International & Reinsurance News for June 2026
- People Moves: Specialty MGA Taps Marsh’s Smithson to Head Global Financial Lines and Cyber Division; UIB Names Burns and Wilcox’s Webb as Divisional Director – Binders
- Markets/Coverages: Willis Expands Int’l Property Facility, With $60M Follow Capacity
- Thai Consumer Watchdog to File Civil Suit Against Volvo Cars’ Thai Unit, Official Says
- UK’s Legal & General Says Energy Transition Is ‘Alive and Well’
- Houthis to Impose ‘Complete Ban’ on Israeli Ships in Red Sea
- Iran Announces End to Attacks on Israel Following Trump’s Plea
- Tech Update: WTW Launches Transformation Solution to Focus AI Implementation
- People Moves: Aon Promotes Navas as Chief Claims Officer for EMEA; Canopius Taps Hiscox’s Parry as Group Chief Claims Officer
- Markets/Coverages: Fidelis Forms PVT Consortium for Rising Global Capacity Demand
- Allianz Is Said to Be in Advanced Talks to Buy Portuguese Insurer Caravela
- Howard Hughes Holdings Completes $2.1B Acquisition of Re/insurer Vantage Group
- UK’s Betfair Fights Landmark Lawsuit on Duty of Care to Gamblers
- Zurich Insurance Expands Data-Center Offering Beyond the US
- EU, US Committed to Complying With Trade Deal, Says US Trade Chief
- People Moves: HDI Global Names Hunt as CEO of UK & Ireland Business; Hamilton Global Specialty Taps Chubb’s Keaney to Lead New Private Clients Business
- WTW Gets Approval to Operate Investment Business in Dubai Int’l Financial Centre
- Update: EU Insurers Need to Grasp Private Credit Risks, Watchdog Says
- Trump Downplays Threats of Hormuz Mines, Touts Alternate Route
- Convex Launches Tech-Enabled MGA Called Kinetic Insurance Services
- People Moves: Arch Capital Expands Rajeh’s Role as President as Gansberg Steps Down
- Strain Grows on Shipping Industry With Vessels Stuck Inside Hormuz
- US Forces Help Ships Leave Hormuz With Quiet Version of Project Freedom
- Natural-Disaster Insurance Gap Now Exceeds $420 Billion Globally
- Business Moves: WTW Buys Redefind to Boost Access to Crypto and Digital Asset Insurance Offering; ASR Agrees to Strategic Investment From PE Firm Vitruvian Partners
- People Moves: Markel Int’l Promotes McCarthy as MD of Marine, Energy and Construction Division in London; Gallagher Re Names Key Leaders of Programs Solutions Team
- Still Too Risky to Move Seafarers From Gulf, UN Agency Boss Says
- Ship Operators Urge Clear Rules to Return Hormuz to Normal
- Viewpoint: How Climate Change Is Creating Uninsurable Areas Across Europe
- EU May Keep Russian Oil Price Cap Unchanged at $44 Per Barrel to Pressure Moscow
- Markets/Coverages: Navium, Overhaul Form Consortium to Cover AI Data Server Cargo
- People Moves: Beazley Names Wunderlich Head of Alternative Risk Transfer in New Bermuda Office; Santam Syndicate 1918 Taps MS Amlin’s Geddes as CEO
- Wildfire Season Returns to Canada’s Oil Sands
- Europe Faces Biggest Food Price Shock in G7 From Hotter World
- Israel Expands Lebanon Assault With Iran-US Talks in Balance