Reinsurance News
13th January 2022
Sompo International Holdings Ltd., the global Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has announced the appointment of Patrick Corbett as Executive Vice President, Global Head of Accident and Health (A&H), International Insurance. He will be based in London and report to Richard Housley, Chief Underwriting Officer, International ... Read the full article
20th December 2021
Sompo International Holdings, a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed John Goodloe as Executive Vice President, Head of E&S Casualty, for U.S. Insurance. Goodloe will report to Christopher Sparro, CEO, U.S. Insurance, Sompo International Holdings and will be based in Alpharetta, GA. He joins Sompo International ... Read the full article
3rd December 2021
Endurance Worldwide, the UK legal entity of Sompo International, has been awarded the title of 'Chartered Insurer' title by the Chartered Insurance Institute. It is one of only 34 firms to have achieved this particular status. Julian James, Chief Executive Officer, International Insurance, noted his delight at having achieved such an ... Read the full article
22nd November 2021
Sompo International Holdings Ltd., the global Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has expanded its partnership with Praedicat, the liability emerging risk analytics company. The expanded partnership will enable Sompo International to use Praedicat’s emerging risk framework, probabilistic liability catastrophe model and a new litigation tracking capability ... Read the full article
19th November 2021
Bermuda-based specialty P&C re/insurer Sompo International Holdings has recorded adjusted profit of $313 million for its fiscal H1 period, bouncing back from a loss of $14 million for the same period last year. The company reported a marked improvement in profits over the six months ending September 30th, mainly due to ... Read the full article
16th November 2021
Sompo International Holdings Ltd., the global Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Mike Reid as Executive Vice President, Head of Casualty, International Insurance. Reid has over twenty years’ experience in the casualty market gained across broking and underwriting, including both the Company and Lloyd’s markets. He ... Read the full article
26th October 2021
Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer Sompo International is set to expand its general aviation offering with the appointment of Peter Buckley as Vice President, Aerospace. Buckley brings over 20 years’ experience in the aviation insurance industry to the role and most recently served at Cincinnati Global Underwriting. “As a long-standing market leader in aerospace ... Read the full article
22nd September 2021
Bermuda-based property and casualty re/insurer Sompo International has reached an agreement to purchase ARA 1857 S.p.A.- Assicurazioni Rischi Agricoli VMG 1857 (ARA), one of the leading players in the Italian agriculture insurance market. The deal, expected to close by the first quarter of 2022, will see ARA ... Read the full article
21st September 2021
Bermuda-based specialty property and casualty re/insurer Sompo International has announced the appointment of Windy Lawrence as its new General Counsel. Based in Sompo International’s New York City office, Lawrence will report to Chris Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer, Sompo International Commercial P&C and will serve on the Executive Leadership Team She succeeds John ... Read the full article
3rd September 2021
Sompo International has appointed Neville Weston as Head of Global Distribution and Product Development of its reinsurance platform. He will report to Christopher Donelan, CEO of Global Reinsurance, with the responsibility for assessing, devising and implementing key client and broker distribution growth initiatives, focusing on enhancing the reinsurance business’ underwriting deal ... Read the full article
12th August 2021
Sompo International Holdings has announced that Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS) will offer protection for epidemic and pandemic risk. The new Sompo GRS Epidemic and Pandemic Protection Program provides insurance based on a number of available pre-set coverage options including loss of income, extra expense, debt servicing, supply chain disruption and ... Read the full article
10th August 2021
Sompo International has reported an adjusted profit of $128 million in the first quarter of 2021’s financial year, up from the $49 million hit in the prior year period. Meanwhile, gross premium written increased to $2.7 billion from $2.5 billion in the prior year period. This increase was primarily due to rate ... Read the full article
26th July 2021
Sompo International Holdings has appointed Sarah Spurling to lead its Professional Lines Business Unit in Bermuda. Spurling will have responsibility for the three segments within Professional Lines, including Commercial, Bermuda Sompo Pro and Financial Institutions. She has spent her underwriting career at Sompo International, which she joined in 2005. She currently leads the ... Read the full article
19th July 2021
Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer Sompo International has announced the appointment of Marco Serra as Vice President, Professional Lines. Serra has over two decades of European insurance experience in Italy, the UK and Spain for businesses such as AIG, ANV and Navigators. He joins from ArgoGlobal Assicurazioni in Rome, where he was Chief Underwriting ... Read the full article
9th July 2021
Bermuda domiciled insurer and reinsurer, Sompo International Holdings Ltd., has announced the establishment of Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS) Asia-Pacific within its Commercial Property & Casualty (P&C) segment. The expansion sees the formation of a new team in Singapore to serve select industries in the Asian markets via appointed brokerages. The launch ... Read the full article
