interview following the release of MS Re's ... Read the full article
MS Reinsurance’s GWP hit $3.6bn in 2024, CoR improved to 88.7%
20th May 2025
MS Reinsurance (MS Re), a Switzerland-domiciled global reinsurer, has reported growth of 17.6% in gross written premiums (GWP) to $3.6 billion for full year 2024, up from $3.1 billion in 2023, driven by top line growth in a favourable market environment, in line with the company’s strategy to build a ... Read the full article
MS Re’s FY’24 Q3 result boosted by strong underwriting and investment performance
14th February 2025
MS Reinsurance (MS Re), a global reinsurance provider, delivered strong financial growth in the first nine months of fiscal year 2024, driven by solid underwriting performance, significant premium expansion, and strong investment gains. MS Re’s underwriting performance remained strong, with insurance service profit rising to $215 million, an increase of $56 ... Read the full article
MS Reinsurance appoints Lisa Lewis and Thomas Kruppa to key roles
10th January 2025
MS Reinsurance (MS Re), a global reinsurer domiciled in Switzerland, has announced the appointments of Lisa Lewis as Head of Marketing and Client Experience, and Thomas Kruppa as Senior Actuary - Projects. In her new role, Lewis will oversee the development and implementation of MS Re’s marketing and client experience strategy. She ... Read the full article
Envelop Risk completes three year capacity agreement with MS Reinsurance
10th December 2024
Data-driven cyber reinsurance and analytics specialist Envelop Risk has completed a capacity agreement with MS Reinsurance for a further three years, in addition to reaching the milestone of $1 billion gross written premium since its launch in 2018. At the same time, MS Reinsurance has become a client of Envelop’s new ... Read the full article
MS Reinsurance sees HY’24 insurance service profit hit £138m as CoR improves to 90.2%
19th November 2024
Switzerland-domiciled MS Reinsurance has reported an insurance service profit of £138 million in its half-year 2024 results, up 41% from the same period last year, while its combined ratio also improved to 90.2%. The above figures were strengthened by a $492 million increase in premium growth, driven by business expansion and ... Read the full article
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