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US government shutdown stalls flood insurance renewals, leaving homeowners at risk: AM Best
14th October 2025
According to a new report from the credit rating agency AM Best, the ongoing US government shutdown has halted the ability of a key federal agency to renew existing flood insurance policies or issue new ones under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), potentially affecting millions of homeowners as the ... Read the full article
SIGNAL IDUNA to boost efficiency and optimise job functions with Gemini Enterprise
10th October 2025
SIGNAL IDUNA, parent company to reinsurer SI Re, has launched Gemini Enterprise from Google Cloud for its over 10,000 employees and sales partners, aiming to boost efficiency and optimise specific job functions through decentralised artificial intelligence agents. With the introduction of Gemini Enterprise, SIGNAL IDUNA moves beyond the capabilities of standard ... Read the full article
Hannover Re appoints new General Manager for Life & Health in Malaysia
8th October 2025
Hannover Re, the reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of Kantaporn Thejatunga (Jan) as General Manager of Life & Health at its Malaysian Branch in Kuala Lumpur. Thejatunga will be responsible for driving Hannover Re’s strategic initiatives and expanding its footprint across key markets, including Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, while supporting ... Read the full article
We’re encouraged by strong focus on discipline and transparency: Swiss Re’s Ningen
6th October 2025
In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Monica Ningen, CEO of Property & Casualty Reinsurance for the US at Swiss Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, shared her perspective on the US reinsurance market and highlighted reasons for optimism amid ongoing challenges. Reflecting on current conditions, Ningen said, “The US ... Read the full article
Hannover Re adjusts dividend policy with goal to increase it each year
6th October 2025
In view of the firm's very good capitalisation, the Executive Board of global reinsurer Hannover Re has decided to realign its dividend policy, set to take effect from the 2025 financial year. Under the new policy, the payout ratio for the regular dividend will be raised to approximately 55% of IFRS ... Read the full article
S&P upgrades Milli Re’s outlook to positive
6th October 2025
S&P Global Ratings, an international credit rating agency, has upgraded its outlook on Milli Reinsurans T.A.S. (Milli Re) to positive from stable, while reaffirming the company’s long-term issuer credit and insurer financial strength ratings at ‘B’, additionally, S&P raised Milli Re’s national scale rating in Turkiye from ‘trBBB+’ to ‘trA’. According ... Read the full article
Light hurricane season offers profit boost for reinsurers: J.P. Morgan
3rd October 2025
There could be a material upside for reinsurers' profits if the remainder of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season remains light, according to a recent report by J.P. Morgan. With Q3 now complete, the period is expected to have been very good from a catastrophe loss experience perspective. However, analysts are cautious about ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s to enhance oversight of legacy transactions
3rd October 2025
Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace headquartered in London, has introduced new oversight measures for legacy reinsurance transactions. These changes, effective from 2025, strengthen the pre-transaction review process to ensure that such deals are aligned with Lloyd’s standards of underwriting discipline, reserving practices, claims handling, capital management, conduct, investments, and ... Read the full article
Autonomous: European insurers gain from lower than expected cat losses in Q3
3rd October 2025
Autonomous, the research arm of AllianceBernstein known for its independent analysis of the financial sector, has extended its recent work on reinsurers to examine the impact of this year’s benign catastrophe environment on major European primary insurers. While the absence of large-scale events provides a more clear-cut advantage to reinsurers, Autonomous ... Read the full article
Augment Risk and Cohen partner to bridge gap between reinsurance and ILS capital for casualty
2nd October 2025
Augment Risk, a risk capital and reinsurance solutions intermediary, and Cohen & Company, an asset management specialist, have entered a strategic joint venture that aims to transform the casualty reinsurance landscape by bridging the gap between reinsurance clients and insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital. This joint venture has been designed to provide ... Read the full article
Swiss Re finds reinsurance reduces solvency capital and enhances liquidity for UK life insurers
1st October 2025
According to Swiss Re, the global reinsurer, insurers can use reinsurance strategically to improve balance sheet efficiency and manage liquidity in response to ongoing market volatility. Swiss Re observes that in 2025, UK life insurers face pressures from foreign exchange exposures, inflation-linked liabilities, and the widening spread between gilt yields and ... Read the full article
Moody’s estimates $6tn in US GDP losses from climate and natural disaster risks by 2050
1st October 2025
Moody’s has released a detailed assessment of the potential economic and financial consequences of natural catastrophes and physical risk by 2050. Their findings indicate that, without additional policy interventions, the global economy could incur $41.4 trillion in losses, representing 14.5% of projected global GDP. According to Moody’s, around two-thirds of these losses ... Read the full article
Aon survey finds geopolitical volatility breaks into global top 10 business risks
1st October 2025
Aon plc, a professional services firm providing risk, retirement and health solutions, has released the 2025 edition of its Global Risk Management Survey. Now in its 19th year, the biennial study has become a key benchmark for understanding how organisations around the world identify and prioritise threats. This year’s findings highlight a ... Read the full article
Canada Life Re expands US P&C team
1st October 2025
Canada Life Reinsurance, a division of Canada Life that provides solutions to help insurers manage risk and grow their businesses, has announced the appointment of Minas Kalachian to its US Property & Casualty (P&C) team. Kalachian brings extensive experience in structured reinsurance and well-established relationships with clients and brokers. The appointment strengthens ... Read the full article
Fortitude Re enters funding agreement backed notes market
1st October 2025
Global reinsurance company Fortitude Re has announced that Fortitude Life Insurance & Annuity Company (FLIAC) has entered the funding agreement backed notes market with an inaugural $500 million issuance. The move is a strategic step to diversify the company’s capital sources and support its ongoing growth initiatives. The notes, which are a ... Read the full article
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