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SiriusPoint & partners unveil new medical insurance product in China
31st July 2023
SiriusPoint's Life Reinsurance Team has partnered up with insurance and healthcare technology platform WaterDrop, MGA and employee solutions provider Further Group, and China Pacific Health Insurance to launch a new medical insurance product - Blue Ocean LifeTime. Aimed at the 200 million users of WaterDrop, Blue Ocean LifeTime aims to provide ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint appoints Habib Kattan as Global Head of Ceded Reinsurance
27th July 2023
Bermuda-based global specialty insurer and reinsurer, SiriusPoint Ltd., has announced the appointment of Habib Kattan as Global Head of Ceded Reinsurance. Kattan will be based in London and his appointment is effective on August 1, 2023. Kattan will report to David Govrin, Group President and Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO). In this new ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint names Thomas Leonardo as Global Head of Accident & Health
13th July 2023
Specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint has appointed Thomas Leonardo as Global Head of Accident & Health (A&H), effective immediately. According to SiriusPoint, Leonardo has worked in the group life and health industry since 1994, specialising in underwriting, pricing, and management of all aspects of accident and health insurance and reinsurance. He began ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint & Compre complete $1.3bn reinsurance LPT
3rd July 2023
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint, and global legacy acquirer, Compre, have completed their previously announced $1.3 billion ground-up reinsurance loss portfolio transfer (LPT), underwritten by Pallas Reinsurance Company Ltd. This LPT was first announced in early March and sees Compre assume around $1.3 billion of reserves related to a diversified ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint names Linda Lin Chief Legal Officer
29th June 2023
SiriusPoint, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Linda Lin as Chief Legal Officer, a New York-based role. Lin will join SiriusPoint’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and take over her new role from July 24th, 2023. She will report to Chief Executive Officer Scott Egan. Jimmy Yang, who ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint partners with aviation program administrator Air Centurion
12th June 2023
Aviation program administrator (PA) Air Centurion has announced a strategic partnership with SiriusPoint, a global specialty re/insurer. Starting from August 1, 2023, SiriusPoint will provide capacity to the PA, as well as collaborating on its underwriting strategy and product offering development. According to the announcement, Air Centurion will exclusively use SiriusPoint America ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint appoints Bronek Masojada as its new Chair
2nd June 2023
SiriusPoint Ltd., a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced the appointment of former Hiscox CEO Bronek Masojada as Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Masojada joined the board on May 2 this year. He is an insurance market veteran with over 30 years of leadership experience in ... Read the full article
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
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