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SiriusPoint appoints new Chief Technology Officer
26th May 2023
SiriusPoint Ltd., a global specialty re/insurer, has announced the appointment of Nestor Lopez to the Executive Leadership Team as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to this Lopez, was most recently Chief Information Officer. He joined SiriusPoint in 2022 and was reporting to Darryl Siry, who he will be replacing, Lopez takes on leadership ... Read the full article
Anders Holm promoted to Chief Actuary at SiriusPoint Intl.
24th May 2023
Anders Holm has been promoted to the role of Chief Actuary at SiriusPoint International. In the role, Holm will oversee the Stockholm Actuarial team, which uses its expertise in finance and statistics to forecast risks and liabilities. At the same time, he is also responsible for oversight of SiriusPoint International’s loss reserves. Holm has ... Read the full article
Third Point’s Loeb drops go-private plans for SiriusPoint
12th May 2023
Third Point CEO Daniel Loeb has confirmed in a regulatory filing that he is no longer considering a potential acquisition to take specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint private, just weeks on from saying it would help improve the company’s financial position and enable it to better execute on its turnaround strategy. In a ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint reinsurance segment aids improved Q1 result
4th May 2023
Global specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint has reported net income of $139 million for the first quarter of 2023 on a core combined ratio of 80.5%, helped by a significant improvement in the performance of its reinsurance segment. The company’s Q1 income this year represents a $358 million increase over last year’s ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint hires Bronek Masojada to the Company’s Board of Directors
4th May 2023
SiriusPoint Ltd., a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Bronek Masojada to the Company’s Board of Directors. His new role will be effective from May 2, 2023. Masojada is a market veteran with nearly 30 years of public company executive leadership experience. Sharon Ludlow, the Interim Chair of ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint has built firm foundation for success: CEO Egan
24th April 2023
In a letter to shareholders, SiriusPoint Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Scott Egan has asserted that the specialty re/insurer has “been working at pace and already taken significant action to establish a firm foundation for future success.” His comments follow the company’s acknowledgement of a proposal from Third Point CEO Daniel ... Read the full article
Third Point’s Loeb angles to take SiriusPoint private
13th April 2023
Third Point CEO Daniel Loeb has said he will explore options to take specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint private, in an effort to improve the company's financial position and better execute on its turnaround strategy. Loeb outlined his plans in a regulatory filing this week, explaining that Third Point will look at “a ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint extends partnership with Arcadian as MGA eyes significant growth
7th March 2023
Specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint and Arcadian Risk Capital, a Bermuda domiciled Managing General Agent (MGA) backed by the former, have extended their multi-year partnership through 2026 as Arcadian looks to continue with its ambitious growth strategy. Arcadian was formed in October 2020 by John Boylan, a well-known industry executive who leads ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint & Compre announce $1.3bn reinsurance loss portfolio transfer
2nd March 2023
Bermuda-headquartered re/insurer SiriusPoint and Compre, a global legacy group, have signed an agreement for a ground-up loss portfolio transfer (LPT) which covers approximately $1.3 billion of reserves underwritten by SiriusPoint's international reinsurance business in Sweden, and its Lloyd's Syndicate 1945. This LPT is subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions of ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint reports FY net loss as it continues pull from cat exposed business
24th February 2023
Bermuda-headquartered re/insurer SiriusPoint has reported a full year net loss of $403 million, with a net loss in Q4 alone of $27 million. The firm's combined ratio for the year sat at 96.4%, down from 109.1% in 2021, while full year underwriting income was $83 million, compared to an underwriting loss ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint’s Nicole Mitchell appointed to Xceedance board of directors
10th February 2023
Re/insurance service provider, Xceedance has announced the addition of Nicole Mitchell to its board of directors. As a member of the board, her responsibilities will include providing strategic guidance for the organisation as well as setting and measuring organisational goals for continued global expansion. Mitchell currently serves as the chief enterprise architect ... Read the full article
Trecia Sigle joins SiriusPoint as Global Head of Claims
31st January 2023
Bermuda-headquartered re/insurer SiriusPoint has appointed Trecia Sigle as Global Head of Claims, effective February 6, 2023. Within this role, she will report to Patrick Charles - Global Head of Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance & Services. As Global Head of Claims, Sigle will hold responsibility for the overall management and strategic direction ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint names Maddie Morris Underwriter, Energy & Marine Liability
26th January 2023
Global specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint has appointed Maddie Morris as an Underwriter in its Energy & Marine Liability team. Morris holds almost a decade of experience in Marine & Energy Liability underwriting, joining SiriusPoint from Munich Re Syndicate. In her new role, Morris will oversee the growth and refinement of the firm's Marine ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint teams with Distinguished Programs on environmental insurance
20th January 2023
National insurance program manager, Distinguished Programs has entered into a partnership with SiriusPoint Ltd., to expand into Environmental, Construction Pollution and Professional Insurance. Under the agreement, SiriusPoint's Environmental team, which is led by Doug Stepenosky, will move to Distinguished. However, business will continue to be written on SiriusPoint paper per a multiyear ... Read the full article
A complicated and challenging 2023 for reinsurers: SiriusPoint’s Chester
4th January 2023
Reinsurers are to face a complicated and challenging 2023 with increasing uncertainty, warned Ari Chester, SiriusPoint’s Head of US and Canada Reinsurance, in an interview with Reinsurance News. According to Chester, while reinsurance supply remains very competitive, dynamics are shifting, like in the property markets. Additionally, he noted, with the prospect ... Read the full article