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OAK Global appoints James Irvine and Roland Morse as Active Underwriters
18th March 2026
OAK Global has announced the appointments of James Irvine and Roland Morse to expanded roles within the business as Active Underwriters for Syndicates 2843 and 1440, respectively. Irvine and Morse will assume underwriting responsibility for their respective primary reinsurance and retrocession syndicates and will continue to report to Cathal Carr, Founder, ... Read the full article
Fidelis entered into long-term, portfolio-wide partnership with OAK Global at Jan 1
10th March 2026
Fidelis Insurance Group completed an investment in Oak Global late last year, and the company confirmed on its recent Q4'25 earnings call that it initiated a portfolio-wide partnership with the Lloyd's reinsurer at the January 1st, 2026, renewals. In September 2025, OAK Re announced the rebranding of its group identity ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s approves OAK Global’s Syndicate 1440 for underwriting
19th November 2025
OAK Global, an independent reinsurance group that provides risk solutions and underwriting capacity to clients worldwide, announced that Lloyd’s has granted approval for underwriting to begin through Syndicate 1440. The syndicate will operate within OAK Enterprise, a new strategic business unit that will offer property and specialty retrocession capacity for business ... Read the full article
OAK Global launches retro syndicate at Lloyd’s
4th September 2025
Global reinsurance provider OAK Re has rebranded its group identity to OAK Global, and launched a strategic business unit, OAK Enterprise, to underwrite retrocession business with an appetite for property and specialty classes, which will also provide risk solutions to clients through Lloyd’s Syndicate 1440. The rebrand reflects the group's broader ... Read the full article
OAK Re unveils new organisational structure to drive future growth
9th July 2025
Global reinsurance provider OAK Reinsurance has announced an enhanced organisational structure, building upon its successful launch in November 2024. Since January 1, 2025, OAK has achieved significant success, successfully writing approximately $400m of gross written premium at its target expected profitability. This positive global reception has led to a client base that ... Read the full article
Oak Re announces new appointments following underwriting launch
14th May 2025
Following a successful underwriting launch at January 1, 2025, global reinsurance company Oak Re has made a number of new appointments as it strengthens its team. The most recent appointments include Tom Dickson as President, Innovation Strategies, who is joining the company from New Energy Risk, where he was CEO. His ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s approves OAK Re’s increased business plan for Syndicate 2843
10th April 2025
London-based reinsurance firm, OAK Re has received Lloyd’s approval to increase the 2025 business plan of Syndicate 2843 to over $400 million of gross written premium. OAK Re's syndicate business forecast (SBF) was resubmitted after the company exceeded its own expectations for the first quarter of 2025. Chief Executive Officer and Founder, ... Read the full article
OAK Re teams up with Moody’s to enhance global risk modelling for 2025 underwriting launch
17th December 2024
Reinsurance provider Oak Reinsurance (OAK Re), authorised to underwrite business beginning January 1, 2025, through its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2843, has partnered with Moody’s to integrate applications from the Moody’s Intelligent Risk Platform (including Risk Modeller and ExposureIQ). This collaboration enables OAK Re to gain a comprehensive, high-definition view of risks across ... Read the full article
James Irvine joins Oak Re as chief underwriting officer
6th December 2024
Global reinsurance firm Oak Re has announced the appointment of James Irvine as chief underwriting officer (CUO), property, a London-based role. The executive will be joining the company in spring 2025, and report directly to Cathal Carr, chief executive officer and active underwriter of OAK syndicate 2843. As CUO, Irvine will leverage ... Read the full article
OAK Re Syndicate 2843 receives permission to underwrite from January
26th November 2024
Oak Reinsurance (OAK Re), the global reinsurance firm, has announced that its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2843 has received permission to underwrite business incepting from January 1, 2025, which follows from the approval in principle that was received in September 2024. According to the announcement, OAK Re is launching Syndicate 2843 in collaboration ... Read the full article
Oak Re Syndicate 2843 gets Lloyd’s approval to commence underwriting
8th September 2024
Oak Reinsurance and Polo Managing Agency Limited (PMA), a PoloWorks company, have announced that Oak Re Syndicate 2843 has received Lloyd’s ‘in principle’ approval to commence underwriting from 1 January 2025. Paul Andrews, Chief Executive Officer of PoloWorks and PMA, commented on the news, “We are honoured to have partnered with ... Read the full article
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