QBE Re Opens Office in Colombia, Hiring Hofmann from Howden June 30, 2021 QBE Re announced the opening of a new Colombian office and a key regional hire to support local reinsurance in...
SCOR and Covéa Lay Down Legal Swords in Return to ‘Mutually Beneficial Relationship’ June 11, 2021 By L.S. Howard French mutual insurer Covéa and reinsurer SCOR finally laid down their legal swords this week – opting instead for “peaceful...
French Regulator Dismisses Covéa Market Abuse Charges Filed Against SCOR’s Kessler May 28, 2021 By L.S. Howard France’s financial markets regulator dismissed market abuse charges, which had been filed against SCOR’s Chairman and CEO Denis Kessler by...
Barclays Dragged into Bitter Feud Between SCOR and Covéa over Failed Hostile Takeover May 24, 2021 By Ellen Milligan Barclays Plc has been dragged into a bitter feud between two French insurers over its role in a failed hostile...
Africa Specialty Risks Launches Mauritius Reinsurer, Backed by PE Firm Helios May 21, 2021 Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a reinsurance managing general agent focused on the African corporate and specialty market, announced it has...
Rousseau to Replace Kessler as CEO of SCOR, in Change to Succession Plan May 18, 2021 Denis Kessler, SCOR’s chairman and chief executive officer, has decided to step down, for personal reasons, from his role as...
UFG Insurance to Diversify Risk Profile by Expanding into Reinsurance Across U.S. March 23, 2021 By L.S. Howard UFG Insurance is looking to diversify across the U.S. by expanding into assumed reinsurance business – partly via quota share...
TransRe CEO Sapnar to Step Down, Succeeded by Brandt March 16, 2021 TransRe President and CEO Mike Sapnar is leaving the company to pursue another opportunity. He’ll stay on the job through...
Specialty Re/insurer SiriusPoint Launches with More Than $3 Billion in Capital February 26, 2021 SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has launched today with more than $3 billion in initial...
Third Point Re Announces Appointments to SiriusPoint Leadership Team February 22, 2021 Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. has announced additional executive and senior underwriting roles at SiriusPoint Ltd., the new company created as...