Gallagher Re News

Gallagher Re Acquires Toronto-Basded Broker MGB Re

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its reinsurance division, Gallagher Re, has acquired Toronto, Ontario-based MGB Re (MGB). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. MGB provides reinsurance solutions to health maintenance organizations (HMOs), managing general underwriters (MGUs) and …

January’s Property Cat Renewals See Biggest Price Hikes in Turkey, Italy and US

While the reinsurance market indeed stabilized during the January 2024 reinsurance renewals (from the chaotic January renewals of last year), buyers with loss-affected programs experienced further upward pressure on retentions and prices, according to reinsurance brokers in comments about the …

A Return to Balance: Brokers Say Reinsurance Renewals Were ‘Stable’

This year’s January reinsurance renewals were described by brokers as “stable,” “predictable,” “orderly,” “calmer,” “disciplined,” with “increased appetites” and a return to supply/demand balance. What a difference in tone from last year’s grueling January renewals. “In a marked change on …

Reinsurers Cautious About US Regional Property Cat as Storm Losses Rise: Gallagher Re

After a costly 2023 severe convective storm season in the US, reinsurers underwriting in the regional property catastrophe market are skeptical about providing frequency cover, but their overall appetite remains healthy, according to Gallagher Re. Carriers are less willing to …

Otis Likely to Be One of Costliest Hurricanes for Mexico Insurance Market: Gallagher Re

Hurricane Otis is expected to be one of the costliest natural catastrophe events in Mexico’s history with initial economic losses expected to top US$10 billion, according to Gallagher Re. Further, insured losses are expected to run into the billions of …

People Moves: Gallagher Re Taps RenRe’s Allard as Head of Global Credit & Political Risk; Sompo Int’l Names Heads of Claims, Distribution & Client Relationship Mgmt

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Gallagher Re and Sompo International. A summary of these new hires follow here. Gallagher Re Taps RenRe’s Allard to Lead Global Credit & Political Risk Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has …

From Disorderly to Orderly Reinsurance Renewals – What a Difference a Year Makes

One of the themes at this year’s reinsurance Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) was that reinsurers have rediscovered client need, client interest and have again started to put clients at the center of conversations, according to Dirk Spenner, managing director at …

How Reinsurers Can Win in the Game of Volatility

Executive summary: Reinsurance underwriting is all about finding equilibrium between reinsurers’ reason for being—reducing the volatility of cedents earnings—and producing stable profits in their own businesses. With new laws promising to change a Florida litigation environment that was out of …

P/C Insurers Set to Significantly Improve Profitability Even as Claims Rise: Study

Non-life insurers are set to significantly improve their profitability in the next few years as investment returns from higher rates cushion a hit from a rise in claims, a report by Swiss Re Institute showed on Saturday. Insurers invest a …

People Moves: Gallagher Re Taps Howden’s Posada for LatAm, Caribbean Sales; Dale Hires Pettifer for Property Open Mkt; AXA XL Names Hayzelden for Upstream Energy

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Gallagher Re, Dale Underwriting Partners and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires follows here. Gallagher Re Taps Posada from Howden to Lead LatAm, Caribbean Sales Gallagher Re announced that …