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NewsSwiss Re promotes Marshall to global sovereign and political risk leadership role
London-based underwriter Toby Marshall steps up to lead Swiss Re’s sovereign credit and political risk insurance business, reporting to Veronica Assandri Foldnes
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NewsFortitude Re and Carlyle launch $700m Asia reinsurance sidecar
New Bermuda-based vehicle FCA Re aims to accelerate Fortitude Re’s growth across Asian life and annuity markets through a $700m capital partnership
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NewsAdapt, evolve, grow – RVS Global Executive Breakfast Roundtable 2025
Senior reinsurance and insurance figures gathered over breakfast at the Hotel Hermitage in Monte Carlo to discuss the re/insurance sector’s ability to embrace resilience, relevance and opportunity in an era where global volatility and change is the only constant
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NewsFrequency perils reshaping cat risk landscape – Verisk’s Garcia
Verisk’s Giovanni Garcia discusses the changing nature of catastrophe risk, the surge in so-called frequency perils, and how advances in modelling and data integration are reshaping insurers’ understanding of global exposure.
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NewsOptalitix: How technology is shifting the future of reinsurance risk pricing
Dani Katz, founding director of Optalitix, explores how actuaries and pricing teams can modernise their approach to risk pricing, updating established frameworks with new data-driven tools that bring precision, transparency, and scalability to insurance decision-making
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NewsBaden-Baden: E+S Rück expects stable German reinsurance market in 2026
Hannover Re’s German subsidiary forecasts steady demand for catastrophe protection and a rebound in motor lines as pricing softens in industrial property business
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NewsBlosche appointed head of Northern Europe at Liberty Mutual Re
Andreas Blosche takes over regional leadership for LM Re following the retirement of Hans Van Oort, with responsibility across all property and casualty lines.
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NewsGlobal insured cat losses reach $114bn after Q3, led by US wildfires, Aon reports
Aon’s latest catastrophe recap shows US events accounted for 88% of global insured losses in the first nine months of 2025, as total natural disaster losses reached $203bn
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NewsBell joins Lockton Re as head of aviation
Veteran aviation reinsurance broker David Bell joins from Aon to lead Lockton Re’s global aviation practice
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NewsAM Best: Sub-Saharan reinsurers post strong results despite economic headwinds
Report from AM Best says the region’s reinsurers achieved double-digit returns on equity in 2024, supported by disciplined underwriting despite macroeconomic volatility
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NewsCanopius appoints Webber as head of reinsurance in London
New hire from Trans Re strengthens Canopius’ UK reinsurance ambitions as the group looks to expand its treaty reinsurance business
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NewsBaden-Baden: Swiss Re warns of $300bn cat year as geopolitical and civil unrest risks rise
Reinsurer Swiss Re used its pre Baden-Baden reinsurance meeting press conference to highlight escalating catastrophe losses, rising secondary perils and growing overlap between natural disasters and social unrest.
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NewsQBE Re appoints Foo as head of Asia treaty reinsurance
Appointment marks key step in reinsurer’s regional growth strategy, as Singapore becomes the hub for its expanding Asian operations
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NewsKuhn stresses profit discipline as Westfield Specialty trims property and builds in E&S
Westfield Specialty’s Jack Kuhn says the carrier will finish 2025 near $1.8bn in premium after two profitable years, prioritising cycle-proof returns while easing back on property and leaning into E&S casualty, financial lines and cyber.
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NewsMiller appoints Robinson and Ross to lead MGA platform
New leadership duo to drive broker’s expansion into specialty underwriting, with focus on building an underwriting-led, data-driven MGA platform.
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NewsAgility meets scrutiny: The rise of direct-to-reinsurer and fronting carrier MGAs
Tension between agility and oversight sits at the heart of the MGA model’s future, writes Charles Rowley, director at DA Strategy
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NewsChisholm appointed chairman of Asia reinsurance at Aon
Veteran broker Simon Chisholm takes on new leadership role to deepen client relationships and drive Aon’s reinsurance strategy across Asia.
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NewsMunich Re Specialty expands into German primary specialty market
Move marks the next stage of the firm’s European growth strategy, introducing construction, property, renewable energy and surety products under new managing director José David Jiménez García (pictured).
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NewsAPCIA: ‘Proactive’ reinsurers fuel innovation as US property softens – Gallagher Re’s Schwebach
US reinsurance broker’s head of North American property says reinsurers are showing creativity as the property market softens, with growing use of multi-year deals
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NewsSouth African business ‘favours reinsurers’ – ASR’s Paradine
South Africa remains favourable for property reinsurers, while softening has been limited for other African business, according to ASR’s head of treaty
