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#1 Markel Insurance Completes Sale of Reinsurance Renewal Rights to Nationwide
Aug 19 2025 // Global specialty insurer Markel Insurance reported that it has completed the sale of the renewal rights for its $1.2 billion global reinsurance business to Nationwide. This transaction was previously announced on July 30...
#2 Senator Schiff Brings Back Idea of Federal Reinsurance Program
Aug 14 2025 // Sen. Adam Schiff recently reintroduced his Incorporating National Support for Unprecedented Risks and Emergencies (INSURE) Act to create a federal catastrophic reinsurance program. The insurance industry promptly...
#3 ‘Big Four’ Reinsurers Maintain Property-Cat Appetite, Despite Signs of Rate Softening
Aug 26 2025 // Europe’s four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – are maintaining their appetite for property-catastrophe risks as well as their ambitious profit targets for 2025 – despite signs of...
#4 Reinsurers Have Made Major Structural Changes to Improve Profits. Will Discipline Last?
Aug 22 2025 // Reinsurance underwriting remains disciplined, with terms and conditions and attachment points largely intact, despite signs of rate moderation, according to an AM Best market segment report. During the January 2023...
#5 Swiss Re Tops List of Largest Reinsurers on Its Shift to IFRS-17 Accounting: AM Best
Aug 18 2025 // Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers as a result of its adoption of the IFRS-17 accounting standards, which also led to a shuffle among the top-tier reinsurers, according to AM Best. Swiss Re...
#6 Viewpoint: Why Reinsurance Industry Often Struggles to Manage Market Cycles
Aug 28 2025 // “We must maintain underwriting discipline.” This phrase is arguably the most repeated mantra in the reinsurance industry over the past two years, and you will struggle to find anyone in the market who would...
#7 PE Firm B.P. Marsh Invests in New Collateralized Reinsurer to Support Growth of XPT
Aug 15 2025 // B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc, the specialist private equity investor, announced it is investing in a new collateralized reinsurer that aims to support growth in its long-time investee company XPT Group, the U.S. wholesale...
#8 Third Point’s Dan Loeb Wins Vote to Turn London-Listed Fund Into Reinsurer
Aug 15 2025 // Dan Loeb has won a vote to turn his UK investment trust into a life and annuity reinsurance company, defying a fierce backlash from some shareholders. A majority of investors backed a plan for London-listed Third Point...
#9 Fitch Revises Global Reinsurance Sector Outlook to ‘Deteriorating’ on Rising Competition
Sep 3 2025 // Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the global reinsurance sector to “deteriorating” for 2026 from “neutral” for 2025, reflecting its expectation that underlying operational and business...
#10 People Moves: Berkley Re UK Names Ashley as President, Succeeding Himmer at Year-End; Aon Promotes Laing and Moore in Reinsurance Leadership Team
Aug 5 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkley Re UK and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. Berkley Re UK Names Ashley as President, Succeeding Himmer at Year-End W. R. Berkley...
#11 Third Point UK Investors Should Reject Reinsurance Deal, ISS Says
Aug 5 2025 // Shareholders of the UK investment trust run by Dan Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point should reject its plan to turn itself into a reinsurance company, according to ISS. In its recommendation ahead of an Aug. 14 vote, the...
#12 People Moves: Aon Promotes Shukri as UK Reinsurance Client Services Leader; Blenheim Underwriting Taps Stratton-Thomsett From MS Amlin as Casualty Underwriter
Aug 13 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Aon and the Lloyd’s managing agent Blenheim Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Shukri as UK Reinsurance...
