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Aon expands Client Treaty co-insurance to 35% for 2027

Re/insurance broker’s flagship facility will increase co-insurance on eligible placements from 28.5% to 35%, including facultative reinsurance business

HIVE appoints Wiley as property D&F class underwriter

Ex Sompo international property head joins HIVE Underwriters as it builds out its new global property direct and facultative business

HDI strengthens political violence team with Kapoor and Brown appointments

Former Aviva colleagues will join HDI Global UK and Ireland’s crisis management business as it expands its political violence and terrorism capabilities

Wessén appointed chair of ICMIF

CEO of Swedish insurer Folksam succeeds Rob Wesseling for a four-year term as the mutual and cooperative insurance sector reports record premium income

Miller appoints Stubbings CEO of reinsurance

Former Miller Bermuda chairman takes over the reinsurance business as Gary Masters moves to chairman, following a period of acquisitions and international expansion

Fidelis plans Singapore Lloyd’s service company

TFP APAC is expected to begin underwriting from 1 January 2027, focusing on treaty reinsurance across high-growth Asia-Pacific markets

ILS is now core reinsurance capital, says Aon’s Pennay

The ILS market has become fundamental to reinsurance programmes, while casualty sidecars are attracting major investors with the capacity to accelerate growth, according to Aon Securities CEO Richard Pennay.

Europe’s modest wildfire losses mask growing exposure, says Howden Re’s Edwards

European wildfires have barely affected property catastrophe treaties, but changing exposures and gaps in modelling demand closer attention, says the reinsurance broker’s head of international catastrophe and actuarial analytics, Tim Edwards

Control at centre of Agent Hub launch, says Earnix’s Twist

Earnix’s Agent Hub aims to accelerate insurers’ pricing and underwriting work while preserving human oversight, with Matthew Twist arguing that governance and integration will determine the technology’s value

Agriculture in an El Niño year: the view from China and India

Howden Re’s Mohammad Faizan Huq, associate president and head of treaty reinsurance for agriculture and climate risk, and Mike Xin, managing director and head of agriculture, explore how climate volatility, evolving government programmes and changing risk-sharing structures are shaping underwriting, pricing and demand for reinsurance capacity.

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