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SiriusPoint

SiriusPoint & Mosaic strike Lloyd’s partnership, trade SIMA unit

10th March 2022

SiriusPoint has become a strategic investor in Mosaic Insurance as the company looks to "reinvigorate" its business at Lloyd's, through an arrangement that includes the sale of its Lloyd’s Managing Agency, Sirius International Managing Agency (SIMA), to Mosaic. Mosaic will acquire SIMA along with its employees as part of a larger ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint adds Jason Robart to Board

3rd March 2022

Global specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint has announced the appointment of Jason Robart to the SiriusPoint Board of Directors, as an Independent Director, effective 1 March 2022. Robart is the co-founder and managing partner of Seae Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on supporting women, and BIPOC healthcare and fintech ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint made significant progress in 2021, says CEO

2nd March 2022

Sid Sankaran, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SiriusPoint, has said that the company made “significant progress” in positioning itself for the future over the past year. Headquartered in Bermuda, SiriusPoint launched in February 2021 as one of the first fully formed re/insurers of the Class of 2020, following the merger ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint backed Arcadian Risk sees GWP hit $225m in first year of operations

1st March 2022

Class of 2020, Bermuda-based Managing General Agent (MGA), Arcadian Risk Capital Ltd, has reported gross written premium (GWP) of more than $225 million in its first full year of operations. The start-up, which is led by industry veteran John Boylan, launched in 2020 with Third Point Re (now SiriusPoint) as ... Read the full article

Catastrophe’s dent SiriusPoint’s 2021 result as re-underwriting continues

25th February 2022

Bermuda-based carrier SiriusPoint has fallen to a net loss of $140 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 but reported income of $45 million for the full year, as catastrophe losses dented the company's underwriting performance. Across the business, SiriusPoint has announced core underwriting income of $34.7 million in Q4 and ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint recruits Zurich’s Price as Head of Travel for A&H

9th February 2022

Global specialty insurer and reinsure SiriusPoint has announced the appointment of Christopher Price as Head of Travel for Accident & Health (A&H). Based in London, Price joins the company from Zurich Insurance Group, where he was most recently Head of Travel & Accident (EMEA). He has previously held senior positions with ACE, ... Read the full article

Shams Patel named Chief Pricing Actuary at SiriusPoint

27th January 2022

Global specialty insurer and reinsure SiriusPoint has announced the appointment of Shams Patel to the role of Chief Pricing Actuary. Patel joined SiriusPoint in 2008 and most recently held the position of Head of Pricing and Business Planning in the UK. As Chief Pricing Actuary, he will lead pricing strategy across SiriusPoint’s ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint invests into Honeycomb

21st January 2022

SiriusPoint has announced an investment into technology firm Honeycomb. The investment is part of Honeycomb’s latest round of funding, which has seen the firm raise $19m. The additional funds will reportedly be used to further deepen the company’s technological moat and help it expand into multiple additional states in the US. According ... Read the full article

Net premiums rise for reinsurers in Bermuda

20th January 2022

The net premiums written for a group of eight reinsurers based in Bermuda rose by 18.1% through 9m21. The figure was supplied by Fitch in one of its latest reports. The company suggested that the growth was driven by rate increases, plus growth in casualty and specialty writings. Among the eight reinsurers—Arch ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint invests in crypto data & tech provider Lukka

19th January 2022

Global specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint has announced a new investment into Lukka, an institutional crypto data and software provider. Lukka raised $110 million in its latest round of financing, with SiriusPoint acting as one of the lead investors. The company says this latest investment will enable it to expand its offering to institutional ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint promotes Ari Chester as Warren Trace retires

10th January 2022

Specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint Ltd. has promoted Ari Chester to Head of US and Canada Reinsurance, succeeding Warren Trace following his retirement after 38 years of service at Sirius Group and predecessor firms. Chester transitions into his new role from Chief Operating Officer (COO), Americas Reinsurance at SiriusPoint, having joined ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint-backed D&O MGA Banyan Risk hires Densham for Canadian arm

22nd December 2021

Banyan Risk Ltd., a Bermuda-based Managing General Agent (MGA) that launched earlier this year with the backing of international re/insurer SiriusPoint, is expanding its operations to target the Canadian market. Banyan Risk was launched by Founder and CEO Tim Usher-Jones in partnership with SiriusPoint in July and has a specific ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint eyeing Canadian life with PolicyMe investment

21st December 2021

Global specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint has strategically invested in PolicyMe, a digital life insurer focused on Canadian individual term life policies. PolicyMe aims to modernise and improve the process of buying life insurance by leveraging automation and a streamlined customer experience. SiriusPoint’s strategic investment will be used to help support product development. The transaction ... Read the full article

Digital broker LuckyTruck secures SiriusPoint backing

15th December 2021

LuckyTruck, a digital broker and aggregator has secured an investment and partnership with specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint. LuckyTruck is a niche broker focused on making the purchase of insurance for trucking fleets in the US more transparent, customized, affordable, and convenient. The company aims to disrupt commercial trucking insurance brokerage, offering an alternative ... Read the full article

SiriusPoint helps create new Floridian insurer VYRD

14th December 2021

A new insurer serving homeowners in Florida has launched as a joint venture between specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint and insurtech Bolt. VYRD is set to deploy cutting-edge technology in its efforts to bring more choice and new solutions to customers in Florida. Residents in the state have faced rising prices as litigation costs ... Read the full article